Biography:
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh is flautist and lead vocalist for the Irish folk-traditional group Danú. Her first language is Irish. This was to affect her later career, due to her early exposure to Irish language song, especially in the Sean nós tradition. She began playing piano and fiddle at an early age, before progressing to the whistle and eventually the flute.
Muireann's first recordings were on a CD of Irish traditional music and song performed by Geantraí
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[Intro]
G C G C G C G C G
[Verse]
N.C. G C G C
As I roved out one evening
G D
Down by the Assembly Mall
G C
I heard two lovers speaking
G C G
As me and my love passed on
[Chorus]
D C G C
But words that passed between them
G D
They were but very few
G C
"It's not the leaving of Limerick that grieves me
G C G C G
But my darling, leaving you"
[Verse]
C
"In the morning when I am going
G D
I will take you by the lily-white hand
G C
And I'll wave it o'er my shoulder
G C G
Saying, adieu to the Limerick Strand"
[Chorus]
D C G C
"So, farewell to the boys of Thomond Gate
G D
It's to them I bid adieu
G C
"It's not the leaving of Limerick that grieves me
G C G C G
But my darling, leaving you"
[Verse]
C G C
"But now that we must be parted
G D
I know you will understand
G C
Why I must go, broken hearted
G C G
Far away from my native land
[Chorus]
D C G C
Though my fond love, I must leave you
G D
You know my heart is true
G C
"It's not the leaving of Limerick that grieves me
G C G C G
But my darling, leaving you"
[Chorus]
D C G C
Though my fond love, I must leave you
G D
You know my heart is true
G C
"It's not the leaving of Limerick that grieves me
G C G C G
But my darling, leaving you"
G C G C G C G C G
[Verse]
N.C. G C G C
As I roved out one evening
G D
Down by the Assembly Mall
G C
I heard two lovers speaking
G C G
As me and my love passed on
[Chorus]
D C G C
But words that passed between them
G D
They were but very few
G C
"It's not the leaving of Limerick that grieves me
G C G C G
But my darling, leaving you"
[Verse]
C
"In the morning when I am going
G D
I will take you by the lily-white hand
G C
And I'll wave it o'er my shoulder
G C G
Saying, adieu to the Limerick Strand"
[Chorus]
D C G C
"So, farewell to the boys of Thomond Gate
G D
It's to them I bid adieu
G C
"It's not the leaving of Limerick that grieves me
G C G C G
But my darling, leaving you"
[Verse]
C G C
"But now that we must be parted
G D
I know you will understand
G C
Why I must go, broken hearted
G C G
Far away from my native land
[Chorus]
D C G C
Though my fond love, I must leave you
G D
You know my heart is true
G C
"It's not the leaving of Limerick that grieves me
G C G C G
But my darling, leaving you"
[Chorus]
D C G C
Though my fond love, I must leave you
G D
You know my heart is true
G C
"It's not the leaving of Limerick that grieves me
G C G C G
But my darling, leaving you"
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