'Tis well I know that often folks keep wond'ring When in my eyes a far-off look they see What can it be the cause of all my dreaming What is this dream so very dear to me?
And truth to tell, 'tis often I go roaming In dreams along the road of memory To where my heart will find its consolation Within that lovely cottage by the Lee
My home, sweet home that I so fondly cherish The dear ones there mean everything to me In all this world, if there can be a heaven I'm sure it's in that cottage by the Lee
'Tis grand to stand outside that cottage doorway And gaze across the corn fields so rich and gold To hear the stream go rippling by the meadow Or watch the shepherd calling to his fold
From down the lane that winds behind the garden The blackbird greets the smiling summer morn And as his music echoes o'er the valley You smile and bless the day that you were born
Yes, that's my dream, my lovely dream of homeland And though I though a rover I might be It's soon I found I left my heart behind me Within that lovely cottage by the Lee.