Cottage by the Lee

Cottage By the Lee - Louise Morrissey

Written by：Richard Farrelly

'Tis well I know that often folks keep wond'ring

When in my eyes a far off look they see

What can it be the cause of all my dreaming

What is this dream so very dear to me

And truth to tell 'tis often I go roaming

In dreams along the road of memory

To where my heart will find its consolation

Within that lovely cottage by the Lee

My home sweet home that I so fondly cherish

The dear ones there mean everything to me

In all this world if there can be a heaven

I'm sure it's in that cottage by the Lee

'Tis grand to stand outside that cottage doorway

And gaze across the corn fields so rich and gold

To hear the stream go rippling by the meadow

Or watch the shepherd calling to his fold

And down the lane that winds behind the garden

The blackbird greets the smiling summer morn

And as his music echoes o'er the valley

You smile and bless the day that you were born

Yes that's my dream my lovely dream of homeland

And though I thought a rover I could be

It's soon I found I left my heart behind me

Within that lovely cottage by the Lee