Doonaree - Eileen Donaghy

Eileen Donaghy singing Doonaree

If you ever go to Ireland I'm sure you will agree
To take the road from Dublin town way down to Doonaree
'Tis there you'll find a wishing well beyond a chestnut tree
In a shady nook, by a winding brook
Will you make this wish for me
Oh to be in Doonaree with the sweetheart I once knew
To stroll in the shade of the leafy glade where the rhododendrons grew
To sit with my love on the bridge above the rippling waterfall
But to go back home never more to roam is my dearest wish of all

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And if you take the hilly path to the woods where bluebells grow
Where we as barefoot children played so many years ago
You'll find a slumbering castle there enshrined in memory
In a shady nook, by a winding brook
Will you make this wish for me
Oh to be in Doonaree with the sweetheart I once knew
To stroll in the shade of the leafy glade where the rhododendrons grew
To sit with my love on the bridge above the rippling waterfall
But to go back home never more to roam is my dearest wish of all
To go back home never more to roam is my dearest wish of all
back home never more to roam is my dearest wish of all.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ireland
• Doonaree
• Eileen
• Donaghy

[scsclass70]

Thanks so much for posting this song. It brings back such WONDERFUL memories of my late mother. It was a song she sang throughout my childhood. Hearing it tonight has sent shivers through me hearing it again.  I smile just thinking of her and this song. Thanks again!

[lorgain2]

Nice comment scsclass70.

[sessnazx]

Teenage Memories of Finner Camp,

Bundoran

Many Thanks

[lorgain2]

Thanks for the comment sessnazx.

[sessnazx]

Brings Back Childhood Memories

Thank you So Much

[lorgain2]

You are welcome sessnazx.

[LibsOK]

...and summer sundays climbing trees in Dun a Ri with my cousins.

[LibsOK]

will forever remind me if Leaving Cert choir practice. :-)

[MICHAELCAMPBELL69]

My father use to sing this song all the time,and I am going back 50 years.

Thanks for the memories

[lorgain2]

Thanks Stew.