The Lee Fields
Irish Folk Song #1

As I walked down by the Lee fields
Two dogs and a fine lady walked there with me
We passed the people
We passed the trees
My dogs, my lady and me.
My mind it wandered to times long gone
People and places that are now forgone
Where are they now, the people I’ve loved?
Some in the ground and some up above.
I carry them with me as I walk the Lee fields
I breathe in the air, I drink in the breeze
God is the breath the old folks used say
God is the air all around me.
I watch the river as it flows to the sea
Each thing must pass but for a moment I’m free
The trees and the birds are all singing for me
My dogs gambol, my lady’s with me
The memory of my mother who’s passed away.
If one day you walk the Lee fields
Won’t you remember the people like me?
Who walked here before with their own memories
Before the river took us out to the sea
Walk the Lee Fields,
Walk the Lee Fields,
Walk the Lee Fields with me.
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