Letra de Spancill hill

Last night as i lay dreaming
Of pleasant days gone by,
Me mind been bent on rambling,
To ireland i did fly,
I stepped on board a vision
And followed with a will
Till next i came to anchor
At the cross near spancill hill.

Delighted by the novelty,
Enchanted with the scene,
Where in me early boyhood - often i had been,
I thought i heard a murmur
And i think i hear it still
It´s the little stream of water
That flows down spancill hill.

To amuse a passing fancy
I lay down on the ground,
And all my school companions
They shortly gathered round
When we were home returning
We danced with bright goodwill,
To martin moynahan´s music
At the cross at spancill hill.

It was on the 24th of june,
The day before the fair
When ireland´s sons and daughters
And all assembled there,
The young, the old, the brave, the bold
Came their duty to fulfil,
At the little church in clooney,
A mile from spancill hill.

I went to see me neighbours
To see what they might say,
The old ones they were dead and gone,
The young ones turning grey,
I met the tailor quigley, he was bold as ever still,
Sure he used to make my britches
When i lived at spancill hill.

I paid a flying visit to me first and only love,
She´s as fair as any lilly and gentle as a dove,
She threw her arms around me
Crying "johnny i love you still",
She was a farmer´s daughter,
The pride of spancill hill.

Well i dreamt i hugged and kissed her
As in the days of yore
She said "johnny you´re only joking"
As many the times before,
The cock crew in the morning,
He crew both loud and shrill
And i awoke in california,
Many miles from spancill hill.