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I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
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Contrary to a common misconception, this was not a ballad imported from the Emerald Isle. In 1876, composer Thomas P. Westendorf, a school teacher living in Plainfield, Indiana, penned this affectionate love song when temporarily separted from his wife-only her name was Jennie. The piece was written in the form of an "answer" to a then popular ballad, "Barney, Take Me Home Again."
For sure, a tear does glisten in this old Irish-American eye though. (grin)
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.
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