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Swallow     Credits: Traditional; arranged by Gráda     Appears On: Endeavour     Language: English     Other Versions: "She Is Like The Swallow" on Karan Casey's album Songlines

Lyrics:

She's like a swallow that flies so high
Like a river that never runs dry
She's like the sunshine on the Lee shore
She loves her love, and the love is no more

Out in the meadow this fair maid did go
Picking the lovely primrose
The more she plucked and the more she pulled
Until she's got her apron full

She climbed on yonder hill above
To give a rose unto her love
She gave him one, she gave him three
She gave her heart for company

And as they sat on yonder hill
His heart grew hard, so harder still
He has two hearts instead of one
She says, "Young man, what have you done?"

How foolish, foolish you must be
To think I loved no one but thee
The world's not made for one alone
I take delight in everyone