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Credits: Máire Brennan and Tim Jarvis. This appears on the album Maire, released in 1992. In Irish mythology and folklore, Tír na nÓg is one of the names for the Otherworld. It is depicted as a supernatural realm of everlasting youth, beauty, health, abundance and joy. This song is about Oisín, the son of Fionn MacCumhal, who followed Niamh of the golden hair to the land of youth and returned to find Ireland changed and himself an old man.
Curfá: Is grá geal mo chroí thú Fan liom i gconaí Is grá geal mo chroí thú Beith mise dílis Is grá geal mo chroí thú Tusa mo mhuírín Is grá geal mo chroí thú Fan ar mo thaobh sa
Beauty and grace with golden hair Eyes like pearls came from the sea
Wherever you will go, I will go Wherever you will turn, I'll follow so Take me to the Land of Youth Three hundred years
(Chorus)
Carried away on impulse Followed my heart to the Land of Youth
Three hundred years and time stood still Companions calling, there's warning
Three hundred years
Fallen to earth, the thunder sound Years overtake him, a gray old man
Chorus: You are the bright love of my heart Stay with me always You are the bright love of my heart Be true to me You are the bright love of my heart You are my sweetheart You are the bright love of my heart Stay by my side
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