I Wish I Was Lyrics

Green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew Sorry was I love when parting from you But at our next meeting I hope you'll prove true And we'll join the green laurel and the violet so...Read Full Lyrics

As I was a'walking one evening of late Where fragrant fine flowers the fields decorate I carelessly rambled where I did not know By the fair crystal fountain that falls in Glencoe ...Read Full Lyrics

It being in the springtime and the small birds they were singing Down by yon shady harbour I carelessly did stray The thrushes they were warbling, the violets they were charming To...Read Full Lyrics

Dear thoughts are in my mind and my soul it soars enchanted As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day For a tender beaming smile to my hope has been granted And tom...Read Full Lyrics

As the lonesome scenes of winter in stormy winds do blow Clouds around the centre inclined to frost and snow You're the boy that I have chosen to be my only dear Your scornful hear...Read Full Lyrics

Leaving sweet lovely Derry for fair London town There is no finer harbour all around can be found Where the youngsters each evening go down to the shore And the joy bells are ringi...Read Full Lyrics

She's like the swallow that flies so high She's like the river that never runs dry She's like the sunshine on the lee shore She loves her love and love is no more â??Tis out in t...Read Full Lyrics

I am a youth that's inclined to ramble To some foreign country, I mean to steer I am loath to part from my friends and comrades And my dear sweetheart, whom I loved dear But there...Read Full Lyrics