Lyrics
The vans they come in convoys now
Stealing through the dawn
Silent in the countryside
In the hills up to the north
There´...
Oh it's midnight on the Bowery and your feet are soakin' wet
And you've drank your last brass farthin'
You'd sell your soul fo...
Of all the trades in England, a-beggin' is the best
For when a beggar's tired, You can lay him down to rest.
And a-begging I w...
This song is for all the violent dead
Who know eternal peace
United Forever for all the families
Who grieve the slaughtered f...
Four gleaming scythes in the sunshine swaying,
Through the deep hush of a summer´s day,
Before their edges four stout men s...
One pleasant evening in the month of June
As I was sitting with my glass and spoon
A small bird sat on an ivy bunch
And the s...
Oh my name is Jock Stewart I'm a canny gun man
And a roving young fellow I've been
So be easy and free when you're drinking wi...
Is there for honest poverty
That hings his heed and a' that
The coward slave we pass him by
We dare be poor for a' that
For ...
When boyhood's fire was in my blood
I read of ancient freemen,
For Greece and Rome who bravely stood,
Three hundred men and t...
One summer evening drunk to hell
I sat there nearly lifeless
An old man in the corner sang
Where the water lilies grow
And o...
All god's creatures got a place in the choir
Some sing low and some sing higher
Some sing out loud on the telephone wire
Some...
A prudent thief should never drink so much that he becomes bold.
Because a thief who boasts and brags will rarely live to grow ...
I've been loving you a long time
Down all the years, down all the days
And I've cried for all your troubles
Smiled at your fu...
Come workers, sing a rebel song, a song of love and hate,
Of love unto the lowly, and of hatred to the great
The great who t...
We'll sing a song, a soldier's song
With cheering, rousing chorus
As round our blazing fires we throng,
The starry heavens...
Boys, O Boys! Listen here to me,
We´re going to live in a State that´s Free,
Good English citizens all we´ll be;
And...
Do ye mind the old horse trams a long time ago,
As they passed through the city at jog trot or slow?
On the level they cantere...
When the sun goes down o'er Dublin town
The colors last for hours, oh
The lights come on, the night's a song
And the streets ...
Twas on a Sunday evening the sun was in the sky
As he walked his way to the Gaelic pitch never thinking he was going to die
Bu...
The sky has changed from blue to green
The ocean has changed from blue to red
I saw a horse standing in a field
Eating up the...
My love she was fair, and my love she was kind
And cruel the judge and jury that sentenced her away
For thieving was a thing t...
And it's all for me grog, me jolly, jolly grog
All for me beer and tobacco
Well I spent all me tin on the lassies drinking gin...
There was a time I gave too much away
Many times, I craved a touch too deep
Noe I stand, alone, alone.
There was a time, that...
The fire is out, we lost our name
But the ghost of our friends to us remain
Pale in the dark
Here was never a god
But we smi...
Open up the door, she's standin' there
With the smile in her eyes but the gray in her hair
Betrays the fact you strayed far fr...
i was on the front line of the march down on william street
crowd a cheering, some stones were thrown but otherwise at peace
g...
(from Breizh, in Brezhoneg language)
Un alarc'h, un alarc'h tra mor (bis)
War lein tour moal kastell Arvor
Dinn, dinn, ...
(An Bhean)
Tá mo grábháil í, a shí ógó *)
Greamaithe don dheánaí...;
(An Bhean)
Tá mo ghruaig gheal bhuí , a shí ógó
Greamaithe don fheamnaigh a hóg&oa...;
(An Bhean)
A bhean udaí thall, a shíogó
Ag siubhal a' chladaigh, a hóró
Nach truagh leat...
An cailín deas óg a bhfuil mé ar a tóir,
Mo chreach mhaidne brón ní castar liom &iacu...;
B'aite liom féin a bheith 'r thaobh mala shléibhe
'Gus cailín Gaelach a bheith 'mo chomhair
Bheinn d&aacu...;
Over in Killarney
Many years ago,
Me Mither sang a song to me
In tones so sweet and low.
Just a simple little ditty,
In her...
By my faith but I think ye're all makers of bulls,
With your brains in your breeches, your bums in your skulls
Get home with y...
Choisich mi cuide ri mo thuigse
a-muigh ri taobh a' chuain;
bha sinn còmhla ach bha ise
a' fuireach tiotan bhuam.
...
I´ve heard it told from long ago
That between these walls there lives a soul
And he visits you in your deepest dreams
Befo...
At the east end of town
At the foot of the hill
There's a chimney so tall
It says Aragon Mill.
But there's no smoke at all...
If you that has your liberty
I pray you will draw near
A sad and dismal story
I mean to let you hear
While in a distant coun...
I praise you day by day - father in heaven our saviour -
the golden era leaves us now.
Sadness and loneliness on my heart - ...
I once had a comrade named Arthur McBride
as we were a-walking along the seaside
As we were a-walking to bathe in the tide
It...
As I roved out on a May morning, on a May morning right early
I met me love upon the way, Oh Lord, but she was early
And she...
As I walked out on an evening so clear,
A young man lamented for the loss of his dear,
And as he lamented, full sore he did cr...
At twenty-one I first begun
To court my neighbor's child
We both being young and full of fun
Bright Phoebus on us smiled
We ...
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
Sould auld acquaintance be forgot
And days of auld lang syne
...
A hungry feeling, came o'er me stealing
And the mice they were squealing in my prison cell
And that auld triangle, went jingle...
Báidín Fheidhlimidh d'imigh go Gabhla,
Báidín Fheidhlimidh 's Feidhlimidh ann
Báidín...
You true-born sons of Erin´s Isle, come listen to my song,
My tale is one of sorrow but I won´t detail you long,
Concern...
In 1803 we sailed out to sea
Out from the sweet town of Derry
For Australia bound if we didn't all drown
And the marks of our...
He was stranded in some tiny town on fair Prince Edward Island
Waiting for a ship to come and find him
A one horse place, a fr...
I walked alone in foggy dew
Just me and my memories
A voice out seaward beckons thru
A whistle of love for me, for me
A whis...
Chorus:
Baloo baleerie, baloo baleerie, baloo baleerie, baloo balee
Verse:
Gang awa' peerie faeries, gang awa' peerie f...
When I was a young man I carried me pack
And I lived the free life of the rover
From the Murray's green basin to the dusty out...
Oh I am a Rover, I roam the land over,
and I'll never settle until I get caught.
From village to township my sword hangs at ...
How oft do my thoughts in their fancy take flight
To the home of my childhood away,
To the days when each patriot's vision s...
On St. Patrick's Day, the seventeenth, from New York we set sail
Kind fortune did favour us wi' a sweet and a pleasant gale
We...
On the Banks of the Roses me love and I sat down
And I took out me fiddle for to play me love a tune
And in the middle of the ...
'Twas on Good Friday morning,
All in the month of May,
A German Ship was signalling,
Beyond out in the Bay,
We had twent...
Oh, list to the lay of a poor Irish harper
And scorn not the strains of his old withered hand
But remember his fingers they on...
There were three farmers in the north, as they were passing by
They swore an oath, a mighty oath, that barleycorn should die
O...
As I got down to Turra market, Turra market for to fee
I fell in with a wealthy farmer, the barnyards of Delgaty
A linten ad...
From East to West, from North to South,
They tried to hunt the column out
But the Tans were forced to go without
The boys of ...
There was a poor man and he had but one cow
The Parson had seized her and well he knew how,
So beauteous her horns and sleek...
A long time ago, way back in history,
when all there was to drink was nothin but cups of tea.
Along came a man by the name o...
Craigavon sent the Specials out,
To shoot the people down,
He thought the IRA were dead,
In dear old Belfast town,
But h...
I met the girl I love
before church on an august day.
I'd like to say she was heaven sent,
and for me did kneel and pray. ...
Mo chara is mo lao thu!
My friend and my calf
Is aisling trà néallaibh
A vision in dream
Do deineadh aréir; dom
...
There were six men in Birmingham
In Guildford there's four
That were picked up and tortured
And framed by the law
And the fi...
Everything is still
Not a chicken not a body
Just an awful sickenin' silence roarin' in my ears
And the fog of death deepens ...
It was down in the town of old Bantry,
Where most of the fighting was done,
It was there that a young Irish soldier,
Was shot...
In the first of me downfall I put out the door
And I straight made me way on for Carrick-on-Suir
Going out by Rathronan 'twas ...
Black is the color of my true love`s hair
Her lips are like some roses fair
She`s the sweetest face and the gentlest hands.
I...
Mister Frankie Diamond was my best friend
We were partners in a business down on C & 7th
Nothin' ever got this good brother do...
Well, in a neat little town they call Belfast, apprentice to trade I was bound
Many an hours sweet happiness, have I spent in t...
You've heard about the B-men, the cruel RUC
You've heard about the black'n'tans in bygone history
Well there's another regimen...
By Clide's bonnie banks
as I sadly did wander
among the pit heaps
as evening grew high.
I spied a young maiden
all dressed ...
Oh, Lord! Grant me direction
To sing this foul transaction
Which causes sad reflection
Late done at Blarismoor.
By wicke...
Now that she's so far away from her dear old hills of Donegal
I wonder does she ever think of me at all
On that wet Monday I d...
There´s a thunder on the wind my friend
Today this tale begun
You here the shouts of fightin´ men
And the beatin´ of...
Our boots and clothes are all in pawn
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
It's mighty drafty 'round Cape Horn
Go down, you ...
Carlita Is Waiting Down On C & 9Th
In Mantilla And Lace
And Her Lover's Knife
Cries Out For Revenge
But She Is Silent Like A...
Blow ye winds, hi ho, aroving I will go
I'll stay no more 'round England's shore, so let the music play
I'll be off on the mor...
The lake lay Blue, below the hill.
As I looked, there flew across the water
cold and still, a bird,
Whose wings were pales...
Alligators snap at your ankles
And branches snap at your brain
If I ever get through this swamp alive
I'll never more pray fo...
My name is Bobby Sands, MP
Born in the city of Belfast
Divided by religion
I grew up fast
I was stabbed and I was spat upon...
Come all you true born Irishmen wherever you may be
I hope you'll pay attention and listen unto me
I am a bold shoemaker, Sa...
Says Lloyd-George to Macpherson, "l give you the sack,
To uphold law and order you haven't the knack,
I'll send over Greenwo...
See who comes over the red blossomed heather
Their green banners kissing the pure mountain air
Heads erect eyes front, steppin...
Well, here I am from Paddys land, the land of high renown
I broke the hearts of all the girls four miles from Keady Town
And w...
The struggle is over, the boys are defeated,
Old Ireland´s surrounded with sadness and gloom,
We were defeated and shameful...
Twas on July the twenty-eighth
In the year of thirty-seven,
A fire was lit without a grate
And the flames leaped high to heav...
To the Lords o' Convention 'twas Claverhouse spoke
E'er the King's crown go down there are crowns to be broke
So each cavalier...
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies
Farewell to your gangers and gang planks
And to hell with your...
What's the spring breathing jasmine and rose
What's the summer with all its gay train
What's the splendour of autumn to those
...
At Boulavogue as the sun was setting on the bright May meadows of Shelmaliar
A rebel hand set the heather blazing and brought t...
On the first day of March it was raining
It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen
I drank ten pints of beer an...
On the twentieth day of November,
The day that the tans left Macroom.
They were loaded in two Crossley tenders
Not knowing th...
On a Monday morning early
As my wand'ring steps did lead me,
Down by a farmer's station,
Of meadow and green lawn,
I hea...
Oh, father why are you so sad
On this bright Easter morn´
When Irish men are proud and glad
Of the land that they were ...
In comes the captain's daughter, the captain of the Yeos,
Saying, "Brave United man, we'll ne'er again be foes.
A thousand pou...
Time goes by and years roll onward,
Still a memory I shall keep
Of a night in Belfast prison;
Unashamedly, I saw men weep....
Let me tell you a story of when men were still men
It was the brawl of Britannia eighteen hundred and ten
From the northern hi...
'Tis of a brave young highwayman this story I will tell
His name was Willie Brennan and in Ireland he did dwell
It was on the ...
(Gaeilge)
Maraíodh Brian Boru chun beatha na hÉireann
Síochain in gCuige Uladh agus i mBaile 'Cliath
Aon...
In the jail that held Mc Swiney
In the prison where he died
Lies two daughters of old Ireland
And they fill my heart with pri...
When I was young I used to be as fine a man as ever you'd see
Til the Prince of Wales he said to me: "Come and join the British...
There's an uniform that's hanging in what's known as father's room
An uniform so simple in his style
It has no braid of gold o...
These mist-covered mountains
Are home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Someday you'll return to
Y...
Buachaill ón Éirne mé 's bhréagfainn féin cailín deas óg
Ní iarrfainn b...
Sadly but slowly one night in November
I laid down my weary head for to repose
On my pillow of straw which I long shall reme...
There´s a tear in my eye and I´m wondering why
For it never should be there at all
Lost in a dream of the days gone by
...
In London city where I did dwell, a butcher boy I loved right well
He courted me my life away, but now with me he will not stay...
By Peter Kerrivan we are the Masterless Men,
We have no lord to serve we live by wile and nerve.
The British Navy they come ...
Yo ho ho, off we go
What do you know, it's nine in a row
Bye bye Rangers
Celtic's on the ball again, on the way to make it te...
Cé hé siúd thíos atá ag leagadh na gclathacha? (3x)
"Mise mé féin," ...
Chuaigh mé chun aonaigh is dhíol mé mo bhó
Ar chúig phunta airgid is ar ghiní bhu&iac...;
By the Spanish plumed hat and the costly attire,
And the dark eye that´s blended of midnight and fire,
And the bearing and ...
Thart orainn
Reált geal san oíche
Tá'n fharraige chiúin
Agus suaimhneas sa ghaoth
An fharraige c...
Cam ye by Atholl lad wi' the philabeg
Down by the Tummel or banks o' the Garry?
Saw ye the lads wi' their bonnets and white co...
Cam ye o'er frae France? Cam ye doon by Lunnon?
Saw ye Geordie Whelps and his bonnie woman?
Were ye at the place ca'd the Kitt...
I´m going to the place where the gods fight wars
Where the angels sit in silence while the demons roar
It will take me ten ...
Daybreak has lifted the foggy veil
Sailors away
May steady winds fill fast your sail
All through the day
And may good fortun...
I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrand
I would swim over the deepest ocean
Only for nights in Ballygrand...
I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrand
I would swim over the deepest ocean
Only for nights in ballygr...
I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrand
I would swim over the deepest ocean
The deepest ocean, my love to...
Casadh Cam na Feadarnaí
Ag Casadh Cam na Feadarnaí
Ar a dhul isteach sa tsléibh dhuit
Ar thaobh do l&a...;
A noble whale ship and commander
Called the Catalpa, they say
Came out to Western Australia
And took six poor Fenians away...
Who is that there that's rapping the door to me?
Who is that there that's rapping the door to me?
Who is that there that's rap...
Hail Hail, The Celts are here,
What the hell do we care,
What the hell do we care,
Hail Hail, The Celts are here,
What the h...
it was far across the sea when the devil got a hold of me
he wouldn't set me free so he kept me soul for ransom
na na na na na...
Celtic, Celtic thats the team for me,
Celtic, Celtic on to victory,
They're the finest team in Scotland, I'm sure you will agr...
I am an old-timer, I travel the road
I sit in me wagon and lumber me load
Me hotel is the jungle, a camp me abode
And I'm w...
Pictures of the children on the classroom wall
Frankie Brown's in front of them the fairest of them all.
Working for the futur...
When on Ramilles´ bloody field
The baffled French were forced to yield,
The victor Saxon backward reeled
Before the charge...
Oh, me name is Dick Darby, I'm a cobbler, I served me time at old camp
Some call me an old agitator, but now I'm resolved to re...
Come, all you weary travellers who's out of work, just mind
If you take a trip to Bungaree, it's plenty there you'll find
Take...
I'm a young married man and I'm tired of me life
For lately I married an ailing young wife
She does nothing all day only sits ...
Me hat is frozen to me head,
me body is like a lump o'lead,
me shoes have frozen to me feet
from standing at your window.
...
Well I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life
Run me out in the cold rain and snow
Rain and snow..., Run me out in ...
O come a' ye tramps an' hawkers an' gaitherers o' blaw
That tramps the country roun' an' roun', come listen ane and a'
I'll te...
I was born on a Dublin street where the Royal drums did beat
And the loving English feet they walked all over us
And each and ...
Will you come to the bower o'er the free boundless ocean
Where stupendous waves roll in thundering motion
Where the mermaids a...
Oh was you ever on the Congo River
Blow boys blow
Black Fever makes the white man shiver
Blow me bullyboys blow
A Yankee ...
Said Lizzie to Phillip as they sat down to dine,
I've just had a note from an old friend of mine,
His name is 'Big Geordie' he...
Now the party's over
And the money's all gone
You remember feeling like
Jesus' son
Your girl has left your side
And now you...
Come single belle and beau, unto me pay attention
Don't ever fall in love, for it's the devil's own invention
For once I fell ...
Come single belle and beau,
Unto me pay attention
Don't ever fall in love,
Tis the devil's own invention
For once I fell in ...
It being in spring when the small birds were singing
Down by a shady harbour I carelessly did stray
Where the thrushes they we...
Ah weren't we the rare old stock
Spent the evening getting locked
In the Ace of Hearts
Where the high stools were engaging
O...
It was early, early all in the spring, the birds did whistle and sweetly sing
Changing their notes from tree to tree, and the s...
"Good men and true! in this house who dwell.
To a stranger bouchal I pray you tell,
Is the priest at home? or may he be seen?...
It was early, early in the Spring
The small birds whistled sweet did sing,
Changing their notes from tree to tree,
And the...
Oh I'll sing a song,
Of the bravest men!
That famous fighting unit from Armagh (TIOCFAIDH AR LA)
They are the men,
From Cros...
Let the farmer praise his grounds, let the huntsman praise his hounds
Let the shepherd praise his dewyscented lawn
Oh but I'm ...
Bhí mise´s mo bhean bheag lá gabháil a´ bóthar,
`S oró grá mo chroí,
Is...
Soon shall I see thy bright shores in the sunlight
The heather of hill and the rising of morn
The rolling grey seamist rolls e...
Bhí móran daoine uasal ann
Bhí tuatanaigh na h-Alban ann
Bhí `n maistir scoile is an ministir ann
...
(This version of the song as played by Altan)
A'nion mhin ó, sin anall na fir shuiri,
A mhaithair mhin ó! Cuir...
We are the D-Day Dodgers way out in Italy
Always on the vino, always on the spree
Eighth Army scroungers and their tanks
We l...
Daddy´s gone off to the fair
Just before daylight was peeping, O
Daddy went off on the mare
While his wee laddy was sleepi...
Sleep oh babe, for the red bee hums,
the silent twilight falls,
eeval from the grey rock comes,
to wrap the world in thrall!
...
Oh Danny Boy the pipes, the pipes are calling
from glen to glen and down the mountain side
The summer's gone and all the rose...
Danny came over to old New York
From Bandon town in the county Cork
He got a room on the avenue in Woodside Queens
And a job ...
I knew Danny Farrell when his football was a can
With his hand-me-downs and Welliers and his sandwiches of bran
But now that p...
The maidens of beauty and swains so forlorn
That carelessly wander away from your home
I am off by the moonlight and break of ...
I like to walk in the summer breeze
Down Dalling Road by the dead old trees
And drink with my friends in the Hammersmith Broad...
Deep in Canadian woods we´ve, met
From one bright island flown;
Great is the land we tread but yet
Our hearts are with our...
Go to the church but the preacher he just preach at me
Go to the club but the women all ignore me
Want a relationship, I want ...
Poor aul Dicey Reilly she has taken to the sup
Poor aul Dicey Reilly she will never give it up
It's off each morning to the pu...
Born on a black monday, me mother screamin' curses
Me ould lad in the pub losin' money on the horses
Me Granny kicked in the d...
I met my love by the gasworks wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town, dirt...
Don't get married girls, you'll sign away your life
You may start off as a woman but you'll end up as the wife
You could be a ...
I remember the night that he came in
From the wintry cold and damp
A giant of a man in an oilskin coat
And the bundle that to...
'Twas down by the Glenside I met an old woman
A plucking young nettles she ne'er saw me coming
I listened a while to the song ...
'Twas down by Anna Liffey, my love and I did stray
Where in the good old slushy mud the sea gulls sport and play
We got the wh...
It was down by the Sally Gardens, my love and I did meet.
She crossed the Sally Gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid m...
On March the sixth in sixty three we sailed from Queenstown Quay
A gallant band of Fenian men bound for Amerikay
While journ...
Hear my silent prayer
Heed my quiet call
When the dark and blue surround you
Step into my sigh
Look inside the light
You wi...
At the pub on the crossroads there's whiskey and beer
There's brandy from cognac that's fragrant but dear
But for killing the ...
What shall we do with the drunken sailor
early in the morning
Hooray up he rises
early in the morning
Put him in the b...
Well, you've heard about the Indians with their tommy hawks and spears
And of the UN warriors the heroes of recent years
Also ...
Dumbarton's drums they sound sae bonnie
When they remind me of my Jeannie
Such fond delight can steal upon me
When Jeannie kn...
Gonna get up in the morning
I believe I'll dust my blues.
Gonna get up in the morning
I believe I'll dust my blues.
Well I...
The night was dark, and the fight was over,
The moon shone down O'Connell Street,
I stood alone, where brave men perished
...
'twas down by christchurch i first met with annie
a neat little girl and not a bit shy
she told me her father who came from du...
I know a valley fair, Eileen Aroon
I know a cottage there, Eileen Aroon
Far in the valley shade I know a tender maid
Flow'r o...
Eileen Og an' that the darlin's name is
Through the Barony her features they were famous
If we loved her then who was there to...
We crossed our paths by the silver birch in fall
You laughed at my jokes as we walked towards the shore
Enchanting your smile,...
Fare thee well Enniskillen, fare thee well for a while
And all around the borders of Erin's green isle
And when the war is ove...
Is trua gán mé thiar ag Eoghainín
Seachtain nó dhó go gcóiríodh s m´fhallai...
Four-and-twenty Highland men
Came a' from Carrie side,
To steal awa Eppie Morrie
'Cause she would not be a bride.
Out it's...
I'll tell you a story of a row in the town,
When the green flag went up and the Crown rag came down,
'Twas the neatest and swe...
One evening of late as I rambled
On the banks of a clear purling stream
I sat down on a bed of primroses
And I gently fell in...
Come tell me, dearest mother, what makes my father stay
Or what can be the reason that he's been so Iong away?
Oh hold your ...
It was Christmas Eve babe in the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won't see another one
And then he sang a song, The Rare Old...
Like a funeral cortege in Dublin
Maynooth and Mullingar,
The Famine ship came sailing
Through Longford and Castlebar.
It anc...
I remember your eyes from the 12th of July
When the sirens were screamin' and the flames lit the sky
And you held me so tight,...
Sweetheart I'm bidding you fond farewell
Murmured a youth one day
I'm off to a new land my fortune to try
And I'm ready to ...
When I was young and in my prime and could wander wild and free
There was always a longing in my mind to follow the call of the...
I am a bold undaunted fox that never was before on tramp
My rent, rate and taxes I was willing for to pay
I made my name in fi...
Come all you warriors and renowned nobles
Give ear unto my warlike theme
While I relate how brave Father Murphy
He lately ...
Children's laughter children tears
Childish joys of childhood years
Are just memories of our once happy home
Its not death th...
I climb the hilltop, I search the ocean
To see my boatman, my heart´s devotion
When will I see him, today, tomorrow
Wil...
Wee Willie John McFadden was a loyal Ulster Prod
Who thought that Ian Paisley was one step down from God
He scorned the litt...
Pump your fist if you love freedom
Pump your fist if you love culture
For 150 years you've been creatin us
Be hatin like Sata...
Now boys, if you will listen, a story I'll relate
I'll tell you of the noble men who from their foe escaped.
Though bound with...
As I walked by the dockside one evening so fair
To view the salt waters and take in the salt air
I heard an old fisherman sing...
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
Micheal they are taking you away
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
So the y...
Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin Street, a gentle Irishman mighty odd
He had a brogue both rich and sweet, an' to rise in the world...
Left him up and carry him along
Fire Maringo, fire him away
Lay him in the hole where he belong
Fire Maringo, fire him away
...
Darlin, darlin' you've put up with so much
Betrayed by your leaders, abandoned by your church
I've watched you suffer, now you...
What happened to the fisherman's dream
When they rowed their last boat down
What happened to the dream of the fisherman
When ...
By the storm torn shoreline
A woman is standing,
The spray strung like jewels in her hair.
And the sea tore the rocks
Ne...
The flags are gaily flying o'er Celtic Park today
Because the lads of Celtic have shown the World the way
They played the game...
O flower of Scotland
When will we see
Your like again
That fought and died for
Your wee bit hill and glen
And stood against...
If I were King of Ireland and all things at my will
I'd roam through all creations new fortunes to find still
And the fortune ...
As down the glen one Easter morn to a city fair rode I
There Armed lines of marching men in squadrons passed me by
No fife did...
Lift Mac Cahir Og your face,
Brooding o´er the old disgrace,
That black Fitzwilliam stormed your place
And drove you to th...
For What Died the Sons of RóisÃn, was it fame?
For What Died the Sons of RóisÃn, was it fame?
For what flowed Irel...
The Landlord's agents standing with their crowbars in their hands,
Four little children watch the fire and do not understand
...
I close my eyes and picture the emerald of the sea
from the fishin boats at Dingle to the shores at Dunehea
I miss the River S...
"What did I have?", said the fine old woman
"What did I have?", this proud old woman did say
"I had four green fields, each o...
The judge says to release him
Yet he remains in jail
They say that he's too dangerous
No chance of gettin' bail
Gangsters an...
Laws were made for people
And the law can never scorn
The right of a man to be free
Free the people!
Let them have their...
Australia's a big country, and freedom's humping bluey
And Freedom's on the Wallaby, oh, can't you hear her cooey?
She's just...
Four who shared this room and we were caught up in the crack
Sleeping late on Sundays and we never got to Mass
It's a long w...
Bridie was teachin' out in Carysfort
I was workin' in the bank
2 pay checks every Friday
And a Morris Minor out the back
But...
You may talk about your Lancers or your Irish Fusiliers
The Aberdeen Militia or the Queen's own Volunteers
Or any other regime...
It stands alone against the sky
where seawinds blow and seabirds fly
a darkened and foreboding tree
bet your purse it wait...
If you ever go across the sea to Ireland
Then maybe at the closing of your day
You will sit and watch the moon rise over Cladd...
As I roved out thro' Galway city at the hour of twelve at night
Who should I see but a handsome damsel, combing her hair by can...
With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay
And as I rode out through Galway Town to seek for recreation
On the sevent...
On a lonely Drumcree hill
Ten thousand Orangemen are waiting.
They want to walk the streets of Portadown
Their sashes and the...
My name is George Campbell at the age of eighteen
I joined the United Men to strive for the green,
And many a battle I did und...
Well, it's of a gentleman soldier as a sentry he did stand
He saluted a fair maid by a waving of his hand
So boldly then he ki...
If you wake at midnight
and hear a horse's feet,
don't go pulling back the blind,
nor looking in the street.
Them that a...
Sad are three homes in Belfast now
Old Ireland shares their sorrow
Braid Farrell, Sean Savage, and Daniel MacCann
They died o...
Give Ireland Back To The Irish
Don't Make Them Have To Take It Away
Give Ireland Back To The Irish
Make Ireland Irish Today
...
Céad slán ag sléibhte maorga chondae Dhún na nGall
Agus dhá chéad slán ag an E...
Mo chreach ghéarchúiseach
Ná rabhas ar do chúlaibh
nuair lámhadh an púdar,
go ngeobhainn é im chom dheas...
Go on home British soldiers, go on home.
Have you got no fuckin' homes of your own ?
For eight hundred years we've fought you ...
When first I landed in Liverpool, I went upon a spree
Me money alas I spent it fast, got drunk as drunk could be
And when that...
God save Ireland, said the heroes
God save Ireland, said they all
Whether on the scaffold high
Or the battlefield we die
Oh,...
The Ship it sails in half an hour to cross the broad Atlantic
My friends are standing on the quay with grief and sorrow franti...
As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Jaill
I think about these past few weeks, oh will they say we've failed?
Fro...
All through the north as I walked forth for to view the shamrock plain
I stood awhile where Nature smiles amid the rocks and st...
Republican raving and terrorist attacks won't stop our marching, we'll stay on your backs
We shout 'no surrender', no papists h...
Run it up to the head of the flagpost,
Swing it out where the four winds are met,
For the great God who fashioned its birthin...
Well, how do you do, Private William McBride,
Do you mind if I sit down here by your graveside?
And rest for awhile in the w...
Green gravel, green gravel
Your grass is so green;
You're the fairest young damsel
I ever have seen.
I washed her, I dress...
There´s naught but care on every hand
In ever hour that passes, O
What signifies the life of man
If it were not for the la...
I've come to the point of no return
From now it's on ahead
Old lights are out, old bridges burn
Old times are past and dead
...
I am a proud young Irishman.
In Ulster's hills my life began;
A happy boy through green fields ran;
I kept God's and man's...
My name is Pat McDonnell and my age is eighty-four;
Belov'd and well-respected by my neighbors one and all
On St. Patrick's ...
There is a song that I love to sing
And I'll Sing it now for you
My friends, it is no mystery
It's of the fine brown brew ...
As I cam in by Auchendoun
Just a wee bit fae the toon
Tae the Hielands I was bound
Tae view the Haughs o' Cromdale
I met a m...
When I was a little boy so my mother told me, to me
Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe
That if I did not kiss the girls, my ...
There's some that's bound for New York town
and some that's bound for France
Heave away me Johnny, heave away
And some that's...
Up like a bird and high over the city
"Three men are missing" I heard the warder cry
"Sure it must have been a bird that flew ...
An Ulsterman I am proud to be,
From the Antrim Glens I come,
Although I labour by the sea,
I have followed flag and drum. ...
Now that she's so far away from her dear old hills of Donegal
I wonder does she ever think of me at all
On that wet Monday I d...
Here's a great night, I feel like a king
My breast's full of sunshine, my heart wants to sing
Now is the time, a good day is d...
Up from fitful sleep we wakened at the first kiss of the day;
There was silence by our watchfires, for we knew the task that la...
The night being dark and very cold, a woman took pity on a poor old soul
She took pity on a poor old soul and asked him to come...
Oh Polly love, oh Polly the rout has now begun
And we must go a marching at the beating of the drum
Go dress yourself all in y...
Gather up the pots and the old tin cans
The mash, the corn, the barley and the bran.
Run like the devil from the excise man ...
Fare thee well my lovely Dinah, a thousand times adieu
For we're going away from the Holy Ground and the girls we all love true...
In Scartaglenn there lives a lass and every Sunday after mass
She would go and take a glass before going home by Bearna
We w...
Good evening all me jolly lads I'm glad to see you're well
If you'll gather all around me now the story I will tell
For I've g...
Hush, hush, time tae be sleepin'.
Hush, hush, dreams come a-creepin';
Dreams of peace and of freedom,
So smile in your sle...
Caring for someone that's long out of vision
Far out of reach from your love
Takes you through some mindbraking, heartshaking ...
I know who is sick, I know who is sorry
I know who I'll kiss, but the Lord knows who I'll marry
Too-ree-oo-ree-ay ah, Too-re...
I loved the ground she walked upon
And the air she would softly breathe
The feather touch of her gentle lips
That only a fool...
I wish I was back in Liverpool
Liverpool town where I was born
Where there ain't no trees, no scented breeze
No fields of wav...
I'll tell me ma when I get home, the boys won't leave the girls alone
Pulled me hair, stole me comb but that's all right till I...
I'm a rover, seldom sober, I'm a rover of high degree
It's when I'm drinkin' I'm always thinkin' how to gain my love's company
...
Come all ye lads and lassies and sit you down with me,
And I will tell the truth about a land that`s dear to me,
You`ve read i...
If I should fall from grace with god where no doctor can relieve me
If I'm buried 'neath the sod but the angels won't receive m...
Me and my friend are crossing side by side
Oceans deep and wide to get to where we're going
Out there is my way, I know it can...
In Alabama 1958
The cost of human life was very low
A man who's black is trampled on
Just like men were a thousand years ag...
In a bar room near the border,
Down a staircase dark and dim,
Gathered soldiers from the front line,
There to rest and settle...
I left the shore of Inishfree
For the lights of the city streets
Looking for fame and fortune
And standing on my own two feet...
Ireland divided never shall be-free,
Ireland divided calls to you and me,
To hear her call would fill your eyes with tears, ...
In a dimly lit room by the smouldering fire
Sat an old man so lonely so sad and so tired
Once he struggled for freedom, now he...
In Ireland's fight for freedom, boys,
The North has played her part,
And though her day has yet to come,
We never yet must...
From Dublin´s smoke to Connacht´s hills
From Cork to Inishowen
We´re gathered, hope our bosom thrills;
Our trust - O...
I went to see David, to London to David,
I went to see David, and what did he do?
He gave me a Free State, a nice little Free ...
Molly dear now did you hear the news that's going round
Down in a corner of my heart a love is what you've found
Every time I ...
The ClÃona, the Meabh and the Mucha
The pride of the Irish navy
When the Captain he blows on his whistle
All the sailors g...
On the Fourth of July 1806 we set sail from the sweet cove of Cork
We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks for the grand Ci...
At a cottage door one wintry night
As the snow lay on the ground
Stood a youthful Irish soldier boy
for the mountains he was ...
'Twas a morning in July,
I was walking to Tipperary
When I heard a battle cry
From the mountains over head
As I looked up in...
Once upon a time there was
Irish ways and Irish laws,
Villages of I rish blood
Waking to the morning,
Waking to the morn...
With a wave of her hand and her sparkling eye
My island girl waved me goodbye
For another country in another time
For another...
Take me back to the Isle of Arran
I want to go back to that place I love
I can see the bay
Seabirds race the ferry
The old c...
Look at the coffin, with golden handles
Isn't it grand, boys, to be bloody-well dead?
Let's not have a sniffle, let's have a...
When I was a maiden fair and young,
On the pleasant banks of Lee,
No bird that in the greenwood sung,
Was half so blithe a...
Marchin' down O'Connell Street with the Starry Plough on high
There goes the Citizen Army with their fists raised in the sky
L...
Where oh where is our James Connolly?
Where oh where is that gallant man?
He´s gone to organise the union.
That working me...
A great crowd had gathered Outside of Kilmainhaim,
With their heads uncovered they knelt on the ground,
For inside that grim p...
Come al ye lads draw near to me
that i be not forsaken
for this day is lost the "Jeannie C"
and my living has been ...
As I rode out one May morning along the riverside,
a-walking all around there an Irish girl I spied,
oh, red and rosy were her...
By an enemy's gun he was shot down
Far from home in another town
A freedom fighter he lived to be
And we'll not rest 'til his...
Come all you fine people wherever you be
I'll sing of a brave Belfast man
Who scorned the army's might , though they'd shoot h...
Oh my name is Joe McDonnell
From Belfast town I came
That city I will never see again
For in the town of Belfast
I spent man...
There were three farmers in the North and as they were passing by
They swore an oath, a mighty oath that John Barleycorn must d...
I am a true-born Irishman, John Mitchel is my name:
When first I joined my comrades from Newry town I came;
I laboured hard bo...
A young lad named John Thomson,
From the west of Fife he came,
To play for Glasgow Celtic,
And to build himself a name.
On...
Cope sent a challenge frae Dunbar, sayin "Charlie meet me an' ye daur;
An' I'll learn ye the airt o' war, if ye'll meet me in t...
While goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo
While goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo
While goin' the road to ...
I bought a wife in Edinburgh for a bawbee
And then I got a farthing back to buy tobacco wi'
And wi' you, and wi' you, and wi...
Hey, Johnny McGory
Tell me where's your glory gone
I saw you up in the Monto
With your old leg gone
A dirty Flanders bullet
...
My Johnny's gone, what shall I do?
Johnny's gone to Hilo
My Johnny's gone and I'll go too
Johnny's gone to Hilo
Hilo-you ...
'Twas down by Brannigan's Corner, one morning I did stray
I met a fellow rebel, and to me he did say
"We've orders from the ca...
As I went down a shady lane, as a door I chanced to knock
Have you any pots or kettles with rusty holes to block?
Well, inde...
Ye mourners all as you pass by, come in and drink if you are dry
Just call your drinks and think not amiss, and pop your nose i...
What's the news, what's the news oh my bold Shelmalier
With your long barrelled guns from the sea
Say what wind from the south...
One morning in March I was digging the land,
with me brogues on me feet and me spade in me hand
And says I to myself, such a ...
In Mountjoy jail one Monday morning
High upon the gallows tree
Kevin Barry gave his young life
For the cause of liberty
J...
Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 60, my dear and loving son John
Your good friend the schoolmaster Pat McNamara's so good
As to wri...
Whaur hae ye been sae braw lad?
Whaur hae ye been sae brankie-o?
Whaur hae ye been sae braw lad?
Cam' ye by Killiecrankie-o?
...
Oh Kitty, my darling, remember
That the doom will be mine if I stay
It's far better to part though it's hard to
Than to rot i...
T'was on one bright March morning I bid New Orleans adieu
And I took the rode to Jackson town, me fortune to renew
I cursed ...
When the muirmen whin their hay
The doughty Douglas bound him ride
Into England to drive a prey
He chose the Gordons and the ...
Sittin' up in Ranelagh drinkin' guinness in a bar
Heavy metal on the box must have been Top of the Pops
Lizzie's dead and gone...
In the town of Athol one Jeremy Lanigan
Battered away 'til he hadn't a pound.
His father died and made him a man again
Left h...
The lark in the morning she rises off her nest
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
And like the jolly ...
You may talk about Atlantis, how it´s lost beneath the sea
Or the grave of the unknown soldier and the cry of the old banshe...
The last house in our street is the one we are living in
Throw the ball against the wall and back to me
All the other windows ...
Last night I had a happy dream, though restless where I be
I dreamed again, brave Irishmen, had set old Ireland free
And how...
My soul has been torn from me and I am bleeding
My heart it has been rent and I am crying
All the beauty around me fades and I...
In comes the train and the whole platform shakes
It stops with a shudder and a screaming of brakes
The parting has come and my...
Farewell to Princes' landing stage River Mersey fare thee well
I am bound for California, a place I know right well
So fare ...
Up the Republic, they raise their battle cry,
Pearse and McDermott will pray for you on high,
Eager and ready, for love of y...
On the ocean o´he
Waves in motion o´ho
Not but clouds could we see
O´er the blue sea below
Islay loomin&...
Let Erin remember the days of old
Ere her faithless sons betrayed her
When Malachy wore the collar of gold
That he won from t...
For those who are in love
There's a song that's warm and tender.
For those who are oppressed
In song you can protest.
So...
As I was climbing into bed
At me poor granny's side
I looked out the window;
The Brits had arrived.
The house was surrou...
Remember December fifty-nine
The howling wind and the driving rain
Remember the gallant men who drowned
On the lifeboat, Mona...
O! Limerick is beautiful,
As everybody knows,
And by that city of my heart
How proud the Shannon flows!
It sweeps down by th...
I am a young fellow that's easy and bold,
In Castletown conners I'm very well known.
In Newcastle West I spent many a note,
W...
I am a little beggarman a beggin' I have been
For three score or more in this little Isle of Green
I'm known from the Liffey,...
Oh, it's 6 o'clock and it's time to rock
And me head is beatin' like a drum
In the cold grey light, ah I feel like shite
And ...
By yon bonnie banks, By yon bonnie brae
The sun it shines on Loch Lomond
Where me and my true love will never meet again
on t...
There is a place just outside Lisburn
It´s a place that´s known to few
Where a group of Irish rebels
Are held by Faulkn...
It was on the first day of the year in 1969
We gathered at the City Hall, the weather being fine.
With McCann in front to le...
It was homeward bound one night on the deep
Swinging in my hammock I fell asleep
I dreamed the dream and I thought it true
Co...
Lord Nelson stood in pompous state,upon his pillar high
And down along O'Connell Street he cast a wicked eye
He thought how th...
I danced in the morning when the world was young
I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun
I came down from heaven and I ...
Chuckie said "I don't know what's goin' on
I'm down on my knees and I'm ah uh oh losin' it
Been up and down this New York town...
Oh, the first of me downfall I set out the door
I straight made me way on for Carrick-on-Suir
Going out by Rathronan 'twas lat...
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
I wish I was a youth again
But a youth again I can never be
Till apples grow on an ivy tree
...
I just want to see you
When you're all alone
I just want to catch you if I can
I just want to be there
When the morning ligh...
We sailed out of Dunmore Michelmas gone by
Cowhides and wool and live cargo
Twenty young Wild Geese ready fledged to fly
Sail...
Now, when that I was married and in my married bed
There came a bold sea captain and he stood at my bedhead
Saying arise, aris...
If you have the luck of the Irish,
You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
You shold have the luck of the Irish
And you'd wish ...
The years have passed the winds have blown
Since first I saw you there
With feet apart to the music moved
You're bright red c...
Macushla, Macushla your sweet voice is calling
calling me softly again and again
Macushla Macushla I hear it's dear pleading
...
I have often heard it said from my father and my mother
That going to a wedding was the making of another
Well if this be so, ...
From sweet Londonderry to the fair London Town
There is no other like her anywhere to be found
Where the children are smiling ...
There once was a troop of Irish dragoons come marching down through Fife-e-O
And the captain fell in love with a very bonny las...
Oh, come, all you lads and lassies, and listen to me a while
And I'll sing for you a verse or two that will cause you all to sm...
Because he's got no faloorum, faliddle aye oorum
He's got no faloorum, faliddle aye ay
He's got no faloorum, he's lost his din...
Step we gaily on we go,
Heel for heel and toe for toe,
Arm in arm and on we go,
All for Mairi´s wedding
Over hillways u...
Into our townlan´, on a night of snow,
Rode a man from God-knows-where;
None of us bade him stay or go,
Nor deemed him fri...
When he drops you off, I will not say
Who was that who so quickly drove away
The things you´ve done
And the places you´...
Oh hush thee my dove, oh hush thee my rowan,
Oh hush thee my lapwing, my little brown bird.
Oh fold thy wings and seek thy...
There's a neat little lass and her name is Mari Mac
Make no mistake, she's the girl I'm gonna track
Lot of other fellas try to...
Oh Maria, I'm so sorry I wrecked your wedding
You've just gotta believe me
But just the thought of you takin' your clothes off...
A holiday, a holiday, and the first one of the year.
Lord Darnell's wife came into church, the gospel for to hear.
And when t...
As down the glen came McAlpine's men with their shovels slung behind them
It was in the pub they drank the sub and up in the sp...
Farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong, farewell, farewell to thee
McPherson's life will no be long on yonder gallows tree
Sa...
When I met Jenny I was living free and easy
Waking up when the sun was going down
All I did was for me and my own pleasure
I ...
Who fears to speak of Ninety-Eight?
Who blushes at the name?
When cowards mock the patriot's fate.
Who hangs his head for sha...
Armoured cars and tanks and guns
Came to take away our sons
But every man must stand behind
The men behind the wire
Throug...
While you honour in song and in story
The names of the patriot men
Whose valour has covered with glory
Full many a mountain a...
It was Friday morn when we set sail and we were not far from the land
When our captain he spied a mermaid so fair, with a comb ...
Somebody under the bed
Whoever can it be?
I feel so very nervous
I call for Joanee
Joanee lights the candle
But there's nob...
I am a merry ploughboy and I plough the fields all day
Till a sudden thought came to me head that I should roam away
For I am ...
Come listen all me true men to my simple rhyme
For it tells of a young man cut off in his prime
A soldier and a statesman who ...
Have you heard of Michael Dwyer,
And his mountain men?
Runs your blood like molten fire,
When you hear again
How he dashed...
Oh, me name is Mick McGuire and I'll quickly tell to you
Of a young girl I admired called Katy Donahue
She was fair and fat an...
Friends, I have a sad story, a very sad story to tell
I married a man for his money, and he's worse than the devil himself
So ...
Heel ya ho, boys, let her go, boys
Heave her head round to the weather
Heel ya ho, boys, let her go, boys
Sailing homeward to...
The minstrel boy to the war is gone
In the ranks of death you will find him
His father's sword he hath girded on
And his wild...
Tá bean in Éirinn a phronnfadh séad domh is mo sháith le n-ól
Is tá bean in Éi...
Dá mbeinnse i mbliana mar bhí mé anuraidh
Toigh beag `bheith agam i gcois an chuain
Chuirfinn mo bh&aacut...;
Curfá:
Sé mo laoch mo Ghile Mear
`Sé mo Chaesar, Ghile Mear,
Suan ná séan ní bhfuai...
Make way for the Molly Maguires
They're drinkers, they're liars but they're men
Make way for the Molly Maguires
You'll never ...
In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone
As she wheeled her wheelbarrow ...
I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler, I'm a long way from home
And if you don't like me, well, leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry...
As I get doon by Strichen toon I heard a fair maid mournin'
She was makin' sair complaint for her true love ne'er returnin'
...
The morn was breaking bright and fair,
The lark sang in the sky,
Wheb the maid she bound her goIden hair,
With a blithe glanc...
In the days I went a courtin' I was never tired resortin'
To an ale-house or a playhouse and many's the house besides
But I to...
In 1916, in the year of our Lord
Fighting came to Ireland like it never had before
For freedom comes to those who fight for ...
In the East End of London I met an old man
He kept a bar called The Horses and Tram
My parents were Irish, they loved that dea...
My love she's but a lassie yet
Oh My love she's but a lassie yet
We'll let her stand a year or twa
She'll no be half sae sauc...
Missus McGrath lived near the seashore for the space of seven long years or more
When she spied a ship coming into the bay: "Th...
If you listen I'll sing you a sweet little song
Of a flower that's now droped and dead,
Yet dearer to me, yes than all of its ...
My youngest son came home today. his friends marched with him all the way.
The pipes and drums beat all the time as in his box ...
Níl aon phort dá chuala mé ar phíob
ó tháinig mé i méadaiocht linbh,
N...
The moon rises in the eastern sky
Like a broken heart it tells no lies
I'll be waiting here for the rising sun
The lonely nig...
I'm a weaver, a Calton weaver, I'm a rash and a roving blade
I've got silver in my pockets and I follow the roving trade
Whi...
Oh, I am an old navvy and I work on the line
And the last place I worked was Newcastle-on-Tyne
Well, I'll tell me misfortune i...
My breath is white my hands are blue
A pickaxe in my hand and I´m tunnelling through
I won´t be home for summer for the ...
Oh my name it is Nell and the truth for to tell
I come from Cootehill which I'll never deny
I had a fine drake and I'd die for...
Well, that poor old Admiral Nelson
Is no longer in the air,
Sing toora loora loora looraloo,
On the eighth day of March in...
It's busk ye, me boy's, get you up on the deck
And take up your stations for hauling the nets
And mind up all together lads al...
Hey, it is never too early to fly
You can do what you want to the sooner you try
Sure you might fall on your face
May even ha...
There was hate in your heart before you were born
and a gun in your hand that was put there
Hate your neighbor, it's tradition...
Got into town on a Saturday night
With a Fender guitar and I took in the sights
And I drank my way down to the Lower East Side...
I must away now, I can no longer tarry
This morning's tempest I have to cross
I must be guided without a stumble
Into the arm...
As I went a walking one morning in May
I met a young couple so far did we stray
And one was a young maid so sweet and so fair...
The Hunger has come and will not leave
My fair city of Newry
A better life is what I seek
for me and my family
So I come wi...
There's 19 men a-missing,
And they didn't use the door.
Just blew a little hole,
Where there wasn't one before.
Now the ...
Still forms, grey dust, blank stones in Dublin City,
A grave in green Kildare,
And many a grassy mound that moves our pity
O�...
If life is a river and your heart is a boat
And just like a water baby, born to float,
And if life is a wild wind that blows w...
Now let the day
Just slip away
So the dark night
May watch over you
Nocturne
Though darkness lay
It will give way
When th...
Come all you gallant fishermen that plough the stormy sea,
The whole year round on the fishing grounds
On the Northern Minch a...
She's going away at the age of fifteen
To a shore far away from her crowd
To find different structures, a different scene
In ...
For nearly sixty years I've been a cockie
Of droughts and fires and floods I've lived through plenty
This country's dust and m...
Oh people of heart I pray pay attention
Listen to what I'm about to relate
Concerning a couple I overheard talking
As I was r...
Proudly the note of the trumpet is sounding
Loudly the war cries arise on the gale
Fleetly the steed by Lough Swilly is boundi...
Place me before your scarlet ranks,
A thousand men and more,
And though the chain around me clanks,
I´ll keep the oath I s...
Oft in the stilly night
Ere slumber´s chains have bound me,
Fond memory brings the light
Of other days around me.
The smi...
Maureen got married to a sanitation worker
She's livin' out in Brooklyn with her mother in law
And when her old man's sleepin'...
My feet are here on Broadway
This blessed harvest morn,
But oh! the ache that´s in my heart
For the spot where I was born....
It hung above the kitchen fire,
Its barrel long and brown,
And one day, with a boy's desire,
I c1imbed and took it down.
...
A hungry feeling came o'er me stealing
And the mice were squealing
In my prison cell
And the old triangle
Went jingle jang...
On the banks of the Hudson, my love and I lay down
Just above 42nd Street, while the rain was pouring down
When I covered her ...
The truth comes hard as the cold rain
On your face in the heat of the storm
And the stories I'm hearing would shock you
To be...
We're on the one road, sharing the one load
We're on the road to God knows where
We're on the one road, it may be the wrong ro...
Under the skies of the Southern Cross
The sails are swelling in the breeze,
Where skims the broad-winged albatross
Above the ...
When apples still grow in November
When Blossoms still bloom from each tree
When leaves are still green in December
It's then...
Óró 'Sé do bheatha 'bhaile,
Óró 'Sé do bheatha 'bhaile,
Óró 'Sé...
Óró! 'Sé do bheatha 'bhaile
Óró! 'Sé do bheatha 'bhaile
Óró! 'Sé...;
I'm an ordinary man, nothing special nothing grand
I've had to work for everything I own
I never asked for a lot, I was happy ...
Well, there was an old woman from Wexford and in Wexford she did well
She loved her old man dearly but another one twice as wel...
I've travelled about a bit in me time, of troubles I've seen a few
I found it far better in every clime to paddle me own canoe
...
The chasing girls was easy and drinking been was fun
And he went out one day and bought himself a gun,
He shot a couple of c...
So Papa's got a brand new bag
What's the big deal
Up in the Bronx, Mary's gettin' drunk
Paddy's got a brand new reel
Workin...
Well it's by the hush, me boys, and sure that's to hold your noise
And listen to poor Paddy's sad narration
I was by hunger pr...
In Dublin town in 1916 a flame of freedom did arise
A group of men with determination caught an empire by surprise
Through the...
Fareweel to a' our Scottish fame
Fareweel our ancient glory
Fareweel even to the Scottish name
Sae famed in martial story
No...
Of all the money ever I had I've spent it in good company
And all the harm I've ever done alas it was to none but me
And all I...
Come all you young rebels and list while I sing
For love of ones land is a terrible thing
It banishes fear with the speed of a...
You can wreck my name, vilify me, stretch me on the rack
But I won't bow down to any man, be he white or be he black
Take away...
The Yeos were in Dunshaughlin, and the Hessians in Dunreagh,
And spread thro´ fair Moynalty were the Fencibles of Reagh,
Wh...
A young man, was shot on the Falls Road today
The bulletins came through to hide the truth away
With different stories to cove...
Far and wide as the eye can wander
Heath and bog are everywhere
Not a bird sings out to cheer us
Oaks are standing gaunt and ...
Oh, Peggy Gordon you are my darling
Come sit you down upon my knee
Come tell to me the very reason
Why I am slighted so by th...
How many more must die now, how many must we lose
Before the island people their own destiny can choose?
From immortal Robert ...
In 1916, in the year of our Lord
Fighting came to Ireland like it never had before
For freedom comes to those who fight for ...
Hush - lay down your troubled mind
The day has vanished and left us behind
And the wind - whispering soft lullabies
Will soot...
In the year twenty nine when the weather was fine
I first made me way to the sweet fair of Trim
For to sell a fine swine it wa...
Well the government's made a document
To help prevent embarrassment
And in the event of an accident
Catching us with our trou...
It was back in history's page, the story's told of a Napper Tandy brave and bold
With his scarlet and green, he then was seen w...
Chorus
So go to sleep my weary Provo let the time go drifting by
Cant you hear the bullets humming thats a Provos lullaby
...
It's lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call
But there's nothin' so loneso...
Ah, Jack was a sailor that roamed on the town
And he met with a damsel that skipped up and down
Said the damsel to Jack as she...
The first of my courtship that ever was known,
I straight took my way to the County Tyrone;
Where among the pretty fair maid...
There's a cold and wintry breeze blowing through the buddin' trees
and I've buttoned up my coat to keep me warm
But the days a...
Oh, there're sober men in plenty,
And drunkards barely twenty,
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl...
My spurs are rusted, my coat is rent, my plume is damp with rain
And the thistledown and the barleybeard are thick on my horse'...
Let the grasses grow
and the waters flow in a free and easy way
But give me enough of the rare old stuff
that's made near G...
Raised on songs and stories, heroes of renown
The passing tales and glories that once was Dublin Town
The hallowed halls and h...
O, rattlin' roarin' Willie, o, he held to the fair
An' for to sell his fiddle an' buy some other ware
But parting wi' his fidd...
The waves crash in and the tide pulls out
It's an angry sea but there is no doubt
That the lighthouse will keep shining in the...
From rebel veins my life I drew,
In rebel arms I lay,
From rebel lips the lessons drew
That led me day by day.
And, rocked t...
My brothers all, who hear me now,
Give ear to what I say;
The words are solemn that I speak
On this my dying day:
For Irelan...
As I was walking down the road
A feeling fine and larky oh
A recruiting sergeant came up to me
Says he you'd look fine in kha...
As I was going to the Faire in Dingle,
One fine morning last July,
Walking down the road before me,
A red-haired girl I ch...
One fine bright morning as I went a-fishing
I followed the cattle track down to the sea
Along the green ridges and through the...
Come over the hills my handsome Irish lad
Come over the hills to your darling
You choose the road love, and I'll make a vow
T...
A sober black shawl hides her body entirely
Touched by the sun and the salt spray of the sea
But down in the darkness a slim h...
As I was sitting by the fire talking to old Reilly's daughter
Suddenly a thought came into my head,
I'd like to marry old Rei...
oh all the money that in my whole life i did spend, be it mine right or wrongfully
i let it slip gladly to my friends to tie up...
On the first day of Spring in the year ninety-three
the first recreation was in this country,
the King's County gentleman o'er...
Ri na cruinne
tá na daoine ag milleadh
an chine daonna
níl muid curamach go leor
(A) ri na cruinne
t&a...;
In nineteen hundred and sixteen,
The Forces of the Crown,
For to Capture Orange, White and Green,
Bombarded Dublin Town,
But...
Come, ye rout, it's now September,
The Hunter's Moon's begun.
And through the wheat and stubble,
We hear the frequent gun....
And come tell me Sean O'Farrell tell me why you hurry so
Husha buachaill hush and listen and his cheeks were all a glow
I bear...
The strobe was pulsin' in the afterhours
The booze was flowin' free
When I first saw you across that room
On down by Houston ...
Oh the empire is finished no foreign lands to seize
So the greedy eyes of England are looking towards the seas
Two hundred m...
I got a job in a band called Black 47
I was doin' nothin' special after 11
Oh we learned some tunes and wrote some songs
And ...
In the merry month of June from me home I started,
Left the girls of Tuam so sad and broken hearted,
Saluted father dear, kis...
See the fleet foot host of men, that speed with faces wan
From farmstead and from fishers cot, along the banks of Bann
They co...
The grey coat and its sash of green,
Were brave and stainless then.
A banner flashed beneath the sun,
Beside the marching m...
Ho! See the fleet-foot hosts of men
Who speed with faces wan,
From farmstead and from fisher´s cot
Upon the banks of the B...
Come, Tender hearted Christians, attention pay to me
'Til I relate these verses great, these verses two or three;
Concerning...
Read the roll of honour for Ireland's bravest men
We must be united in memory of the ten,
England you're a monster, don't thin...
Do you ask why the beacon and the banner of war,
On the mountains of Ulster are seen from afar,
Oh this is the signal our righ...
All ye sportin' young Heroes with hearts light and free,
Take care how you come to the town of Tralee
For the witch of all w...
The pale moon was rising above the green mountain,
The sun was declining beneath the blue sea;
When I strayed with my love to ...
Rouse, Hibernians, from your slumbers!
See the moment just arrived
Imperious tyrants for to humble
Our French brethren are at...
Oh I am a rovin' Journeyman I roam from town to town
And whenever I get a job of work I'm willing to sit doon
My kit's all on ...
Upon a fine mornmg for soft recreation,
I heard a fair damsel making much moan,
Sighing and sobbing with sad lamentation
A...
Rubber bullets for the ladies, catch them in a CS can,
Three inches wide, six inches long, take it home to your old man,
It's ...
Now I'm most depressed and sad
Where I once was blithe and glad
I could trip about the town both trim and neatly
I was happy ...
Oh my name it is Sam Hall chimney sweep, chimney sweep
Oh my name it is Sam Hall chimney sweep
Oh my name it is Sam Hall and I...
Well I have been a Provo now for 15 years or more
with armalites and mortorbombs I thought I knew the score
But now we have a ...
Santy Anna gained the day
Away Santy Anno
Santy Anna gained the day
All on the plains of Mexico
Mexico, oh Mexico
Away S...
She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,
And lovers around her are sighing:
But coldly she turns from their gaze ...
Say hello to the Provos, say hello to the brave,
Say hello to the Provos and Ireland shall be saved.
Well it all happened in...
They say that the lakes of Killarney are fair
That no stream like the Liffey can ever compare
If it´s water you want you�...
'Twas on a dreary new years day
As the shades of night came down.
A lorry load of volunteers
Approached a border town
There...
It was on a dreary new years day when the shade of night came down
And a lorry load of volunteers approached the border town
...
We often heard our fathers tell
How in the Fenian times
The noblest of Tipperary's sons
Imprisoned spent their lives.
T...
"Oh! the French are on the sea," says the Sean van Voght,
"Oh! the French are on the sea," says the Sean van Voght,
"The Fre...
As I went out one May morning,
One May morning betim,
I met a maid from home had strayed,
Just as the sun did shine
What m...
Each loyal man, if such there can be found about Grouse Hall
Come join with me in sympathy and pity my downfall.
I am despis...
We read in history pages
Of the heroes of great fame.
The deeds they done and battles won
And how they made their name.
Bu...
Some say that kissin's a sin
But tell me how can that be true
For kissing has been in this world
Since the very first day the...
As I went home on Monday night as drunk as drunk could be
I saw a horse outside the door where my old horse should be
Well, I ...
In a dreary British prison where an Irish rebel lay.
By his side a priest waits standing were his soul to pass away.
As he g...
My young love said to me, my mother won´t mind
And my father won´t slight you for your lack of kine,
And she stepped a...
O, it was a fine and a pleasant day
Out of Yarmouth harbour I was faring
As a cabin boy on a sailing lugger
For to go and hun...
Dear Sir, I write this note to you to tell you of me plight
And at the time of writing I am not a pretty sight
Me body is all ...
Bim ar thoir an comhartha
Scaoileas m'anam saor
Caithfidh mo chroi a
bheith glan
Roimh siochan theacht crum
Ni leanfaidh...
Silent, O Moyle, be the roar of thy water
Break not ye breezes, your chain of repose
While murmuring mournfully Lir's lonely...
The north Atlantic tossed our ship nearly drove it to the bottom of the sea
We sailed ten nights and we sailed ten days I thoug...
I dream of a beautiful picture
No more need we think of the past
They're singing and dancing in Ireland
And the people are...
I wish I was on yonder hill
Tis there Id sit and cry my fill
Till every tear would turn a mill
Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin sla...
Oh, Father dear, I oft times hear you talk of Erin's Isle,
Her lofty scene, her valleys green, her mountains rude and will
The...
We put the hood round his head
Then we shot the bastard dead
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
Send the stupid ...
Curl up, close your eyes and sleep
Sleep through the dark of night
Sleep till the morning light
Curl up, close your eyes a...
Alone, all alone, by the wave-washed strand
All alone in the crowded hall
The hall it is gay and the waves they are grand
But...
She goes down to meet her mummie returning from the fields
A wicker basket on her hip and a spaniel at her heels
And when she ...
It was on the 12fth of May boys in 1921,
When the news ran through all Scotland that a daring deed was done,
It was by a band ...
I'll sing to you the praises of the sons of Erin's isle.
It's of those gallant heroes who voluntarily ran
To release two Irish...
The night was icy cold I stood along
I was waiting for an army foot patrol
And when at last they came into my site
I squeezed...
We crossed the line
Who pushed who over
It doesn't matter to you
It matters to me
We're cut adrift
We're still floating
...
I saw you walking by the bridge on a cold and rainy day
I ran towards the riverbank as the wind came across the bay
But then I...
The Son of God goes forth to war
A kingly crown to gain;
His blood-red banner streams afar;
Who follows in his train?
Who b...
Ag breacadh an lae do chumar ag siúl
aoibhneas an tsaoil amach romhainn
clocha draÃochta chomh geal lenár súile
c...
Walking all the day
Near tall towers where falcons build their nests
Silver-winged they fly
They know the call of freedom in ...
Doesn´t seem quite so long ago,
The last time that I saw you,
Ain´t it funny how the memories grow,
They always fold ar...
I heard a song in Antrim,
I heard a song in Clare,
And in the homes of Ireland
I heard it everywhere.
The little children sa...
There's a blossom that blows, that scoffs at the snows
And it faces root fast the rage of the blast
It sweetens the sod no sla...
Long years ago I fell in love with a lady proud and fair
So passionate were she and I, we made fire in the air
I loved her mor...
Sound the pibroch loud and high
Frae John o' Groats tae Isle o' Skye
Let every clan their slogan cry
Rise and follow Charlie
...
Last night as I lay dreaming of pleasant days gone by
My mind being bent on rambling to Ireland I did fly
I stepped on board a...
Near Banbridge town in the County Down one morning last July
Down a Boreen green came a sweet coleen and she smiled as she pass...
In the village of Kildorey, there lived a maiden fair
Her eyes they shone like diamonds, she had long and golden hair
And a co...
There's a sweet garden spot in our memory
It's the place we were born and reared
It's long years ago since we left it
But ret...
Last night as I slept, I dreamed I met with Behan
I shook him by the hand and we passed the time of day
When questioned on his...
Well it was Sunday Bloody Sunday
When they shot the people down
The cries of 13 martyrs
Filled the Free Derry air
Is there a...
I can't believe the news today
Oh, I can't close my eyes
And make it go away
How long?
How long must we sing this song?
How...
Right from the start this here's a rebel song
It's from the heart I wanna tell you 'bout a wrong
Committed by Britain back in...
On a day of days I stood and gazed
Over the western sea
Startled and struck, frightened to look
When a mermaid called to me
...
They say that the lakes of Killarney are fair
That no stream like the Liffey can ever compare
If it's water you want you'll fi...
Tá mé 'mo shuí ó d´éirigh an ghealach aréir,
Ag cur teineadh síos gan sc&ia...;
Tráthnóinín déanach i gcéin cois leasa dom
Táimse im' chodhladh is ná dú...;
Tóigfidh mé mo sheolta go Dúiche Sheoigheach ar maidin
Ar cuairt chuig mo mhíle stóirí...;
Take it down from the mast, Irish traitors,
It's the flag we republicans claim,
It can never belong to free staters,
For y...
Take me home to Mayo, across the Irish sea
Home to dear old Mayo, where once I roamed so free
Take me home to Mayo, and let my...
On the outskirts of Europe in the Atlantic so dear
There´s a country called old Ireland that looks like a teddy bear
It´...
For seven long years she helped me spend my dough
Now I take her out but she don't wanna know
That woman's got me drinking ...
The carrion crow sat upon an oak
to me ring dong dilly dong ky-ro-lee
watching the tailor mending his cloak
to me ring dong d...
When I was a bachelor, airy and young
I followed the roving trade
And the only harm that ever I've done
Was courting a servan...
I am a young fellow that's very well known,
I've wandered throughout Ireland, the County Tyrone.
For work I've been searching,...
Author:
A tale I'll tell of the blades that dwell in the vale of Balymacoda,
hale and merry both ale and sherry they'll drink, but neve...
In Kirkintilloch there's nae pubs
And I'm sure you'll wonder why
My brother and me, we went on a spree
We drank the pubs a' ...
Reluctantly I give flow to this song
Got my fingers crossed hoping that I'm wrong
But I'll take my chances before this chance ...
Come gather 'round you freeborn men
And draw your chairs to mine.
And I'll tell you of my country,
That you might understa...
Here´s to Donegal and her people brave and tall,
Here´s to Antrim, to Leitrim and to Derry,
Here´s to Cavan and to Lo...
the island it is silent now but the ghosts still haunt the waves
and the torch lights up a famished land that fortune could not...
And it's three score and ten boys and men
Were lost from Grimsby Town
From Yarmouth down to Scarborough
Many hundreds more we...
Little Tim MacGuire loved to play with fire
Always hated water, never used to wash
Loved the smell of burning, of bonfires bur...
Saw something in the paper just the other day,
It was all about a band and the music that they play
Black 47 advocates violenc...
Tiocfaidh an samhradh agus fásfaidh an fhear
Tiocfaidh an duilliúr ghals ar bharr na gcraobh
Tiocfaidh mo r&uacu...;
Will you come away my love
To be my own my rare one
Smiling the land, shining the sea
Sweet is the smell o' the heather
W...
Time goes by and years roll onward
still in memory fresh I keep
of a night in Belfast prison
unashamed I saw men weep
As t...
Cheer up, brave hearts, to-morrow´s dawn will see us march again
Beneath old Erin´s flag of green that ne´er has known...
In Bodenstown churchyard there is a green grave,
And wildly around it the winter winds rave;
Small shelter I ween are the rui...
Wait until dawn
The streets will be cool and clean again
Then it's time to go downstairs
And meet the man
He'll be sittin' i...
In my memory I will always see
the town that I have loved so well
Where our school played ball by the gasyard wall
and we lau...
Oh come all ye tramps and hawker lads ye gatherers oblaw
That tramps the country round and round come listen one and all
I'll ...
I had a true love if ever a girl had one
I had a true love a brave lad was he
One fine Easter Monday with his gallant comrades...
It's a cold Chicago morning
The snow was falling down
It's a special time of year
When my family gather round
When they ask ...
As I was walking all alane,
I heard twa corbies makin' a mane.
The tane intae the tither did say, O,
"Whaur sall we gang...
One cold March morning I crossed Old Miller's Moor
with me shepherd dog Clancey, on a distasteful chore.
Me mother sent me o...
Come along, come along, let us foot it out together
Come along, come along, be it fair or stormy weather
With the hills o' hom...
From the health centre porch she looks to the North
Where Nicaragua´s enemies hide
Polio crippled and maimed before things ...
Many homes are filled with sorrow and with sadness,
Many hearts are filled with anguish and with pain,
For old Ireland now s...
We follow the taillights out of the city
Moving in a river of red
As the colours fade away from
Dusky sunset
We roll for the...
You may sing or speak about Easter week or the heroes of Ninety-eight
Those Fenian men who roamed the glen for vict'ry or defe...
Hold me now, hold me now
Till this hour has gone around
And I'm gone on the rising tide
For to face Van Diemen's land
It's...
The lion and the unicorn were fighting for the crown,
Then up spoke the Irish Cheddar and they both came tumbling down
The sec...
The sun was settin' the rocks on fire
The fields blisterin' with the heat
When the militia came marchin' through our town
Kno...
Paddy came down to Voodoo City
Met a lady on Bourbon Street
She was dark, she was beautiful
Swept that boy right off his feet...
What time is it ? Time to wake up!
Wake up, wake up, wake up Irishman
Sectarian hatred, me no´understand.
First of all, ...
Once I loved a lady,
she meant the world to me.
Her eyes as green as a shady lake
and her smile like a springtime breeze. ...
Could have been the whiskey, might have been the gin.
Could have been three or four six-packs,
I don't know, but look at the m...
Says my oul wan to your oul wan will you come to the Waxies Dargle
Says your oul wan to my oul wan sure I haven't got a farthin...
"O Paddy dear, and did ye hear the news that's goin' round?
The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground!
No more Sai...
I am the wee weaver, confined to my loom
And my love she is fairer, than the red rose in bloom
She is loved by all the young m...
There was an old woman and she lived in the woods, weile weile waile
There was an old woman and she lived in the woods, down by...
When all beside a vigil keep,
The West's asleep, the West's asleep -
Alas! and well may Erin weep
When Connacht lies in slu...
Westering home and a song in the air
Light in the eye and its good by to care
Laughter o love and a welcoming there
Isle of m...
I'll sing you a song of peace and love
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day
To the land that reigns all lands above
Whack ...
Oh, what would you do if you married a soldier?
"What would I do but to follow the gun?"
And what would you do if he died in t...
There's a tear in your eye and I'm wondering why
For it never should be there at all
With such power in your smile, sure a sto...
As I was going over the far famed Kerry Mountains
I met with captain Farrell and his money he was counting
I first produced my...
Oh whiskey is the life of man
Always was since the world began
Whiskey-o, Johnny-o
Rise her up from down below
Whiskey, w...
Oh, he sits at the corner of Beggar's Bush
Astride of an old packing case
And the dolls at the end of the plank were dancing
...
Whiskey, you're the devil, you're leadin' me astray
Over hills and mountains and to Americae
You're sweeter, stronger, decente...
Gypsy rover, come over the hill, down through the valley so shady
He whistled and he sang til the green woods rang and he won t...
It's Saturday night on the Lower East Side
I'm sittin' here contemplatin' suicide
I just got mugged down in Tompkins Square
W...
Sometimes I've been asked by one man or another
Why do I follow Celtic, why do I take the bother
But he must be a fool, who wo...
High atop a lonely moor, a Widow lived alone.
Well, in she kept, and as she slept,
her pillow heard her moan:
"Oh, many's ...
There was a wild colonial boy, Jack Duggan was his name
He was born and raised in Ireland, in a place called Castlemaine
He wa...
I've been a wild rover for many's the year
I've spent all me money on whiskey and beer
But now I'm returning with gold in grea...
Oh the summertime is coming and the trees are sweetly blooming
And the wild mountain thyme grows around the blooming heather
...
In a mean abode on the Skankill Road
Lived a man named William Bloat;
He had a wife, the curse of his life,
Who continually g...
I sat within the valley green, I sat me with my true love
My sad heart strove the two between, the old love and the new love
T...
The humble home in dead of night,
A flitting shadow fled,
The yellow moon caught sharpened pike,
Where the night shades dance...
Now there was an old man lived at Kellyburn braes
And he had a wife was he plague of his days.
The divil he came to the man a...
There's a woman in Ireland who'd give me shelter and my fill of ale
There's a woman in Ireland who'd prefer my singing to strin...
We're all met together here to sit and to crack
Wi' our glasses in our hands and our work upon our back
There's nae a trade am...
Now listen you people
Better take this down:
I'm the Bodhrán player
And I'm back in town.
It's me lays down the rhyth...
Wrap the green flag round me, boys,
To die were far more sweet,
with Erin's noble emblem boys,
To be my winding sheet.
In li...
Ye Jacobites by name lend an ear, lend an ear
Ye Jacobites by name lend an ear
Ye Jacobites by name yer faults I will proclaim...
When you walk through a storm,
Hold your head up high,
And don't be afraid of the dark,
At the end of a storm, there's a gold...
Have you ever walked the lonesome hills
And heard the curlews cry
Or seen the raven black as night
Upon a windswept sky
To w...
They wouldn't hear your music and your paintings they pulled down,
they wouldn't read your writings and they banned you from to...
Thunder and lightning is no lark
When Dublin City is in the dark
So if you've any money, go up to the park
And view the Zoolo...
