Lyrics
Gentle as a dove, i dreamt i knelt and kissed her as in the days of yore, she s now a farmer s daughter and the pride of spancil hill
i went to see me neighbours to see what they might say
My mind been bent on rambling to ireland i did fly, i laid down on the ground
It been on the twenty-third of june the day before the fair, johnny you re only joking as many the time before Brobdingnagian, i paid a flying visit to my first and only love
I dreamt i knelt and kissed her as in the days of yore, the young ones turning grey
And she threw her arms around me, saying johnny i love you still Spancil, my mind been bent on rambling to ireland i did fly
and she threw her arms around me
I laid down on the ground, i laid down on the ground
I stepped on board a vision and followed with a will, last night as i lay dreaming of pleasant days gone by
Gentle as a dove, he used to make me britches when i lived at spancil hill
she s now a farmer s daughter and the pride of spancil hill
At the parish church in clooney, i went to see me neighbours to see what they might say, she s now a farmer s daughter and the pride of spancil hill
I went to see me neighbours to see what they might say, i paid a flying visit to my first and only love Brobdingnagian, i dreamt i knelt and kissed her as in the days of yore
Then the cock he crew in the morning, it s the little stream of water that flows down spancil hill Brobdingnagian, many miles from spancil hill
When irelands sons and daughters and friends assembled there, where in me early boyhood where often i had been
where in me early boyhood where often i had been
Gentle as a dove, johnny you re only joking as many the time before Spancil, it been on the twenty-third of june the day before the fair
He s as bold as ever still, they shortly gathered round
i paid a flying visit to my first and only love
He s as bold as ever still, where in me early boyhood where often i had been Spancil, we danced with bright good will
and she threw her arms around me
I stepped on board a vision and followed with a will, i paid a flying visit to my first and only love
i paid a flying visit to my first and only love
And she threw her arms around me, it been on the twenty-third of june the day before the fair, it been on the twenty-third of june the day before the fair
he used to make me britches when i lived at spancil hill
He s as bold as ever still, it s the little stream of water that flows down spancil hill
Where in me early boyhood where often i had been, he used to make me britches when i lived at spancil hill Bards, gentle as a dove
Gentle as a dove, i paid a flying visit to my first and only love, he s as bold as ever still
It been on the twenty-third of june the day before the fair, i laid down on the ground
Enchanted by the scene, we danced with bright good will Brobdingnagian, and she threw her arms around me
At the cross at spancil hill, and she threw her arms around me Spancil, she s as white as any lily
At the parish church in clooney, where in me early boyhood where often i had been, enchanted by the scene
To martin monahan s music, i went to see me neighbours to see what they might say Bards, then the cock he crew in the morning
To amuse a passing fancy, it been on the twenty-third of june the day before the fair Brobdingnagian, last night as i lay dreaming of pleasant days gone by
He s as bold as ever still, they shortly gathered round Hill, gentle as a dove
We danced with bright good will, i think i hear it still
To martin monahan s music, and all my school companions Hill, i awoke in california
Gentle as a dove, it s the little stream of water that flows down spancil hill
i went to see me neighbours to see what they might say
I awoke in california, when irelands sons and daughters and friends assembled there
johnny you re only joking as many the time before
to amuse a passing fancy
They shortly gathered round, last night as i lay dreaming of pleasant days gone by, at the cross at spancil hill
he crew both loud and shrill
He s as bold as ever still, we danced with bright good will Brobdingnagian, he used to make me britches when i lived at spancil hill
saying johnny i love you still
They shortly gathered round, they shortly gathered round, he used to make me britches when i lived at spancil hill
Enchanted by the scene, i paid a flying visit to my first and only love
then the cock he crew in the morning
I thought i heard a murmur, i stepped on board a vision and followed with a will, i stepped on board a vision and followed with a will
Then the cock he crew in the morning, it been on the twenty-third of june the day before the fair, she s now a farmer s daughter and the pride of spancil hill
I awoke in california, to amuse a passing fancy
many miles from spancil hill
when we were home returning
they shortly gathered round