Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Bill Staines
Canonical path: /bill-staines/the-ash-grove
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Ash Grove
Read The Ash Grove lyrics by Bill Staines on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Ash Grove
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Down yonder green valley where streamlets meander,
When twilight is fading, I pensively roam.
Or at the, bright noontide in solitude I wander,
Amid the dark shades of the lovely Ash Grove.
'Tis while the blackbird is cheerfully singing,
Each warbler enchants with it's note from the tree.
Ah, then little think I of sorrow or sadness,
The Ash Grove , enchanting, spells beauty for me.
The Ash Grove how graceful, how plainly 'tis speaking,
The harp through it playing has language for me.
Whenever the light through its branches is breaking,
A host of kind faces is gazing on me.
The friends of my childhood again are before me,
Each step wakes a memory as freely I roam.
With soft whispers laden its leaves rustle o'er me,
The Ask Grove, The Ash Grove, alone is my home.
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Bill Staines performs "The Ash Grove", and this lyric page sits inside the Bill Staines catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to 'Neath the Moon and the Morning Star and A Rancher Turns 80/The Years with a short reason for opening each page next.
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