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Killarney

Edmund O'Rourke

“Killarney” as printed in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918).

Edmund O'Rourke: Collected Lyrics Text 1 1918 · historical text
Public domainSoldier songHistorical song
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This text comes from The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

By Killarney's lakes and fells,

Em'rald Isles and winding bays,

Mountain paths and woodland dells,

Mem'ry ever fondly strays.

Bounteous nature loves all lands,

Beauty wanders every-where,

Foot-prints leaves on many strands,

But her home is surely there.

Chorus

Angels fold their wings and rest,

In that Eden of the West,

Beauty's home Killarney—

Ever fair Killarney

Credits

Written by Edmund O'Rourke

Words by Edmund O'Rourke. Historical text published in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918), “Killarney”

The 1918 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; other entries are held.

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