C G7
South wind of the gentle rain,
C F C
you banish winter weather
G7
Bring salmon to the pool again,
C F C
the bees among the heather
C Csus4 F C
If northward now you mean to blow,
C G7
as you rustle soft above me
C Csus4 F C
God speed be with you as you go
G7 C
and a kiss for those that love me
[Verse 2]
C G7
From south I come with velvet breeze,
C F C
my word all nature blesses,
G7
I melt the snow and strew the leaves
C F C
with flowers and soft caresses;
C Csus4 F C
I'll help you to dispel your woes,
G7
with joy I'll take your greeting
C Csus4 F C
And bear it to your loved Mayo
G7 C
upon my wings so fleeting.
[Verse 3]
C G7
Ny Connaught, famed for wine and play,
C F C
so leal, so gay, so loving
G7
Here's my fond kiss I send today
C F C
borne on the wind in its roving.
C Csus4 F C
Those Munster folk are good and kind,
G7
right royally they treat me
C Csus4 F C
But this land I'd gladly leave behind,
G7 C
with your Connaught pipes to greet me.
