Talk:Avondale

Is Avondale originally a place in Ireland? It occurs in the song The Blackbird Of Sweet Avondale:

By the bright bay of Dublin while carelessly strolling

I sat myself down by a clear crystal stream

Reclined on the beach where the wild waves were rolling

In sorrow condoling I spied a fair maid.

Her robes changed to mourning that once were so glorious

I stood in amazement to hear her sad tale

Her heartstrings burst forth in wild accents deploring

Sayin, Where is my blackbird of sweet Avondale?

To the fair counties Meath, Kerry, Cork and Tipperary

The notes of his country my blackbird will sing

But woe to the hour when we'll part light and airy

He flew from my arms in Dublin to Queens.

Now the fowlers waylay him in hopes to enchain him

While I here in sorrow his absence bewail

It grieves me to think that the walls of Kilmainham

Surrounds my poor blackbird of sweet Avondale.

Now the cold prison dungeon is no habitation

For one for his country who fought loyal and true

Come grant him his pardon without hesitation

For remember he fought hard for freedom and you.

Now the birds in the forest for me have no charm

Not even the voice of the sweet nightingale

Her notes full of charm fills my heart with alarm

Since I lost my poor blackbird of sweet Avondale.

Sebastian 18:51, 2005 Mar 19 (UTC)