The Cruiskeen lawn (Robert Prescott Stewart)

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• (Posted 2020-04-07)  CPDL #57888:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2020-04-07).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 116 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: The Cruiskeen lawn
Composer: Robert Prescott Stewart
Lyricist: Thomas Moore

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATBB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1882 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 15, no. 433
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Original text and translations

English text

1  Tomorrow, Comrade, we
on the battle-plain must be,
There to conquer, or both to lie low,
The morning star is up,
but there's wine still in the cup,
And we'll take another quaff ere we go.
Gramachree ma Cruiskeen,
Slauthegal mavourneen,
Gramachree ma Cruiskeen lawn.

2  'Tis true in manliest eyes
a passing tear will rise
when we think of the friends we leave lone1
But what can weeping do?
See, our goblet's weeping too!
With its tears we'll chase away our own.
Gramachree ma Cruiskeen,
Slauthegal mavourneen,
Gramachree ma Cruiskeen lawn.