Paddy Reilly - The Old Refrain Chords

[Intro]
C  A  D  F
C  G  G7 C
 
 
 
[Verse 1]
        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.
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
            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.
 
 
[Chorus]
          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.
 
 
[Instrumental]
F  C  G G7 C
 
 
[Verse 2]
                  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.
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
            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
 
 
[Chorus]
            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
 
 
[Outro]
C  G  G7  C
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