Where the Three Counties Meet-Paddy Kelly

[ti:Where The Three Counties Meet] [ar:Paddy Kelly] [al:25 Classic Irish Love Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Where the Three Counties Meet - Paddy Kelly [00:10.68]Oh how lovely to be on the shores of Lough Ree [00:15.18]On a beautiful bright summer's morning [00:18.50] [00:19.31]Looking over the lake [00:21.50]As the bright waters break [00:23.68]By the hills of the County Roscommon [00:27.12] [00:28.18]I left my home in the town of Athlone [00:32.56]On the way to the Three Jolly Pigeons [00:35.93] [00:36.81]It was near Glasson town [00:39.12]On the road I sat down [00:41.31]And looked over the beautiful Shannon [00:44.62] [00:45.62]Lough Ree oh Lough Ree [00:47.75]Where the three counties meet [00:50.00]Longford Westmeath and Roscommon [00:53.37] [00:54.25]As I stroll round her banks [00:56.31]By the heather and peat [00:58.75]They're the memories [01:00.06]I've never forgotten [01:02.31] [01:11.64]Oh sad was the day that I went away [01:15.64] [01:16.19]To work among timbers and concrete [01:19.38] [01:20.44]Or I must name me a man [01:22.69]For to follow life's span [01:24.82]I forsook the dear place of my homeland [01:28.44] [01:29.13]If God grants me grace [01:31.39]I'll return to the place [01:33.57]When the sunset of life has come o'er me [01:37.82]Once again on these shores [01:39.75] [01:40.56]Like a bird my heart soars [01:42.37]As I gaze on the beauty around me [01:45.87] [01:46.56]Lough Ree oh Lough Ree [01:48.75]Where the three counties meet [01:50.93]Longford Westmeath and Roscommon [01:54.19] [01:55.25]As I stroll round her banks [01:57.31]By the heather and peat [01:59.62]They're the memories [02:00.87]I've never forgotten [02:03.25] [02:03.93]Lough Ree oh Lough Ree [02:06.18]Where the three counties meet [02:08.49]Longford Westmeath and Roscommon [02:11.93] [02:12.50]As I stroll round her banks [02:14.68]By the heather and peat [02:17.24]They're the memories [02:18.49]I've never forgotten [02:20.75] [02:21.43]As I stroll round her banks [02:23.49]By the heather and peat [02:25.86]They're the memories [02:27.18]I've never forgotten