Meeting of the Waters Lyrics and Chords

The lyrics to The Meeting of the Waters were originally written as a poem by the great Irish songwriter Thomas Moore.

Meeting of the waters
Love and friendship
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The lyrics describe a beauty spot in the Vale of Avoca.

Moore reflects on the good times he spent there with friends.

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Moore’s lyrics were set to a traditional Irish melody called The Old Head of Dennis.

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Meeting Of The Waters lyrics and chords

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There is not in this  

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wide world a  

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valley so  

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sweet

 

As that  

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vale in whose  

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bosom the bright waters  

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meet,

 

Oh! the  

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last rays of fee

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ling and life must de

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part

 

Ere the  

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bloom of that  

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valley shall  

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fade from  

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my 

 

 

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heart.

 

Ere the  

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bloom of that  

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valley shall  

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fade 

 

 

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my 

 

 

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heart.

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Yet it was not that Nature had shed o’er the scene

Her purest of crystal and brightest of green

‘Twas not her soft magic of streamlet or hill

Oh! no, it was something more exquisite still.

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‘Twas that friends, the beloved of my bosom were near

Who made every dear scene of enchantment more dear

And who felt that the best charms of nature improve

When we see them reflected from looks that we love.

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Sweet Vale of Avoca! how calm could I rest,

In thy bosom of shade, with the friends I love best

Where the storms that we feel in this cold world should cease

And our hearts, like thy waters, be mingled in peace.

Meeting of the waters
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