Lyrics

Farewell to fair Alba, high home of the sun
Farewell to the mountain, the cliff and the dun
Dun Sweeney adieu for my love cannot stay
And tarry I must not when love cries away

Glendaro, Glendaro where birchen boughs weep
Honeydew at high noon to the nightingale's sleep
Where my love used to lead me to hear the cukoo
Amoung the high bushes, Glendaro adieu... Adieu... Farewell my sweet Alba

Glenurchy, Glenurchy where loudly and long
My love used to wake up the woods with his song
While the sun of the rock from the depths of the dell
Laughed sweetly in answer, Glenurchy farewell

Glen Etive, Glen Etive where dappled does roam
Where I leave the green sheeling I first called a home
Where with me my true love delighted to dwell
The sun made his mansion, Glen Etive farewell

Farewell to Inch Dranaugh, adieu to the roar
Of blue billows bursting in light on the shore
Dun Figh farewell for my love cannot stay
And tarry I must not when love cries away...
Ohhhh.... I cannot tarry when love cries away!