Tono: A
Introducción: C A D F C G G7 C
F C D
I often think of home, dee-ol-ee-ay,
G G7 C
when I am all alone and far away,
F C D
I sing an old refrain, dee-ol-ee-ay,
G G7 C
for it recalls to me a bygone day.
D G
It takes me back again to meadows fair,
E7 Am
where sunlight's golden rays beam everywhere,
D G
my childhood joys again come back to me,
Am D G G7
my mother's face in fancy, too, I see.
C A Dm F
It was my mother taught me how to sing,
C G C
and to that memory my heart will cling,
C A Dm F
I'm never sad alone when on my way,
C G G7 C
as long as I can sing, dee-ol-ee-ay.
F C D
Though years have passed and gone, dee-ol-ee-ay,
G G7 C
although my heart is young, my head is grey,
F C D
yet still the echoes ring, dee-ol-ee-ay,
G G7 C
and dear old memories forever stay.
D G
My song can bring me visions full of light
E7 Am
And sweetest dreams throughout the darkest night
D G
Of all that life can give, of summer's best
Am D G G7
I'll take it with me when I go to rest
C A Dm F
And when at last my journey here is o'er
C G C
'Twill ring more joyfully than e'er before
C A Dm F
When up to heaven I will make my way
C G G7 C F
The angels, too, will sing dee-ol-ee-ay