Doonaree
Composer(s): Eilish Boland
Performer(s): Vera Lynn
and various other artists
If you ever go to Ireland
I'm sure you will agree
To take the road from Dublin town
Way down to Doonaree
'Tis there you'll find a wishing well
Beyond a chestnut tree
In a shady nook, by a winding brook
Will you make this wish for me
Oh to be in Doonaree
With a sweetheart I once knew
To stroll in the shade of the leafy glade
Where the rhododendrons grew
To sit with my love on the bridge
Above the rippling waterfall
But to go back home, never more to roam
Is my dearest wish of all
And if you take the hilly path
To the woods where bluebells grow
Where we as barefoot children played
So many years ago
You'll find a slumbering castle there
Enshrined in memory
In a shady nook, by a winding brook
Will you make this wish for me
Oh to be in Doonaree
With a sweetheart I once knew
To stroll in the shade of the leafy glade
Where the rhododendrons grew
To sit with my love on the bridge
Above the rippling waterfall
But to go back home, never more to roam
Is my dearest wish of all
To go back home, never more to roam
Is my dearest wish of all
Back home, never more to roam
Is my dearest wish of all
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