Is briste mo chroí, is uaigneach mo shlí Is mo stóirín in a luí is mé cráite; ‘S é deireadh mo shaol, is mo chailín beag rua Sínte i gCrucán na bPáiste
Ni fheicfidh sí arís an drúcht ar an bhféar Nó an sneachta i ngleannta Mhaamtrasna Gan ghrian ar a h-aghaidh, gan ceol binn na n-éan Ach an chré fuar i gCrucán na bPáiste
Chorus: In ainm an Athair is in ainm an Mhic Is a Mháithrín atá lán de ghrásta; In ainm an Spioraid Naomh ná fág me beo Is mo mháinlín i gCrucán bPáiste
Is buartha na sléibhte, is tá mairg ar an Mask Is olc mise gan i bheith sábháilte; Is an fhad a bhéas mé beo ní sheasfaidh mé ar fhód Na hÉireann nó i gCrucán na bPáiste.
Repeat chorus:
Broken my heart, lonely my life With my darling child lying here and me tormented It is the end of my world, my little red-haired girl Laid out in Crucán na bPáiste
She will not see again the dew on the grass Nor the snow in the glens of Maamtrasna No sun on her face, no sweet song of the birds Only the cold earth of Crucán na bPáiste
Chorus: In the name of the Father and in the name of the Son And Mother Mary full of grace; In the name of the Holy Spirit, don’t leave me alive With my little angel in Crucán na bPáiste
There is sadness on the mountains, anger on the Mask But much worse am I that didn’t save her And for the time I am alive never more will I stand In Ireland or in Crucán na bPáiste. Repeat Chorus
'the burial place of the children' - lies on a hilltop in Maamtrasna, Co.Mayo, overlooking Lough Nafooey, and Lough Mask in Ireland. The song was written by Brendan Graham for one of the characters in his new novel "The Brightest Day, The Darkest Night" published by Harper Collins.