Lough Erne Shore

One mornin' as I went a-fowlin' Bright Phoebus adorned the plain It was down by the shores of Lough Erne I met with this wonderful dame Her voice was so sweet and so pleasin' These beautiful notes she did sing And the innocent fowl of the forest Their love unto her they did bring Well, it being then the first time I met her My heart it did leap with surprise And I thought that she could be no mortal But an angel that fell from the skies Her hair it resеmbled gold tresses Hеr skin was as white as the snow And her lips were as red as the roses That bloom around Lough Erne's shore When I heard that your love was elopin' These words unto her I did say: "Oh, take me to your habitation For Cupid has led me astray" "Forever I'll keep the commandments They say that it is the best plan Fair maids who do yield to men's pleasures The scriptures do say they are wrong" "Oh, Mary don't accuse me of weakness For treachery I do disown I will make you a lady of splendour If with me this night you'll come home" "Oh, had I the lamp of great Aladdin His rings and his genie that's more I would part with them all for to win you And live around Lough Erne's shore"