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Come all ye jolly plooman lads, And I’ll tell you a tale As merry a tale as ere befell A merchant’s son in the north did dwell And for a living he was forc
Come all ye jolly plooman lads, And I’ll tell you a tale As merry a tale as ere befell A merchant’s son in the north did dwell And for a living he was forc
Seal da rabhas im’ mhaighdean shéimh ‘S anois im’ bhaintreach chaite thréith Mo chéile ag treabhadh na dtonn go tréan De bharr na gcnoc is i n-imigcéin ‘Sé
Somebody’s moggy by the side of the road Somebody’s pussy who forgot his highway code Someone’s favorite feline who ran clean out of luck When he ran on to
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 with what I got, Enough to ke
On Ben Bulben’s green and lofty height The evening sun was a setting bright It gave a ray of a golden light Around the Bay of Sligo A tiny craft with glanc
In Dublin town in nineteen sixteen a flame of freedom did arise A group of men with determination caught an empire by surprise Through the streets our men
I was riding the high stool, expandin’ and expoundin’, On the price of rice in Sierra Leone and the height of the beef mountain. As to where did Jack Doyle
And I would dream of how proud they felt back in “16” Still remember the fright when the UDA came in the middle of the night Right then I knew that I was d
“O then, tell me Sean O’Farrell, tell me why you hurry so” “Hush, me Bouchall, hush and listen,” and his cheeks were all aglow I bear orders from the capta