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grace bevill - ishling wives lyrics

[verse 1]
brides of the sea, brides of the sand
coming by highway hand+in+hand
putting back their wedding bands
for their fishermen are sailing from the mainland
why, for a farewell it is fine
calico keening in the sunshine
not a tear in any eye
please take summertime til next we see your flags fly

funny kind of woe
a lifting+veils+and+a+kissing sorrow
little is it known
while they’re gone, every bride is swallowed whole

[chorus 1]
ishling wives, ishling wives
left to their own devices
a skirt’s as good s’as her tongue ties
and pulls tight with her eyes
sweetest plight, ishling wives

[verse 2]
and over the ocean they will go
if i didn’t know, i’d suppose
they had lovers on other coasts
the kisses of whom they long for most
but you’ll find, land left behind
they’re not for maids desirous
love of the sea, you don’t fool me
men they may be but they’re just like us
[chorus 2]
ishling wives, ishling wives
both the wives and their husbands
connive to be distant all the time
all the while with a smile
one another’s guise, ishling wives

[bridge]
while the tides will keep changing
the world spins on
and the ships keep on sailing
the harbour from
where waving and mourning with glee
they do seem so happy

[chorus 3]
ishling wives, ishling wives
all round the sea, it is sweetened
with tendance venetian
on both sides
and the moonlight will be bright
when they love tonight, ishling wives

- grace bevill lyrics

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