Isle of Innisfree lyrics
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THE ISLE OF INNISFREE
Words & music by Dick Farrelly
Published by The Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. 1950
The melody was used as the theme of the film, The Quiet Man.
I've met some folks
Who say that I'm a dreamer
And I've no doubt
There's truth in what they say
But sure a body's bound to be a dreamer
When all the things he loves are far away
And precious things
Are dreams unto an exile
They take him o'er
The land across the sea
Especially when it happens he's an exile
From that dear lovely Isle of Innisfree
And when the moonlight
Peeps across the rooftops
Of this great city
Wondrous though it be
I scarcly feel its wonder or laughter
I'm once again back home in Innisfree
I wonder o'er green hills
Through dreamy valleys
And find a peace
No other land would know
I hear the birds make music fit for angels
And watch the rivers laughing
As they flow
And then into a humble shack I wander--
My dear old home--
And tenderly behold
The folks I love
Around the turf fire gathered
On bended knee
Their rosary is told
But dreams don't last
Though dreams are not forgotten
And soon I'm back
To stern reality
But though they pave
The footways here with gold dust
I still would choose
My Isle of Innisfree
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Thanks to Gerard Farrelly (Dick Farrelly's son) for submitting the lyrics.
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Such a haunting tune and lyrics. I love this song
I think the lyrics are about a man missing the land of his birth rather than a particular place,it is a haunting song and it gives a feeling of being homesick for anyone hearing it while away from home.
Some notes on the recording history of "Isle of Innisfree": I have an old Columbia LP Record catalog from about 1956 or '57 that illustrates the cover of an album, CL 629 "Arthur Godfrey Presents Caarmel Quinn", in which Ms. Quinn sings "Isle of Innisfree".
I was recently pleasantly surprised to hear Celtic Woman's rendition of the song. The song is, of course, a reference to the poem by William Butler Yeats, "The Lake Isle of Innisfree".
In Line 3 of my comment please correcdt spelling of the artist's name to Carmel Quinn, not "Caarmel".
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