a 1912 popular song
words by Geo. Graff Jr. and Chauncey Olcott
music by Ernest R. Ball
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Theres a bit of an Isle where the green grass is greenest
Where roses are sweetest of any that grows
Where colleens are fairest and wits are the rarest
And songs are the dearest that any one knows
Sweet Isle O’ Dreams of you I am singing
‘Tis you, sure, that means the whole world to me
And divil a bit of me heart is left over
Sweet Emerald Isle, you’re the gem of the sea
Chorus
Dear Isle O’ Dreams, I love you
Land where the shamrock grows
Sweet Isle of smiles and blarney
And where the Shannon Flows
Dear land of love, where laughter
Thru ev’ry teardrop gleams
Ireland my own, I love you
My Isle O’ Dreams
2. I love all your rivers, your lakes and your mountains
I love all your shamrocks, your bogs and your bays
I love your sweet dreaming, I’m fond of your scheming
Your fairy tales teeming with true love always
If in my dreams I’d find myself wand’rin’
Afar from the Isle that’s as dear as it seems
I’d sure be a pinching myself till I’d waken
Forever to stay in my own Isle O’ Dreams
Sung here by Fred Feild: