{"id":1419,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/down-erins-lovely-lee"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"down-erins-lovely-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/down-erins-lovely-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"DOWN ERIN’S LOVELY LEE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

On March the sixth in sixty three we sailed from Queenstown Quay
\nA gallant band of Fenian men bound for Amerikay
\nWhile journeying with that gallant band, as you may plainly see
\nWe were forced to go from sweet Cloghroe down Erin’s lovely Lee<\/p>\n

For six long months we ploughed the sea, from Queenstown Quay in Cork
\nJust like an arrow through the sky till we landed in New York
\nThem Yankee boys with stars and stripes came flocking down to see
\nThat gallant band of Fenian men from Erin’s lovely Lee<\/p>\n

Then one of them stepped up to me and he asked me did I know
\nThe hills of Tipperary or the Glen of Aherlow
\nOr could I tell where Crowley fell, his native land to free
\nAnd the tower that Captain Mackey sacked, down Erin’s lovely Lee<\/p>\n

He also asked me did I know where Wolfe Tone’s body lay
\nOr could I tell the resting place of Emmet’s sacred clay
\nWhat did I know of Michael Dwyer, the Wicklow mountain lion
\nAnd the three Manchester martyrs – Allen, Larkin and O’Brien<\/p>\n

Yes I can tell where Crowley fell, ’twas in Kilclooney Wood
\nAnd the tower that Captain Mackey sacked, ’twas by his side I stood
\nWhen he gave the word, we raised the sword and made the tyrant frown
\nAnd we raised the green flag o’er our heads, the harp without the crown<\/p>\n

When I was leaving Ireland, I passed through sweet Kildare
\nAnd if I do not now mistake, Wolfe Tone is buried there
\nIn coming down through Dublin Town, we passed Glasnevin too
\nAnd its there young Robert Emmet lies, a patriot loyal and true<\/p>\n

But now I’m tired of roving and the seas I will cross o’er
\nTo feel the clasp of honest hands when I return once more
\nWhen I go home to sweet Cloghroe the boys will welcome me
\nAnd we’ll help to float a Fenian boat, down Erin’s lovely Lee.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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