St. Brendan's Fair Isle

	  		
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When I was a lad on the Emerald Isle, 
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I heard many stories both lovely and wild. 
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A bout the great dragons and monsters that be, 
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That swallow the ships as they sail on the sea. 
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'Tho I was an artist with canvas and paints, 
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I sailed with Saint Brendan and his jolly saints. 
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We told the good people, "Goodbye for a while, 
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We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle, 
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We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle. 



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When we had been sailing for ninety-four days, 
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We came to a spot where the sea was ablaze. 
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Those demons from Hades was dancing with glee 
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And burning the sailors alive on the sea 
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Then Saint Brendan walked on the festering waves, 
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He threw all the demons right back to their caves, 
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And all of the saints bore a heavenly smile, 
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We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle, 
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We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle. 


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One night while the brethren were lying asleep, 
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A great dragon came up from under the deep. 
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He thundered and lightninged and made a great din; 
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He awakened Saint Brendan and all of his men. 
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The dragon came on with his mouth open wide. 
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We threw in a cross and the great dragon died. 
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We skinned him and cooked him and feasted awhile 
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We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle, 
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We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle. 



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At last we came onto that beautiful land. 
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We all went ashore and we walked on the sand. 
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We took up our longbows and killed a Zebu. 
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We roasted it up and had hot barbecue. 
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And after a while we were singing a song, 
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We noticed the island was moving along. 
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We ate and we drank and we rode in high style, 
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We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle, 
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We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle. 


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Now Brendan said, "Boys, this is much to my wish 
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"We ride on the back of the world's biggest fish 
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"Hold fast to the rope that is pulling the ship, 
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"We'll need it some day if this fish takes a dip!" 
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We sailed every ocean, we sailed every sea, 
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We sailed every spot that a sailor could be. 
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In forty-four days we sailed ten million miles, 
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We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle, 
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We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle.