Blue Hills of Breffni - Daniel O'Donnell
Song by Donegal singer Daniel O'Donnell. The Kingdom of Bréifne (also Breffny, Brefnie, Brenny) was the traditional territory for an early Irish tribal group known as the Uí Briúin Bréifne. The Bréifne territory included the modern Irish counties of Leitrim and Cavan, along with parts of County Sligo (an area roughly equivalent to the modern Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore). =Lyrics= Blue Hills of Breffni shining in the sun Scenes that I knew so long ago When in my boyhood barefoot I would run Through the fields and the woodlands I would go Down by the river there's a old swinging pole Where we laughed and played the summer days away And home in the evening with the sun sinking low In the Blue Hills of Breffni far away Chorus Far away, far away Blue Hills of Breffni far away Old memories burning, soon I'll be returning To my Blue Hills of Breffni far away Old thatched cottage standing by the stream Winter nights of story and of song And the sound of the fiddle that my father used to play And the music echoed as we sang along Neighbours would gather round the old turf fire They talked about the heroes of the day Life was all for living in the days when we were young In Blue Hills of Breffni far away chorus I had a sweetheart she was young and fair She cared not that I had no wealth or fame We'd go walking hand in hand along the leafy lane To the old oak tree where once I carved her name There we made our promises that we would never part And our love would last for ever <b>...</b>
irish folk cavan sligo leitrim ireland old traditional good nice breifne breiffne bridgetoofar
