Isle of Inisfree Lyrics

I've met some folks who say that I'm a dreamer,
And I've no doubt there's truth in what they say,
But sure a body's bound to be a dreamer,
When all the things he loves are far away.
And precious things are dreams unto an exile.
They take him o'er the land across the sea --
Especially when it happens he's an exile,
From that dear lovely Isle of Inisfree.

And when the moonlight peeps across the rooftops,
Of this great city, wondrous though it be,
I scarcely feel its wonder or its laughter...
I'm once again back home in Inisfree.

I wander o'er green hills through dreamy valleys,
And find a peace no other land would know.
I hear the birds make music fit for angels,
And watch the rivers laughing as they flow.
And then into a humble shack I wander --
My dear old home -- and tenderly behold,
The folks I love around the turf fire, gathered.
On bended knees, their rosary is told.

But dreams don't last --
Though dreams are not forgotten --
And soon I'm back to stern reality.
But though they pave the footways here with gold dust,
I still would choose the Isle of Inisfree.

Celtic Woman - The Greatest Journey: Essential Collection

Oct 2008

1. Call
2. Pie Jesu
3. You Raise Me Up
4. Harry's Game
5. Butterfly
6. Voice
7. Danny Boy
8. Soft Goodbye
9. Shenandoah (The Contradiction)
10. Isle of Inisfree
11. Dúlaman
12. Green the Whole Year 'Round
13. Ave Maria
14. Sky and the Dawn and the Sun
15. Somewhere
16. Beyond the Sea
17. Mo Ghile Mear [Live][*]
18. Spanish Lady [Live from Slane Castle][*]
19. Spanish Lady [Live from Slane Castle]
20. Walking in the Air - Chloë Agnew