Purple Flower Marc Gunn

There's a wren on a rock wall
Thorny gorse grows all around
It is miles to the ocean
And to auld Galway town
My feet feel so weary
Without you by my side
So I'll pick this purple flower
For the day we reunite

Here's a flower, my darling
From the banks of Ross Lake
It will sit by my bedside
'Til your form I embrace

As I walk the Aran Islands
Honeysuckle is all in bloom
The rock roads seem harder
Like my heart missing you
Though the beer is ever flowing
And the craic is quite grand
Though the music may be growing
But it is lonely in this land

The sun sets too slowly
Over Galway's brisk bay
Crashing wavеs seem to slow us
As we sail from the quay
I see you by the piеrside
And my heart starts to soar
In my hand is your purple flower
Now you're mine once more