It\u2019s sad in Dooras when the tide is low, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the green fields covered with the frost and snow, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the dark nights lonely with the curlew’s cry, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I thinking, thinking on the times gone by. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chorus! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
the happy summers of the olden days, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And the brown boats stealing through the golden haze, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The cuckoo calling from the woods within, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And my love beside me and the tide full in.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n O was I not foolish when I let him go, <\/p>\n\n\n\n To seek his fortune where the wild winds blow <\/p>\n\n\n\n If a fair wind brought him to my aching heart, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \\With my two arms round him we would never part.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n O! the happy summers of the olden days, <\/p>\n\n\n\n And the brown boats stealing through the golden haze, <\/p>\n\n\n\n And the cuckoo calling from the woods within, <\/p>\n\n\n\n And my love beside me and the tide full in.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n O a dear, dear letter on my fond heart lies, <\/p>\n\n\n\n And its words of promise more than life I prize, <\/p>\n\n\n\n For it whispers, “St\u00f3ir\u00edn, soon I’ll fortune win, <\/p>\n\n\n\n And return to claim you – and the tide full in.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n Chorus (2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n O! the happy summers will come back once more, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And the brown boats stealing to the sunset shore, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And the cuckoo calling from the woods within, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And my love beside me and the tide full in, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And my love beside me and the tide full in.<\/strong> It\u2019s sad in Dooras when the tide is low, And the green fields covered with the frost and snow, And the dark nights lonely with the curlew’s cry, And I thinking, thinking on the times gone by. Chorus! the happy summers of the olden days, And the brown boats stealing through the golden haze, The … <\/p>\n
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