Donal Óg

Black as night is this heart within me
 Black as coal is this grief that drives me
 Black as bootprints on polished hallways
 And it's you who have blackened it forever and always
 For you've taken what's before and behind me
 East and West when you would not mind me
 Sun, moon, and stars from the sky you've taken
 And God, as well, if I'm not mistaken
 Oh, Donal Óg, you'll not find me lazy
 Not like some high-born expensive lady
 I'll do your milking, and I'll nurse your baby
 And if you were set upon, I'll defend you bravely
 When all beside a vigil keep
 The West's asleep, the West's asleep
 Alas! and well may Erin weep
 When Connaught lies in slumber deep
 There lake and plain smile fair and free
 'Mid rocks their guardian chivalry...