When I am all alone and far away
I sing an old refrain, D .O .V .A.
For it recalls to me a bygone day
It takes me back again to Meadows Bay
Where sunlight's golden rays
My mother's face and fancy too I see
It was my mother taught me how to sing,
And to that memory my heart will cling.
As long as I can sing the old
Though years have passed and gone, leo, lea
And though my heart is young,
Yet still the echoes ring, leo, lea
And dear old memories forever stay
My song can bring me visions full of light
throughout the darkest night
Of all that life can give,
I'll take it with me when I go to rest
And when at last my journey
Dwelling more joyfully than ever before,
Far up to heaven I will take my lay,
The angels too will sing Diorie.
I often think alone, Diorie,
When I am all alone and far away,
I sing an old refrain, the only aid.
For it recalls to me of my own day.
