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| I'LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN KATHLEEN |
| I'LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN, KATHLEEN ACROSS THE OCEANS WILD AND WIDE TO WHERE YOUR HEART HAS EVER BEEN SINCE YOU WERE FIRST MY BONNIE BRIDE THE ROSES ALL HAVE LEFT YOUR CHEEK I'VE WATCHEDTHEM FADE AWAY AND DIE YOUR VOICE IS SAD WHEN E'ERE YOU SPEAK AND TEARS BEDIM YOUR LOVING EYES OH! I WILL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN, KATHLEEN TO WHERE YOUR HEART WILL FEEL NO PAIN AND WHERE THE FIELDS ARE FRESH AND GREEN I'LL TAKE YOU TO YOUR HOME AGAIN! I KNOW YOU LOVE ME,KATHLEEN DEAR YOUR HEART WAS EVER FOND AND TRUE I ALWAYS FEEL WHEN YOU ARE NEAR THAT LIFE HOLDS NOTHING,DEAR BUT YOU THE SMILES THAT YOU ONCE GAVE TO ME I SCARCELY EVER SEE THEM NOW THOUGH MANY, MANY TIMES I SEE A DARK'NING SHADOW ON YOUR BROW TO THAT DEAR HOME BEYOND THE SEA MY KATHLEEN SHALL AGAIN RETURN AND WHEN OLD FRIENDS WELCOME THEE THY LOVING HEART WILL CEASE TO YEARN WHERE LAUGHS THE LITTLE STREAM BESIDE YOUR MOTHER'S COT AND BRIGHTEST RAYS OF SUNSHINE GLEAM THERE ALL YOUR GRIEF WILL BE FORGOT OH, I WILL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN,KATHLEEN TO WHERE YOUR HEART WILL FEEL NO PAIN AND WHEN THE FIELDS ARE FRESH AND GREEN I'LL TAKE YOU TO YOUR HOME AGAIN! |
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| For Don and for Sue and my Irish children |
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