The isle
of Innisfree
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1. I've met some folk who say that I'm a dreamer,
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and
I've no doubt there's truth in what they say.
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But sure a body's bound to be
a dreamer,
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when all
the things he loves are far away.
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2. And precious things are dreams onto an exile,
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they
take him o're the land across the sea,
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especially
when it happens he's an exile
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must
he love the Isle of Innisfree.
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And when the moonlight peeps
across the rooftops
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of
this great city wondrous though it be.
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I scarcely feel it's wonder or it's laughter,
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I'm once again back home in Innisfree.
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3. I wonder o're green hills and dreamy
valleys,
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and
find a peace no other land could know.
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I hear the birds make music
fit for angles,
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and
watch the rivers laughing as they flow.
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4. And then on to my humble shack I wander,
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my
own sweet home I tenderly behold.
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The folks I love around the
turf are gathered,
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on
bended knees, their rosary is told.
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But dreams don’t last, though
dreams are not forgotten,
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and
soon I'm back to stern reality.
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And though they pave the
footways here with gold-dust,
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I still would choose my Isle
of Innisfree.
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And though they pave the
footways here with gold-dust,
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I still would choose my Isle
of Innisfree.
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(Tommy Fleming)