The Ashgrove

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[Verse]
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The ash grove, how graceful, how 
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plainly 'tis speaking
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The harp wind through it playing, 
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has language for me
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Wherever the light through the 
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branches is breaking
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A host of kind faces is gazing on me

[Verse]
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The friends of my childhood again 
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are before me
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Each step wakes a memory, as 
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freely I roam
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With soft whispers laden, its 
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leaves rustle o'er me
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The ash grove, the ash grove, 
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again is my home

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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Down yonder green valley where 
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streamlets meander
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When twilight is fading I 
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pensively rove
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Or at the bright noontide in 
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solitude wander
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Amid the dark shades of the lonely
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 ash grove

[Verse]
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'Twas there while the blackbird was
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 cheerfully singing
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I first met that dear one, the 
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joy of my heart
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Around us for gladness the 
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bluebells were springing
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The ash grove, the ash grove, that 
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sheltered my home

[Other]
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With soft whispers laden, its 
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leaves rustle o'er me
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The ash grove, the ash grove, 
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alone is my home