X:190
T:There's a Path across the Ocean
T:Path across the Ocean
R:song
C:Original words by Robert Gilfinnan (1798-1850), Scotland
H:Originates from the Scottish song "Oh Why Left I My Hame?".
H:Second verse also used as chorus.
D:Barry Gleeson
Z:id:hn-song-190
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=70
K:Edor
B2A | G2E (FE)D | E2F G2F | ED2 B,2C | D3-D
GA | (Bd2) BB2 | A3-A BB | A2A G2A | (B/A/B2)
B2A | G2E (FE)D | E2F G2F | E2D B,2C | D3-D
GA | Bd2 B2B | (A2F) D2E | F3 E2D | E3 ||
W:There's a path across the ocean, there's a track across the sea
W:There are green sunny lands in some foreign count-e-ry
W:I left my native Irish home and sailed across the sea
W:But when weary I'll return, to my own count-e-ry
W:
W:Why did I leave my home, or why did I cross the deep
W:Why did I leave the land where my forefathers sleep
W:I sigh for Erin's shore as I gaze across the sea
W:Will I ever get a glance lovely Erin of thee?
W:
W:I hear no Sabbath bell to awake the Sunday morn
W:I hear no reaper singing among the yellow corn
W:But I hear the tyrant's voice and the wail of slavery
W:Still I hear the linnet singing in my own country
W:
W:There's a sigh for every woe, there's a balm for every pain
W:Still my heart is nearly broken sore till I return again
W:To my own dear native Ireland where I was bred and born
W:Then I'll hear the linnet singing among the yellow corn