John O'Dreams-Lyrics chords ,Dublin City Ramblers

John O'Dreams Song Lyrics Guitar Chords, Written by Bill Caddick. Christy Moore and The Dublin City Ramblers recorded this lovely song [The song is set to a tune by Tchaikovsky].

[G]When midnight comes and people[C] homeward [G]tread,

Seek out your blanket and your[C] feathered[G] bed,

Home comes the[D] rover,his journey's[G] over

Yield up the night time to old[C] John O[G]'Dreams

Yield up the night time to old[C] John O'[G]Dreams

[2]

Across the hill the sun has gone astray

Tomorrows cares are many dreams away

The stars are flying,your candle's dying

Yield up the night time to oldJohn O'Dreams

Yield up the night time to old John O'Dreams

[3]

Both man and master in the night are one

All things are equal when the day is done

The prince and the ploughman,the slave the free man

All find their comfort in old John O'Dreams

[4]

When sleep it comes the dreams come running clear

The hawks of morning cannot reach you here

Sleep is a river,flow on for ever

And for your boatman choose old John O'Dreams

Yes for your boatman choose old John O'Dreams

Declan Synott and myself rehearsed as I found my way back into the world of preformance after a lenghty lay-off. This fine song I learned from it's writer Bill Caddick in Wolverhampton in 1968. There are a few versions, Planxty played it on the B Side of Riverdance. It featured on a Christy Moore and friends album in 1980 but I've never recorded a good version yet. I include this rehearsal tape because it was a special time for me.Notes From The Box Set Christy Moore.