I'll be home soon enough he said
And kissed my cheek too lightly
Then he sprang into the saddle
And set my heart to beating wildlyMy love was but a lad back then
And when his Irish blood was up
I daren't hold him from the world outside
A slab and shingled hutCHORUS 1
So the sad refrain of hoof beats echoed over the plains
And the eerie fading chime of hobble chains
Oh I felt a fool to let him go now my heart mourns the days
'Til I hear those hoof beats echo home and the chime of hobble chainsNow in the dimming hours
When I lay down alone
I long to see his shadow
In the hearths dying glowAnd I strain to hear him riding
Through the moonlit iron bark
My weary heart is haunted
For too long we've been apartCHORUS 2
And the sad refrain of hoof beats echo over the plains
And the eerie fading chime of hobble chains
Oh I felt a fool to let him go now my heart mourns the days
'Til I hear those hoof beats echo home and the chime of hobble chainsOh I felt a fool to let him go now my heart mourns the days
'Til I hear those hoof beats echo home the chime of hobble chains