DOONAREE
(Eilish Boland)

Vera Lynn - 1954
Carmel Quinn - 1954
Also recorded by: Ruby Murray; Joe Lynch; Larry Cunningham; Lee Lynch. 


If you ever go to Ireland, 
I'm sure you will agree
To take the road from Dublin town 
Way down to Doonaree
'Tis there you'll find a wishing well 
Beyond a chestnut tree
In a shady nook, by a winding brook,
Will you make this wish for me

Oh to be in Doonaree 
With a sweetheart I once knew
To stroll in the shade of the leafy glade 
Where the rhododendrons grew
To sit with my love on the bridge 
Above the rippling waterfall
But to go back home, never more to roam 
Is my dearest wish of all

And if you take the hilly path 
To the woods where bluebells grow
Where we as barefoot children played 
So many years ago
You'll find a slumbering castle there 
Enshrined in memory
In a shady nook, by a winding brook
Will you make this wish for me

Oh to be in Doonaree 
With a sweetheart I once knew
To stroll in the shade of the leafy glade 
Where the rhododendrons grew
To sit with my love on the bridge 
Above the rippling waterfall
But to go back home, never more to roam 
Is my dearest wish of all

To go back home, never more to roam 
Is my dearest wish of all

Back home, never more to roam 
Is my dearest wish of all