The Green and Red of Mayo Lyrics

The green and red of mayo
I can see it still
It's sof and craggy boglands
It's tall majestic hills
Where the ocean kisses ireland
And the waves caress its shore
The feeling it came over me
To stay forever more
Forever more

From its rolling coastal waters
I can see croagh Patrick's peak
Where one sunday every summer
The pilgrims climb the reek
Where Saint Patrick in its solitude
Looked down across clew bay
With a ringing of his bell
Called the faithful there to pray
There to pray

Take me to clare island
The home of gránulaile
Its waters habour fishes
From the herring to the whale
And now I must depart it
And reality is plain
May the time not pass so slowly
Before I set sail again
Set sail again