《Cottage in Old Donegal》歌词

[00:00:00] Cottage in Old Donegal - Paddy McElherron

[00:00:08] As I stood all alone in a bar room one day

[00:00:12] In a far off American town

[00:00:17] Just dreaming and passing the long hours away

[00:00:21] Awaiting my drink to come round

[00:00:25] When something stood deep in my heart at the view

[00:00:29] Of a picture that hung on the wall

[00:00:33] Twas a dear Irish homestead so charming and true

[00:00:37] Just a cottage in old done gal

[00:00:42] It brought back the joy of a bright Irish day

[00:00:46] The memories still in my mine

[00:00:50] When a bare footed boy dreamed the long hours away

[00:00:54] Only peace and contentment to find

[00:00:58] But in search of a living I had to stray

[00:01:03] An emigrant boy got his call

[00:01:07] As I left my dear mother and sailed far away

[00:01:12] From my cottage in old done gal

[00:01:24] And now in life's ocean my race almost run

[00:01:28] Too plainly this story is told

[00:01:32] The long years have passed and the mother is gone

[00:01:36] And left me forgotten and old

[00:01:40] Though the primrose will bloom in the cool leafy lane

[00:01:44] The cook coos in springtime will call

[00:01:48] Where the kindly green rush hides the hollow remains

[00:01:53] Of the cottage in old done gal

[00:01:57] I fled from the bar room the smoke and the haze

[00:02:01] My feelings I could not disguise

[00:02:05] From a bar man who looked with a questioning gaze

[00:02:09] At the tears streaming down from my eyes

[00:02:14] In a church on the corner I knelt down to pray

[00:02:18] My voice sounding humble and small

[00:02:22] God bless you my homeland and guard you each day

[00:02:26] Every cottage in old done gal

[00:02:30] God bless you my homeland and guard you each day

[00:02:35] Every cottage in old done gal