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Capo 4th fret G C G G C G I met you on the beach in June, the bonfire burning bright. D Friend of friends I'd known for years, another summer night. C D C G You made room beside you there; your toes dug in the sand. C D G That distant summer when I found you and you found Ireland.
The bonfire died, I drove you home sometime around three or four.
We sat outside and talked and talked another hour or more.
When you got up to go inside, I had our summer planned.
That's when you said that you were leaving that night for Ireland.
I hung around the beach that week, but nothing felt the same.
And trying to get started was another losing game.
And why I felt so out of things, I could not understand.
All I knew was you were gone; you were in Ireland.
I sold my car in Providence to buy a roundtrip fare,
And off I flew to Ireland in hopes I'd find you there.
They knew you in O'Donoghue's where you'd sung with the band.
That distant summer when I found you and you found Ireland.
They said you'd gone to Galway, then you'd hitched to Donegal.
McGrory's up in Culdaff was where you could hear it all.
Arlo was on the stage when I slipped in and took your hand.
That distant summer when I found you and we found Ireland.
I fell in love with Ireland; I fell in love with you.
And when you said you felt the same, well, what else could I do?
Now all these years of loving you has all been some sweet command.
It's summer now and once again we'll go, find Ireland.
It's summer now and once again we'll go, find Ireland.
(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 2013)
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