Irish Song Lyrics 
from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
WHERE THE THREE COUNTIES MEET 
Oh how lovely to be on the shores of Lough Ree On a beautiful mid summer's morning Looking over the lake, as the bright waters break By the hills of the County Roscommon I left my home, in the town of Athlone On the way to the Three Jolly Pigeons It was near Glasson town, on the road I sat down And looked over the beautiful Shannon 
Chorus: Lough Ree, oh Lough Ree, where the three counties meet Longford, Westmeath and Roscommon As I stroll round her banks, by the heather and peat They're the memories I've never forgotten 
Oh sad was the day, that I went away To work among timbers and concrete For now as a man, I must follow life's plan (or I must name me a man, for to follow life's span) I forsook the dear place of my homeland If God grants me grace, I'll return to the place When the sunset of life has come o'er me Once again on these shores, like a bird my heart soars As I gaze on the beauty around me