My heart tonight is far away across the rolling sea In the sweet Miltown Malbay and it’s there I’d love to be So long ago and far away but nothing can compare My heart’s tonight in Ireland in the sweet County Clare. verse 1 In the town of Scariff the sun was shining in the sky When Willie Clancy played his pipes and the tears welled in my eyes Many years have passed and gone since the times we had there But my heart’s tonight in Ireland in the sweet County Clare. My heart tonight is far away across the rolling sea In the sweet Miltown Malbay and it’s there I’d love to be So long ago and far away but nothing can compare My heart’s tonight in Ireland in the sweet County Clare. verse 2 That August in Kilrush when the rain was lashing down And our hotel was that haybarn on the outskirts of town We were all sick and feverish and Dolan had the flu But Johnny produced some whiskey and the sun came smiling through. My heart tonight is far away across the rolling sea In the sweet Miltown Malbay and it’s there I’d love to be So long ago and far away but nothing can compare My heart’s tonight in Ireland in the sweet County Clare. verse 3 Those nights in Sixmilebridge when the songs and music flowed And when it came to closing time sure the lights were turned down low And the sergeant from Kilkishen he would buy us all one more And we never left that pub before the clock was striking four. My heart tonight is far away across the rolling sea In the sweet Miltown Malbay and it’s there I’d love to be So long ago and far away but nothing can compare My heart’s tonight in Ireland in the sweet County Clare. verse 4 Lahinch and Ennistymon, Liscannor and Kilkee But the best of all was Miltown when the music flowed so free Willie Clancy and the County Clare I’m ever in your debt For the sights and sounds of yesterday are shining memories yet. My heart tonight is far away across the rolling sea In the sweet Miltown Malbay and it’s there I’d love to be So long ago and far away but nothing can compare My heart’s tonight in Ireland in the sweet County Clare. In the days of Sweeney in the sweet County Clare
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