Author name: beerbellycollection

One evening of late into Bandon I strayed I was bound for Clonakilty I was making me way At Ballinishcarthy some time I delayed For to wet me auld whistle

In days of old in a kingdom bold, there lived a fearsome dragon. And the King he was in great distress and the countries spirits flagoned. Until one day th

Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld

Dark and rainy is the night, There’s no a star in a’ the carry; Lightnings gleam athwart the lift, And the cauld winds drive wi’ winter’s fury. O! are ye s

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 cantered, but the pace it did kill W

Well it’s all for me grog, me jolly jolly grog It’s all for me beer and tobacco For I spent all me tin with the lassies drinking gin Far across the western

SPOKEN: Many songs are sung and written about Emmett, Pearse and Tone But no one knows that son of Ireland who loved to chew a bone A patriot so fearless w

The night hawk flies and the owl cries as we’re driving down the road Listening to the music on the all night radio show The announcer comes on says, “if y

Do you fancy a night at the dancing wi’ me The band in the town hall’s the finest you’ll see If there’s no’ another place you’d rather be Then come to the

In Dublin town they sing of a brave Wicklow woman Of her troubles and her times in cruel Kilmainham Jail All the way from Butterfield Lane Anne Devlin was