I'll take you home again
Kathleen
Across the ocean
wild and wide
To where your heart
has ever been
Since first you were
my bonny bride
The roses
all have left your cheek
I've watched them
fade away and die
Your voice is sad
whene'er you speak
And tears bedim
your loving eyes
Oh I will take you back
Kathleen
To where your heart
will feel no pain
And when the fields
are fresh and green
I'll take you to your home
Kathleen
To that dear home
beyond the sea
My Kathleen shall
again return
And when thy old friends
welcome thee
Thy loving heart
will cease to yearn
Where laughs the little
silver stream
Beside your mother's
humble cot
And brightest rays
of sunshine gleam
There all your grief
will be forgot
Oh I will take you back
Kathleen
To where your heart
will feel no pain
And when the fields
are fresh and green
I'll take you to your home
Kathleen
I'll take you to your home
Kathleen