Saint Patrick's Day

She sings her tears away in the mountains overseas While some dance on St Patrick's Day Nine months to come to life nine months to leave And some dance on St Patrick's Day Oh don't think she's drowned in grief You should see her dance on bright July But when the others toast to joy In March she softly mourns her boy The warm blowing of the chergui afar Might wake the infant's laughters And his eyes in the frame tenderly now Watch over her sleep Madeleine treasures the memory Of his weight on her breast And when the silence cries out from the cradle She'd hush it with a lullaby Nini ya moumou