Lovely Leitrim

Lovely Leitrim - Tara Folk

Last night I had a pleasant dream

I woke up with a smile

I dreamt that I was back again

In dear old Erin's Isle

I thought I saw Lough Allen's

Banks in the valleys down below

It was my lovely Leitrim where

The Shannon water's flow

I stood enchanted at the scene

Of grandeur and of light

I hard for care left for Kerry town

Before the dark of night

I passed Sheemore that fairy

Hill where flowers wildly grow

And I passed the grave of Finn

McCool where the Shannon water's flow

The next I saw was Finnea Town

With her ancient abbey walls

The preaching of her holy

Monks re echoes through her halls

I stood with reverence on the

Spot reluctant for to go

From the town of saints and sages

Where the Shannon water's flow

I've travelled far from this great

Land from the east and to the west

But of all the islands I have seen

I love my own the best

And if ever I return again

There's one place I will go

It will be my lovely Leitrim

Where the Shannon water's flow