This song was originally written by Richard Farrelly in 1950 and has since been preformed by various artists
No Capo
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I've met some folks who say that I'm a dreamer
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And I've no doubt, there's truth in what they say
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But sure a body's bound to be a dreamer
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When all the things he loves are far away
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And precious things are dreams unto an exile
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They take him o'er the land across the sea
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Especially when it happens he's an exile
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From that dear lovely Isle of Innisfree
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And when the moonlight peeps across the rooftops
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Of this great city, wondrous tho' it be
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I scarcely feel its wonder or its laughter
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I'm once again, back home in Innisfree
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I wander o'er green hills, through dreamy valleys
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And find a peace no other land could know
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I hear the birds make music fit for angels
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And watch the rivers laughing as they flow
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And then into a humble shack I wander
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My dear old home, I tenderly behold
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The folks I love, around the turf-fire, gathered
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On bended knee the rosary is told
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But dreams don't last, though dreams are not forgotten
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And soon I'm back to stern reality
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But though they pave the footpaths here with gold-dust
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I still would choose my Isle of Innisfree
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I scarcely feel its wonder or its laughter
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I'm once again, back home in Innisfree
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I still would choose my Isle of Innisfree