Ragús - Green Grow The Rushes

Описание: Fergal O'Murchú, accordianist and singer of Ragús, a group of musicians and dancers from the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland performing traditional Irish music, sings "Green Grow the Rushes" in this wonderful piano version. The word ragús is an Irish Gaelic word for 'desire' or 'urge'.

"Green Grow the Rashes" was originally a poem written by the greatest poet of Scotland, Robert Burns (1759-1796). You can see the poem here:
http://classiclit.about.com/library/b...

Band: Ragús
Song: Green Grow The Rushes
Album: Ragús an seó
Gael Linn Records

Lyrics:

There's naught but care on every hand
In every hour that passes, O
What signifies the life of man
If it were not for the lassies, O

The worldly race may riches chase
And riches still may fly them, O
And though at last they catch them fast
Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O

Green grow the rushes, O
Green grow the rushes, O
The sweetest hours that e'er I spent
Are spent among the lassies, O

Give me a cannie hour at e'en
My arms around my dearie, O
The wisest man the world e'er saw
He dearly loved the lassies, O

Old Nature swears the lovely dears
Her noblest work she classes, O
Her apprentice hand she tried on man
And then she made the lassies, O

Green grow the rushes, O
Green grow the rushes, O
The sweetest hours that e'er I spent
Are spent among the lassies, O

You can visit the official Ragús website here: http://www.ragus.ie/