A 1837 separation song popular during the American Civil War. words by Mrs. Marion Crawford music by Frederick Nicholls Crouch
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Oh! hast thou forgotten
How soon we must sever?
Oh! hast thou forgotten
This day we must part?
It may be for years
And it may be forever
Oh! why art thou silent
Thou voice of my heart?
It may be for years
And it may be forever
Then why art thou silent
Kathleen Mavourneen?
Chorus
Mavourneen, Mavourneen
My sad tears are falling
To think that from Erin
And thee I must part
It may be for years
And it may be forever
Then why art thou silent
Thou voice of my heart?
It may be for years
And it may be forever
Then why art thou silent
Kathleen Mavourneen?
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