The Ashgrove

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

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

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

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

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