Em                         D
One evening for pleasure I rambled
       Bm                 D       Em
On the banks of some cold purling stream
Em                         D
I set down on a bed of primroses
       Bm            D   Em
And I gently fell into a dream
Em
I dreamt that I saw a fair female
                      Bm
Her equal I never saw before
      Em                         D
And I sighed for the laws of our country
       Bm               D            Em
As we stray there on Ireland’s green shore

[Verse 2]
Em                                D
Her cheeks were like two bloomin’ roses
    Bm              D        Em
Her teeth were like ivory so white
Em                                D
Her eyes shone like two sparkling diamonds
       Bm                 D      Em
Or the stars on some cold frosty night
Em
She was dressed in the richest attire
                             Bm
And green was the mantle she wore
          Em                             D
All bound down with the hemlocks and the roses
      Bm                D            Em
As we stray there on Ireland’s green shore

[Verse 3]
Em                     D
Transgression of joy I awoken
  Bm             D      Em
I found this was only a dream
Em                          D
That pretty fair female had fled me
  Bm           D          Em
I longed to be slumbering again
Em
May the heavens above be her guardian
                                    Bm
Though I know I’ll never see her anymore
        Em                         D
May the goldest sunbeam shine upon her
       Bm                  D            Em
As she lies sleeping on Ireland’s green shore

[Verse Stub]
Em                         D
One evening for pleasure I rambled
       Bm                 D       Em
On the banks of some cold purling stream
Em                         D
I set down on a bed of primroses
       Bm         D      Em
And I gently fell into a dream