Lyrics:
I close my eyes and picture - the emerald of the seaFrom the fishing boats at Dingle, to the shores of Dunardee.I miss the river Shannon - and the folks at SkibbereenThe moorlands and the meadows - with their Forty Shades of Green.But most of all I miss a girl, in Tipperary townAnd most of all I miss her lips - they're soft as eiderdown.Again I want to see and do - the things we've done and seenWhere the breeze is sweet as ShalimarAnd there's Forty Shades of Green.I wish that I could spend an hour, at Dublin's churning surfI'd love to watch the farmers - drain the bogs and spade the turf.To see again the thatching of the straw the women gleanI'd walk from Cork to Larne to see - the Forty Shades of Green.But most of all I miss a girl in Tipperary townAnd most of all I miss her lips, as soft as eiderdownAgain I want to see and do the things we've done and seenWhere the breeze is sweet as ShalimarAnd there's Forty Shades of Green.Where the breeze is sweet as ShalimarAnd there's Forty Shades of Green...