Bonny Portmore
Loreena McKennitt * Track #2 On The Visit
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- #1All Souls Night
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- #2Bonny Portmore
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- #3Between the Shadows
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- #4The Lady of Shalott
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- #5Greensleeves
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- #6Tango to Evora
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- #7Courtyard Lullaby
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- #8The Old Ways
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- #9Cymbeline
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Bonny Portmore by Loreena McKennitt
Performed by
Loreena McKennittProduced by
Loreena McKennittWrited by
TraditionalAbout
“Bonny Portmore” is an Irish traditional folk song expressing sadness at the demise of Ireland’s ancient oak forests. In particular, the song refers to the “Great Oak of Portmore”, also known as the “Portmore Ornament Tree”, which once stood at Portmore Lough but was felled by a storm in 1760 and th...
Bonny Portmore Lyrics
O bonny Portmore, I am sorry to see
Such a woeful destruction of your ornament tree
For it stood on your shore for many's the long day
'Til the long boats from Antrim came to float it away
O bonny Portmore, you shine where you stand
And the more I think on you the more I think long
If I had you now as I had once before
All the lords in Old England would not purchase Portmore
O bonny Portmore, you shine where you stand
And the more I think on you the more I think long
If I had you now as I had once before
All the Lords in Old England would not purchase Portmore
All the birds in the forest they bitterly weep
Saying "Where will we shelter? Where will we sleep?"
For the oak and the ash, they are all cutten down
And the walls of bonny Portmore are all down to the ground
O bonny Portmore, you shine where you stand
And the more I think on you the more I think long
If I had you now as I had once before
All the Lords of Old England would not purchase Portmore
Bonny Portmore Q&A
Who wrote Bonny Portmore's ?
Bonny Portmore was written by Traditional.
Who produced Bonny Portmore's ?
Bonny Portmore was produced by Loreena McKennitt.