The Irish Tenors - Knocknashee lyrics

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The winter now is here and the years steal so swift away <br />Just like a thief in the night who comes but to flee <br />The berries are full bright and the small birds sing out to me <br />Oh but the cold wind blows hard over Knocknashee. <br /> <br />By summer’s radiant star and by love’s own sweetest decree <br />None but the harsh moon could steal your beauty from me <br />Came autumn’s falling leaves and love’s wild uncertainty <br />When like a vision you flitted from Knocknashee. <br /> <br />I turned from God, I scorned all religion <br />And somehow you came between heaven and me <br />Oh how glad I could trade my very soul <br />My dear savior never to see, for to gain you I’d loose all eternity. <br /> <br />But once when Passions warn, never more will it return <br />Love looses fashion like some old tired melody <br />The heart that gives to free will sorely rejected me <br />Oh how I loved you and lost you in Knocknashee <br /> <br />And I’ll go down, go down to the dark wood <br />And find that sweet hollow where once you lay with me <br />And I will face my final pain where the heart will not weary be <br />And I will sleep the long sleep now in Knocknashee<br /><br />