When I Was Young Testo

Early in the morning, as I awake drowsily On a May morning while I am in Ose The cattle were lowing alongside each other And the sun was rising on Leac an Stoir A ray of sun shone on the mountainside Speedily putting the dark of night under cover And above me sang the lively cuckoo Reminding me of when I was young. Reminding me of the many things I have done That leave me unhappy until I've reached the end of my story Going to cheilidhs and weddings in the winter With no light but a lit sod of peat The lovely young people would be singing and dancing But that time has now gone and the glen is sad Andrew's ruin, so full of nettles Reminding me of when I was young. As I strolled round each glen and stack Where I was happy tending the cattle With the lively youngsters of the stock of country people Without vanity of guile and who are now in exile The mossy banks and pastures are under heather and rushes Where I often gathered the sheaves of corn And if I could see people dwelling there I would become joyous as when I was young.