And the stars are shining bright
And I think about my true love
He'll walk through purple heather
Up the hills and on to home
And I wonder why I ever had to
roam Central Park at midnight
In a carriage in the snow I
find I think of Innisfree
Where the emerald shamrocks grow
I'm leaving in the morning
I'll sing the old sweet songs
And I'll never leave till all
There are seas that lie between us
There are years that have been lost
But I never will forget the
There are hearts that had been broken
And the dream was almost lost
But the sounds of Ireland
My fathers, fathers, fathers
They sailed from Irish shores
They played the drums in Lexington
They fought the civil wars
They died to save the Union
They lived to see me born
There were seas that rolled
There were years that had been lost
But they never did forget
There were vows that were broken
And the promise almost lost
But they never did forget
It's a long, way to New York City
From the shores of County Cork
And the ships that brought us over here
Were made of tears and smoke
I'll sing the old sweet songs
And I'll walk in purple heather,
I'll sing in purple heather,
I'll dance in heather till the Irish dawn. you