Music, Lyrics and Copyright © by Harry Long 

He used to tell her when they made love there was sunlight in her eyes

She promised him twould last forever more

Lovers in their warm embrace speak no deceit nor lies

But fates can change and so have done before

Wed not wife was Grainne to a man she did not love

Too young for ageing heroes so she laced his drink with drugs

As as her wedded husband slept and all the sleeping guests

She chose another, Dermot, as the one to love her best

She put him under ancient bonds to love her and defend her

Through all the perils and darkness that they both would face together

And Dermot took her by the hand and out into the night

Forsaking friends and family the lovers made their flight

He used to tell her when they made love there was sunlight in her eyes

She promised him twould last forever more

Lovers in their warm embrace speak no deceit nor lies

But fates can change and so have done before

The wedding guests and bridegroom awoke long after dawn

And looking through their drowsy dreams they saw the bride was gone

As Dermot was the only man whose face they couldn’t see

They swore to ride the country wide where e’er the couple be

They rode for days they rode for weeks and many months went by

While Grainne and her lover ran beneath the open sky

And when by chance on distant hills the two were ever seen

They’d kiss three times defiantly then fade from where they’d been

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They slept beneath the stars and moon they slept beside the streams

They lay by lake and mountainside then fell into their dreams

For many years they kept ahead of those in close pursuit

But dreams must end and love must bend to fates it does not choose

One night as Dermot sought a rest place through the forest dim

He came upon a boar who wild and angry rushed at him

And though he fought to save his life he fell that night to death

While Grainne torn and tearful swore never to forget

How he used to tell her when they made love there was sunlight in her eyes

How she promised him twould last forever more

But lost without his warm embrace she turned away and cried

And to her husband faith forever swore