The Honeywell Lyrics

By the rivers Boyne and Dee Streaming to the Irish Sea

C

Beneath 10,000 glowing stars Fergus ruled the Brazen cars

Em

All the ages of the moon Have rose and set above this tomb

In Dowth and NewGrange spirits wail [Ulster] For Fairy passage

Through the veil

The treasured jewelled spear of Lugh Its mighty aim was ever true

The magic stories heaven tells The legend of the Honey well

As gleaming twilight turns to black The constellations guide us back

The face of heaven casts a spell The legend of the Honeywell

Em

In the valley of the Milky Way The ancient high man guards Baltray

The summer solstice has begun On the island of the setting sun [Ireland]

The heroes glorious tales they tell Among the stars on Orion's [O'Ryans] belt

Eternal souls just passing through The temporal world to start anew

And in the bonfire now we see⁵The flames seem almost feathery

All through the night the stars precess Their light our vision will caress

So lift a pint and sing with us Friends are gathered there's no fuss

We share the gossip we call craic And Ireland always calls us back…