I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen

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 bonnie bride.
 The roses all have left your cheek.
 I've watched them fade away and die
 Your voice is sad when e'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'II take you to your home again!:|
 I know you love me, Kathleen, dear
 Your heart was ever fond and true.
 I always feel when you are near
 That life holds nothing dear, but you.
 The smiles that once you gave to me
 I scarcely ever see them now
 Though many, many times I see
 A dark'ning shadow on your brow.
 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.