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 loving bride The roses all have left your cheeks, I've watched them fade away and die Your voice is sad when'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 will take you to your home Kathleen
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
Oh, I will take you back Kathleen, to where your heart will feel no pain And when the fields are fresh and green, I will take you to your home Kathleen
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
Oh, I will take you back Kathleen, to where your heart will feel no pain And when the fields are fresh and green, I will take you to your home Kathleen