The House Where I Was Born Lyrics

The House Where I Was Born

Sun shines bright through cobweb leaves

Casting a light on the torn
eaves

Window flaps in the summer breeze

On a bright clear summer
morn

Reflecting back when I was young

To the kitchen where the
rafters rang

'Twas many a fine old song was sang

In the house where
I was born





Built with clay and rugged stone

With
Thatchers' reed its roof was sown

Though fallen now, it's still my
home

Like a rose among the thorns

The limestone floor where first I
crept

The windy loft where first I slept

Memories of the day I
left

The house where I was born





Leaving wasn't easy
on that day so long ago

Pack your bags and leave it all

Answering a
far off call

And a promise made, to soon return again





I still could hear the music play

As we danced until the light of
day

But tomorrow I will go away

And my heart is full of woe

Standing by the old half door

As I left to seek a foreign shore

Wondering if I'd see once more

The house where I was born





Round the hearth when nights were cold

Crickets sang while
tales were told

Of far off lands and days of old

Till the clock
would ring his warning

As a child I'd sometimes sit and glance

At
the bellows wheel I'd wait my chance

To watch the flames appear and
dance

In the house where I was born