When the Mist Comes Again

Outside her window the fog was far soon
It hides half of Dublin, and the half moon
Up from the river it creeps
Carrying with it relentless disease

Three years ago it was Mary she lost
Seamus, and Tom were soon laid by a cross
Two little souls still in the night
This plea for salvation her nightmare refrain

Father don't let me be taken away
For the lives of my children, don't let me I pray
The black river Shannon is surely to blame in the end
When the mist comes again

Gonе is her husband, the prodigal king
Abandoned thе family in favour of drink
Now she begs Henry for clothes
Charity bread dropped before the stove

Father don't let me be taken away
For the lives of my children, don't let me I pray
The black river Shannon is surely to blame in the end
When the mist comes again

For all of the hardships that she's facing in life
The last thing she needs is the list every night
It clings like a funeral shroud
Muffles this prayer she cries right out loud

Father don't let me be taken away
For the lives of my children, don't let me I pray
The black river Shannon is surely to blame in the end
When the mist comes again
When the mist comes again