Name: Fly We To Some Desert Isle
Duration: P00H03M42S
Description: What lover hasn’t dreamt of running away with their beloved? This charming declaration of love and loyalty was written by Scots weaver, poet, and musician, Robert Tannahill, to the traditional air, “Rory Fraser’s Winsome Lassie.”

Fly We To Some Desert Isle

from Be Like the Sea by Syncopaths

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What lover hasn’t dreamt of running away with their beloved? This charming declaration of love and loyalty was written by Scots weaver, poet, and musician, Robert Tannahill, to the traditional air, “Rory Fraser’s Winsome Lassie.”

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LYRICS:

Fly we to some desert isle;
there we’ll pass our days thegither.
Shun the world’s derisive smile,
wand’ring tenants o the heather.

Shelter’d in some lonely glen,
far remov’d from mortal ken.
Forget the selfish ways o’ men,
nor feel a wish beyond each other.

Though my friends deride me still,
Jamie, I’ll disown thee never!
Let them scorn me as they will,
I’ll be thine, and thine for ever.

What are a’ my kin to me?
A’ their pride o’ pedigree!
What were life, if wantin’ thee?
An’ what were death, if we maun sever!

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from Be Like the Sea, released June 16, 2023
Lyrics: Robert Tannahill
Music: Traditional

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Syncopaths Culver City, California

From dance floors to concert halls, the Syncopaths bring a fresh, contemporary spin to music and songs rooted in the Scottish, Irish, and American folk traditions. The exuberant joy they derive from the music and each other is palpable and contagious. "The Syncopaths are nothing short of a Celtic supergroup." — Irish Herald, July 2011 ... more

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