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J.P. Cormier - Kelly's Mountain lyrics
If I could only fly If I could build a bridge I'd carry you my love Across this barren ridge If there were just some way I'd pull a carriage through the snow Take you over Kelly's Mountain to the village there below And no one would ever know Oh, the snow was high again in the year of 1910 When I rode over Kelly's top from Lake Bras d'Or O'er the mountain I had come, without rapier, without gun To fetch my father's order from the St. Anne's Store As I purchased my supplies, a pretty maiden caught my eye Her beauty shone upon me like the sun As my heart melted away, I heard somebody say "That is the daughter fair of Hugh McGowan" Well, she knew she'd caught my eye and she smiled as she walked by Saying "Meet me when the stars come out tonight On the highroad I will wait, by old Don Campbell's gate And we'll sing a song of love there in the moonlight" If I could only fly If I could build a bridge I'd carry you my love Across this barren ridge If there were just some way I'd pull a carriage through the snow Take you over Kelly's Mountain to the village there below And no one would ever know I knew McGowan was a man with a very heavy hand And his daughter was the meaning to his life All her suitors, they had come to the wrong end of his gun As long as he was living she'd be no man's wife But I met her 'neath the stars and I took her in my arms And she said "Please take me with you when you go Beneath my father's cruel hand no longer I can stand I'll leave with you and he will never know" If I could only fly If I could build a bridge I'd carry you my love Across this barren ridge If there were just some way I'd pull a carriage through the snow Take you over Kelly's Mountain to the village there below And no one would ever know We were halfway up the hill when a gunshot broke the still And I felt the pain burn deep within my side She said "My God, we have to run, my father has a gun And he'll never let you take me as your bride!" In my pain I slipped and fell and it wasn't hard to tell That McGowan cursed my soul not far behind I pulled her sovereign to my breast, saying "Here I've come to rest But there's something that I wish before I'm dyin' "If you could only fly If you could build a bridge You carry me, my love Across this barren ridge Please tell my father why You had to bury me in the snow Near the top of Kelly's Mountain, where the winds forever blow Or no one will ever know Near the top of Kelly's Mountain, where the winds forever blow Or no one will ever know!" |
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