The ash grove how graceful
how plainly tis speaking
The harp wind through
it playing has language for me
Whenever the light through
its branches is breaking
A host of kind faces
is gazing on me
The friends of my childhood
again are before me
Each step wakes a memory
as freely i roam
With soft whispers laden
its leaves rustle o'er me
The ash grove the ash
grove again is my home
Down yonder green valley
where streamlets meander
When twilight is fading
I pensively rove
Or at the bright noon tide
in solitude wander
Amid the dark shades
of the lonely ash grove
twas there while the blackbird
was cheerfully singing
I first met that dear one
the joy of my heart
Around us for gladness
the bluebells were springing
The ash grove the ash grove
that sheltered my home
With soft whispers laden
its leaves rustle o'er me
The ash grove the ash
grove alone is my home