At the foot of Knocknarea I pick up a stone To carry to the top with all my troubles I’ll lay it on Maeve’s cairn high upon that mound Stone upon hard stone I’ll lay it down
I have a man at home who wants more than I can give And a child who needs at least that much and better My heart is pulled tight, Maeve In this home that I have made At the foot of Knocknarea
I hear a music play as great as any love I carry for my husband and my daughter It calls me from their reach, I look back with no ease Can they stay a while alone and leave me be?
“No,” says the voice that answers in my head It’s the voice that has been droning on forever It’s my mother’s music, Maeve I sing with it always As I climb up Knocknarea
And the wind, it does rage here on Knocknarea It’s a rage that I’ve learned all too well I will speak the truth from now And show my young girl how For her voice depends on mine
At the foot of Knocknarea I pick up a stone To carry to the top with all my troubles I’ll lay it on Maeve’s cairn high upon that mound Stone upon hard stone I’ll lay it down