Poem -
GOLDEN DREAMS
Author: ??

Seven years I spent in Galway City
Seven years of happiness and pain
For I loved a lady from the mountains
Now I know we'll never meet again

She had eyes like pearls from the ocean
And she moved as graceful as a fawn
But she loved her hills of Connemara
And her heart was anchored on Ben Bawn

Golden dreams are all I have to cling to
Golden memories of Galway Bay
Where I met sweet Mary from the mountains
And she stole my foolish heart away

Often times when shades of night were falling
Hand in hand we'd wander through Salthill
Now she's gone and left me for her homeland
But in dreams I picture Mary still

I often hear her gentle whisper
In the breezes blowing from the sea
But I know it's just imagination
For I know she never thinks of me.

Golden dreams are all I have to cling to
Golden memories of Galway Bay
Where I met sweet Mary from the mountains
And she stole my foolish heart away




The above--no author cited--is beautiful and begs for a melody. I'd dearly love to find out who wrote it and get permission to sing it.