Forty Shades of Green Written and recorded by Johnny Cash (26 Feb 1932 – 12 Sept  2003), 1959/1961

1. Ar thaisteal dom im’ chuimní chuig oileáinín mo chroí Ó naomhóga an Daingin go tránna Donaghdee, Is fada uaim an tSionainn agus muintir Sciobairín, Na móintigh is na móinéir go haoibhinn is go caoin. 2. Is fada uaim mo chailín breá I dTiobraid Árann Theas, Is faide fós a bhraithim uaim a béilín tana tais; Ba bhreá liom seal a chaitheamh ann go bhfeicfinn mar a bhí Na móintigh is na móinéir go haoibhinn is go caoin. 3. Ba bhreá liom seal a chaitheamh ann cois trá i mBail’ Áth’ Clí ’S go bhfeicfinn baint na móna is an choirce aibí bhuí, Go bhfeicfinn mná ag diasrú dos na tithe beag’ ceann tuí – Do shiúlfainn cúigíbh Éireann go haoibhinn is go caoin. 4. Is fada uaim mo chailín breá I dTiobraid Árann Theas, Is faide fós a bhraithim uaim a béilín tana tais; Ba bhreá liom seal a chaitheamh ann go bhfeicfinn mar a bhí Na móintigh is na móinéir go haoibhinn is go caoin.

1. I close my eyes and picture The emerald of the sea From the fishing boats at Dingle To the shores of Donaghadea I miss the River Shannon, The folks at Skibbereen The moorlands and the meadows And the forty shades of green 2. But most of all I miss a girl in Tipperary town And most of all I miss her lips As soft as eiderdown [1] I long again to see and do The things we've done and seen Where the breeze is sweet as Shalamar [2] And there's forty shades of green. 3. I wish that I could spend an hour at Dublin´s churning surf. I long to watch the farmers drain the bogs and spade the turf to see again the thatching of the straw the women clean. I´d walk from Cork to Larne [3] to see those Forty Shades of Green. 4. But most of all I miss a girl in Tipperary town And most of all I miss her lips As soft as eiderdown. I long again to see and do The things we've done and seen Where the breeze is sweet as Shalamar And there's forty shades of green.

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