“Bonny Kilwarren”
Description
The singer overhears two lovers beside the canal in Kilwarren. He is leaving and he'll miss her sweet smile. He says birds must leave -- "gone to their nest" -- in their time. "Make few words excuse me for I must away"
Notes
Cinnamond says this is about lovers parting as he goes to war. Kilwarren is a parish in County Galway. - BS
Recordings
- Robert Cinnamond, "Bonny Kilwarren" (on IRRCinnamond01)
References
- Roud #6991
- BI, RcBoKilw