"At noon, some day, I'll climb a hill,
And find her there and kiss my fill;
And if she won't, I think she will,
For every Jack must have his Jill!
I care not, I,
Who ever she be,
The lass that I adore!
_'Be n-Eirinn i--
'Be n-Eirinn i--
'Be n-Eirinn i Asthore!_"
[1] The refrain, pronounced _Bay-nayring-ee_, is common to a number of
Irish love-songs written during the last century. It should be
translated: "Whoever she be."
In writing this song, it is evident that Eileen Fane was
inspired by Blind William of Tipperary; and that she was
beholden to Carroll O'Daly for her "Eileen, my Treasure,"
although not to Robin Adair of County Wicklow.