new moon over the hudson

Lyrics

there's a new moon over the hudson, and the stars are shining bright, and i think about my true love in ireland tonight, he'll walk in purple heather, up the hills and on to home, and i wonder how i ever came to roam, central park at midnight, in a carriage in the snow, i dream i am in innisfree, where the emerald shamrocks grow, i'm leaving in the morning, i'll sing the old sweet songs, and i'll never leave till all is said and done, there are seas that lie between us, there are rivers to be crossed, but i never have forgot the way he smiled, there are hearts that have been broken, and the dream was all but lost, but the songs of ireland always made me wild, my father's father's fathers, sailed from ireland's shore, they played the drums in lexington, and they fought the civil war, they died to save the union, they lived to see me born, and in their dreams they saw the irish moor, there were seas that rolled beneath them, there were rivers to be crossed, but they never did forget the irish songs, there were vows that had been broken, and the promise almost lost, but in their hearts they knew where they belonged, it's a long way from new york city, to the shores of county cork, and the ships that brought us over here, were made of dreams and smoke, i will return to ireland, i'll sing the old sweet songs, and i'll walk in purple heather, i'll dance in purple heather, i'll sing in heather, till the irish dawn