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TAKE ME BACK TO THE ISLANDS song lyrics
by Joel Sattler

dear Lord I get so lonely
so far from my true home
from the green green waves of clover
that grows out from the stone
the shamrock of the nation
that once was all I knew
the land of my salvation
the country of my youth

take me back to the islands
to the best place on the earth
take me back to the island
to the mother who gave me birth

dear Lord I had to leave her
or else starve there in my hole
where the rains came through the rooftop
and the winds blew hard and cold
but even so I love her
in my memory so fair
where it's warm and sun is shining
how I wish that I were there

take me back to the islands
to the best place on the earth
take me back to the island
to the mother who gave me birth

I wake up every morning
and go down into the mines
to earn my bread and larding
where to strike it is a crime
but someday I'll be ready
before all my time has run
and return to my dear islands
and stand there in the sun

take me back to the islands
to the best place on the earth
take me back to the island
to the mother who gave me birth

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