Verse:  
I first met you in the highland; pretty girl so strangely fey 
As to catch my eye and keep it, and to steal my breath away 

I was young, but you were younger and I followed 'er you ran 
Just to touch your freckled cheek, lass, or to hold your lily hand 

Refrain:
It was far from me to wonder how you left me half-beguiled 
Why you strove so hard to make me love the mother of my child 

Verse:  
Though I've built a life I'm proud of as her husband and his dad 
From a distance I have watched you, often feeling somewhat sad 

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Verse:  
Ah, good lady, guardian … true of soul my own 
You mapped the road I had to travel though it left you quite alone 

Refrain:  
Now you watch me too, I venture, feeling somewhat sad, I trust 
Yet glad that we were right enough to do what well we must. 

Verse:  
I was young, but you were younger and I followed 'er you ran 
Just to touch your freckled cheek, lass, or to hold your lily hand 

Now you're old, and I am older and our future's close at hand 
Soon we'll be at last together     in our dreams of Ireland 
Our dreams of Ireland … in dreams of Ireland.