Lovely Leitrim

Lovely Leitrim - Larry Cunningham

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 laugh Allen's banks

In the Valleys' down below

It was my lovely leitrim where

The shannon water's flow

I stood enchanted by the scene

Of grandeur and of light

I had it off for kerry town

Before the dark of night

I passed sheemore that fairy hill

Where flowers wildly grow

And I saw 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 to 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 to lovely leitrim where

The shannon water's flow