Stór, A Stór, A Ghrá

My Darling, My love
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This is a traditional Irish song arranged by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Ciaran Curran, Mark Kelly, Ciaran Tourish, Dermot B more...

This is a traditional Irish song arranged by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Ciaran Curran, Mark Kelly, Ciaran Tourish, Dermot Byrne and Dónal Lunny. It appears on Altan’s  fifth studio album Blackwater, released in 1996.

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Irish

English

One fine summer's day
As I stood there in the marketplace
Many a young man remarked
"I'm sad you're not at home with me"

Chorus (after each verse):
A stór, a stór, my love
A stór, a stór, will you come with me?
A stór, a stór, my love
Will you come with me or settled be?

My true love promised kindly
That she would surely come with me
Her wedding dress not ready
Delayed her in joining me

We've got water from the Eirne
And green grass from the heaven's stems
Cow's udders are near rending
From the overflow of milk in them

By the bottom of the garden, oh Mary
Is the fiddle there?
The shortcut by the praties
We'll hasten to the fiddler

At one time in my life
I was dearly loved by everyone
Haven't times changed a lot
When no one cares a whit for me?

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