Month: May 2022
Rare Auld Mountain Dew
Let grasses and waters flow in a free and easy way,But give me enough of the rare old stuff that’s brewed near Galway Bay,Come policemen all from Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim too,Oh, we’ll give them the slip and we’ll take a sipOf the rare old Mountain Dew Hi di-diddly-idle-um, diddly-doodle-idle-um, diddly-doo-ri-diddlum-dehHi di-diddly-idle-um, diddly-doodle-idle-um, diddly-doo-ri-diddlum-deh At…
Black is the Colour
Black is the colour of my true love’s hair,Her lips are something rosy fair.The prettiest face and the daintiest hands,I love the grass whereon she stands. I love my love, and well she knows,I love the grass whereon she goes.If she on earth no more I see,My life will quickly heed ye. I’ll go to…
The Galway Girl
Well, I took a stroll on the old long walkOf a day -i-ay-i-ayI met a little girl and we stopped to talkOf a fine soft day -i-ay-i-ayAnd I ask you, friend, what’s a fella to do‘Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blueAnd I knew right then I’d be takin’ a whirl‘Round the…
Bold Tipperary Boys
Of all the men who took up arms for the freedom of their landThere’s one indeed who sowed the seed for victory’s final standA son of Tipperary–he’s held in high esteemHe was born and reared in Solonead and his name it is Dan Breen. Along with Sean Tracy, they formed a steadfast bandThey were prepared…
Wild Mountain Thyme (Will Ye Go Lassie Go)
O the summer time has comeAnd the trees are sweetly bloomin’And the wild mountain thymeGrows around the bloomin’ heatherWill ye goLassieGo?Chorus:And we’ll all go togetherTo pull wild mountain thymeAll around the bloomin’ heatherWill ye goLassieGo?I will build my love a bower (summerhouse)By yon cool crystal fountainAnd round it I will pileAll the wild flowers o’…
The Green Fields of France (No Man’s Land)
The Green Fields of France Oh how do you do, young willy mcbridedo you mind if i sit here down by your gravesideand rest for a while in the warm summer suni’ve been walking all day, and im nearly doneand i see by your gravestone you were only nineteenwhen you joined the great fallen in…