Author name: beerbellycollection

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 sweetest thing ever you saw, And

One evening so late as I rambled On the banks of a clear purling stream, I sat down on a bank of primroses, And so gently fell into a dream. I dreamed I be

(FARE THEE WELL ENNISKILLEN) Our troop was made ready at the dawn of the day From lovely Enniskillen they were marching us away. They put us then on board

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

“Oh who is without That with passionate shout Keeps beating my bolted door?” “I am Ned of the Hill Forspent wet and chill From long trudging marsh and moor

The checkpoints and the baracades, have all been taken down As again I walk the streets of my native Derry Town Along its lonely allyways , and bustling ne

T’was down by Christ Church that I first met Annie A neat little girl and not a bit shy She told me her father who came from Dungannon Would take her back

This graveyard hides a million secrets, The trees know more than they can tell The ghosts of the Saints and the scholars will haunt you In Heaven and in He

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 sea Chorus: And I’ll sing f

I met a girl in Dublin Town and she was fair and handsome I took her out to Sandymount to see the waters dancing Chorus: Blow ye winds and blow forever, Fl