THE BALLAD OF JACK DOOLIN
There was a wild colonial boy Jack Doolin was his name Of poor but honest parents he was born near Castlemane He was his father’s only son his mother’s pri
There was a wild colonial boy Jack Doolin was his name Of poor but honest parents he was born near Castlemane He was his father’s only son his mother’s pri
Says Lloyd-George to Macpherson, “l give you the sack, To uphold law and order you haven’t the knack, I’ll send over Greenwood, a much stronger man, And fi
I was born here in Ireland But a foreign land called me away Now I’ve come back to see my hometown And my friends of yesterday Gone are the old folks frien
Come all you warriors and renowned nobles Give ear unto my warlike theme And I will sing you how Father Murphy Lately aroused from his sleepy dream Neither
Over in McCann’s there’s a grand type of dance band a-playing And they’re spinnin’ out the Continental Céilí, They’re comin’ in their cars from the bars ov
Her father died the land was sold Marie tried to keep a hold Scottish law and foreign gold Cancel Marie’s wedding Chorus: Sell we gaily on we go Down at he
You may travel far far from your own native land Far away o’er the mountains, far away o’er the foam But of all the fine places that I’ve ever been Sure th
‘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 whiff of ray and chips and Mar
‘Twas down by the glenside, I met an old woman She was picking young nettles and she scarce saw me coming I listened a while to the song she was humming Gl
When, like the dawning day Eileen Aroon Love sends his early ray Eileen Aroon. What makes his dawning glow Changeless through joy and woe Only the constant