Name: Carrickmannon Lake
Duration: P00H02M43S
Description: This song of unrequited love is still widely known to the people of County Down, N. Ireland. Laura's great-grandfather, William McClenaghan, had a particular fondness for the tune which he would often play on his fiddle. Words forgotten by Laura's dad and grandma were found in the book The songs of the County Down, edited by Jacky Boyce.

Carrickmannon Lake

from The Poacher's Fate by Laura Smyth & Ted Kemp

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This song of unrequited love is still widely known to the people of County Down, N. Ireland. Laura's great-grandfather, William McClenaghan, had a particular fondness for the tune which he would often play on his fiddle. Words forgotten by Laura's dad and grandma were found in the book The songs of the County Down, edited by Jacky Boyce.

lyrics

One evening for my pastime a ramble I did take
Down by yon crystal fountain called Carrickmannon Lake
Down by yon crystal fountain an image I did view
Sure nature never could design an image quite like you

With courage bold undaunted I boldly then set forth
Saying my delightful charmer you venus of the North
Give me my way or else I'll stray my one and only joy
And sure it would be a pity for to kill a harmless boy

With flashing eye and ne'er a sigh she coldly said to me
"Young man depart for in my heart no place is decked for thee"
And to my further pleading no answer would she make
But turned away and left me there by, Carrickmannon Lake

Killinchy is my dwelling place where first my breath I drew
Drumreagh it is my parent's place, ten thousand times adieu
All for her sake I'll passage take across the stormy seas
A pilgrim there to do and dare in North Americee

Now all young men take warning and shun Killinchy fair
Likewise sweet Carrickmannon for that false one lives there
And as the sun's declining o'er yonder hill so clear
The shadow of her dwelling in the lake it does appear

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from The Poacher's Fate, released November 25, 2017
Trad. arr. Laura Smyth & Ted Kemp

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