The Old Refrain - Placido Domingo/itzhak Perlman/new York Studio Orchestra/jonathan Tunick

I often think' of home dee ol ee ay

When I am all alone and far away

I sing an old refrain dee ol ee ya

For it recalls to me a bygone day

It takes me back again to meadows fair

Where sunlight's golden rays beam everywhere

My childhood joys again come back to me

My mother's face in fancy too I see

It was my mother taughtme how to sing

And to that memory my heart will cling

I'm never sad alone while on my way

As long as I can sing dee ol ee ay

Though years have passed

And gone dee ole ee ay

All though my heart

Is young my head is grey

Yet still the echoes ring dee ol ee ay

And dear old memories forever stay

My song will bring me visions full of light

And sweetest dreams throughout

The darkest night

Of all that life can give of summers best

I'll take it with me when I go to rest

An when at last my journey here is o'er

'Twill ring more joyfully

Than e'er before

For up to heaven

I will make my way

The angels too will sing

Dee ol ee ay