The Makem & Spain Brothers: The Tradition Continues
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Many's a heart shall break in twa should he no come back again
BONNY CHARLIE
Bonny Charlie's now awa', safely o'er the friendly mainMany's a heart shall break in twa should he no come back again
Chorus:
Will ye no come back again? Will ye no come back again?
Better loved ye canna be, will ye no come back again
Whene'er I hear the blackbird sing unto the evening
sinking down
Or thrush that makes the woods to ring, to me there is no other
sound
Many's a gallant soldier fought, many's a gallant chief
did fall
Death itself was dearly bought all for Scotland's king and lord
Low the blackbird's note and long, lilting wildly up
the glen
And aye, to me he sings one song, will ye no come back again?