Daniel O'Donnell - My Lovely Island Home Chords

_ _ I'm going to sing the wee song that she wrote.
_ She wrote it about the island that she comes from.
This is her cousin, Mamie, that's beside her.
And both of them were born and brought up on Owey Island.
It's just between_
Well, it's between Arranmore and _ Gola and Torrey
and all of those other islands.
And in the mid-'70s, on the last day that _ everybody was leaving the island, _
_ because, I suppose, life was difficult and they couldn't survive,
and they all moved to the mainland.
My mother _ realised there was nothing ever written about her home.
So she jotted down these words,
and this is the song that became My Lovely Island Home. _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [F] _ As [Eb] I sit here sadly _ _ thinking how
[Ab] The years go swiftly past
_ _ _ [Bb] My thoughts go back to my childhood _ days
[Fm] When I [Bb] was but [Eb] a lad
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] And we a _ happy _ family _ [Ab] gathered round
Our turf [Fm] fire bright
_ _ [Bb] And the fairy _ _ tales our parents told
On the cold, dark, [Eb] wintery nights
_ _ My brothers, _ they are married now
_ [Ab]
With families _ of their own
_ _ [Bb] My sister lives in the _ USA
_ [Ab] In her grand [Bb] Long Island [Eb]
home
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] She _ pays a visit _ now and then
[Ab] To greet us, one _ [Fm]
and all
_ Then [Bb] our thoughts go back to those happy times
In our home in _ _ [Eb]
Donegal
My _ [Ab] island _ home _ _ _
_ [Bb] Where I [Eb]
was born _ _ _
_ Oh, how [Fm] I miss _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ those days [Eb]
long gone _ _ _
_ The [F] _ [Ab] little burn _ _ _ _
Where [Bb] _ I [Eb]
would play _ _ _ _
_ Oh, how [Fm] I long
_ _ _ [Bb] _
_ For _ _ [Eb]
yesterday _ _ _ _ _
_ If I could [Ab] _
return _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] I'd [Eb] never more roam
[Gm] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Eb] Forever [Fm] to stay _ _ _ _
[Bb] In my old [Eb] island home
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] My _ island home _ _
Lies empty now
[A]
The clock hangs on the wall
_ The _
[B] _ fireside chair
It still sits there
[A]
There's a [B] padlock on [E] the door
_ _ The raging _ seas
And the wintry winds
[A]
And the seagulls wearily [Gbm]
cry
_ _ But [B] no fire burns bright
In our hearth tonight
As it did in days [E] gone by
_ _ So fare thee well, my island home
[A] Where I spent many happy days
_ _ [B] And fare thee well to my friends so dear
[A] Who have crossed [B] the ocean [E] _
_ waves
_ May God protect and guide you all
[A]
Wherever _ you [Gbm] may roam
_ _ [B] For Owee was like heaven to us
In our lovely _ _ [E] island home
[Gb] My _ [A] island home _ _ _ _
Where [B] _ [E] I was born _ _ _
_ Oh, how [Gbm] I miss _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] those days [E] long gone _ _ _ _
The [Gbm] _ _ [A] little burn _ _ _ _
Where [B] _ I [E]
would play _ _ _
_ Oh, how [Gbm] I long
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ For _ [E]
yesterday _ _ _ _ _
_ If I could [A] _
return _ _ _ _
_ [B] I'd never [E] more roam
[Abm] _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ _ [E] Forever [Gbm] to stay
_ _ _ _ [B] _
In my old [E] island home
[A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ Forever [Gbm] to stay
_ _ _ _ [B] _
In my old [E] island home
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _