Ash Grove

Down yonder green valley
Where streamlets meander
Where twilight is fading I pensively rove
Or at the bright noontide
In solitude wander
Amid the dark shades of the lonely ash grove

'Twas there while the blackbird
Was cheerfully singing
I first met that dear one
The joy of my heart
Around us for gladness the bluebells were ringing
Ah then little thought I
How soon we should part

Still glows the bright sunshine
O'er valley and mountain
Still warbles the blackbird its note from the tree
Still trembles the moonbeam
O'er streamlet and fountain
But what are the beauties of nature to me

With sorrow deep sorrow
My bosom is laden
All day I go mourning in search of my love
Ye echoes oh tell me
Where is the sweet maiden
She sleeps neath the green turf
Down by the ash grove

With sorrow deep sorrow
My bosom is laden
All day I go mourning in search of my love
Ye echoes oh tell me
Where is that sweet maiden
She sleeps 'neath the green turf
Down by the ash grove