Besedila

I was walking down by Islandbridge, just doing as I pleased This April day the sun was warm, there was but a gentle breeze I wandered up the old stone step

As I walked down the Broadway one evening in July I met a maid who asked me trade and a sailor John says I Chorus: And away, you Santee, my dear Annie Oh,

l once had a wee lass and I loved her well, I loved her far better than my tongue can tell, Her parents disliked me for my want of years, So adieu to all p

I’ve worked hard all my life I’ll tell to you no lie Down in the local dock yards as a man and boy But now the bosses tell me they’ll have to let me go I’m

Have you heard of Phil the Flutter, of the town of Ballymuck? The times were going hard with him, in fact the man was broke. So he just sent out a notice t

Paddy McCollough was a fine young actor He played in the streets of Old Killonay He had a voice like a church bell ringing People would gather and they’d s

Now Jack was a sailor who roamed on the town And she was a damsel who skipped up and down Said the damsel to Jack as she passed him by Would you care for t

A recruiting sergeant come through the streets of Rochester Home from the wars in the low country And he sang as he marched and he played upon his kettle d

Based on songs and stories, heroes of renown Are the passing tales and glories, that once was Dublin town The hallowed halls and houses, the haunting child

I met my girl at Woolwich Pier, beneath the big cranes standing And oh, the love I felt for her it passed all understanding Took her sailing on the river,