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Sir Tristram -- Tune & Words by Barry Finn
Across the raging waters
Across the Irish Sea
I bring King Mark my Uncle
My love his bride to be
It's dark and I'm dreary
As we sail o'r the main
It's wet and I'm weary
Though I'm with my love again
I was trusted to the Kings right hand
Protector of the realm
There's no a man in all the land
To me would not bow down
My name it is Sir Tristram
Nephew to the King
I am a knight of high renown
Though with the Queen I've lain
May Iseult forgive me
I pray Mark do the same
The love I bare for King and Queen
I'll take unto my grave
Sad is my fate that I should love
The King's chosen Queen
I wished I'd died when I was young
And been born without a name
Barry Finn 1997