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salt returns to sea
the blood returns to the soil
life we live today

life we live today
and today Ireland did it!
winning the Grand Slam

winning the Grand Slam
and Bernard Dunne world champion
Irish eyes smiling

Irish eyes smiling
Sheila brushes snow around
silver thaw glitters


{if we were doing titles, this one would be called : "In St. Patrick's Wake"}

[footnotes for all those unfamiliar with the Newfoundland dialect: "Sheila's Brush" is a fierce storm and heavy snowfall that follows St. Patrick's day. According to an old rhyme: "Paddy walks the shores around/And Sheila follows in a long white gown", Sheila being Paddy's wife.

And this is "silver thaw":
so back to:
Irish eyes smiling
Sheila brushes snow around
silver thaw glitters

anneporter wrote:Irish eyes smiling
Sheila brushes snow around
silver thaw glitters

silver thaw glitters
but March sun is strong enough
to wake up a fly

to wake up a fly
the sun will overshadow
the bitter winter

Gullivor wrote:to wake up a fly
the sun will overshadow
the bitter winter

the bitter winter
I close my blinds against it
snow swirls and wind howls

snow swirls and wind howls
in the northern hemisphere
but Ireland is green

but Ireland is green
over the fog-shrouded sea
from Kerry to here

from Kerry to here
i have travelled oh so long
just to touch your hair

just to touch your hair
sweetly sung this melody
(ne'r to know despair)

ne'er to know despair
shadows on the landscape night
morning brightens soon

morning brightens soon
I put my feet on the floor
I don't sway around

I don't sway around
eyes adjust to pre-dawn gloom
cat snakes round my feet