The Gentle Maiden is a traditional love song written by Sir Harold Boulton. Ireland’s first President, Douglas Hyde is credited with the Irish Translation. I got this song from the great Bobby Beare of Bandon, County Cork who also taught me whenever I turned up at the Cork School of Music in Cork City! I studied there for a number of years under Bobby and we became very good friends. Bobby always said that The Gentle Maiden was representative of Ireland and another allegory / aisling (vision of Ireland). This air is also quite popular in traditional music sessions.
To download the easy alphanotes sheet music, look here. Enjoy!
Lyrics:
There's one that is a pure as an angel,
As fair as the flowers of May,
They call her the gentle maiden
Wherever she takes her way.
Her eyes have the glance of sunlight,
As it brightens the blue sea wave
And more than the deep sea treasure
The love of her heart I crave.
Though parted afar from my darling,
I dream of her everywhere,
The sound of her voice is about me,
The spell of her presence there.
An whether my prayers be granted,
Or whether she pass me by,
The face of the gentle maiden
Will follow me till I die.
As fair as the flowers of May,
They call her the gentle maiden
Wherever she takes her way.
Her eyes have the glance of sunlight,
As it brightens the blue sea wave
And more than the deep sea treasure
The love of her heart I crave.
Though parted afar from my darling,
I dream of her everywhere,
The sound of her voice is about me,
The spell of her presence there.
An whether my prayers be granted,
Or whether she pass me by,
The face of the gentle maiden
Will follow me till I die.
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