Key: C
Introduction:
C Am Dm G7
The ash grove how graceful, how plainly 'tis speaking
C F G7 C
The harp through its playing has language for me.
C Am Dm G7
When-ever the light through its branches is breaking,
C F G C
A host of kind faces is gazing on me.
C Dm G
The friends from my childhood again are before me
Am Dm G Dm C
Each step wakes a memory as freely I roam.
C Am Dm G7
With soft whispers laden the leaves rustle o?er me
C F G7 C
The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home.
C Am Dm G7
Down yonder green valley where streamlets meander
C F G7 C
When twilight is fading I pensively rove
C Am Dm G7
Or at the bright noon tide in solitude wander
C F G C
Amid the dark shades of the lonely ash grove.
C Dm G
'Twas there while the black bird was cheerfully singing
Am Dm G Dm C
I first met that dear one the joy of my heart
C Am Dm G7
Around us for gladness the blue bells were ringing
C F G7 C
But then little thought I how soon we should part.
C Am Dm G7
My lips smile no more, my heart loses lightness
C F G7 C
No dream of the future my spirit can cheer.
C Am Dm G7
I only can brood on the past and its brightness
C F G C
The dear ones I long for again gather here.
C Dm G
From ev'ry dark nook they press forward to meet me
Am Dm G Dm C
I lift up my eyes to the broad leafy dome,
C Am Dm G7
And others are there, looking downward to greet me
C F G7 C
The ash grove, the ash grove, again is my home.