{"id":1530,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/home-boys-home"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"home-boys-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/home-boys-home\/","title":{"rendered":"HOME BOYS HOME"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Ah, well who wouldn’t be a sailor lad, a sailin’ on the main
\nTo gain the good will of his Captain’s good name
\nHe came ashore, one evening from the sea
\nAnd that was beginning of me own true love and me<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nAnd it’s home boys, home
\nHome I’d like to be, home for awhile
\nIn me own country, where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree
\nAre all a growin’ greener, in the North Country<\/p>\n

I asked her for a candle for to light me way to bed
\nLikewise for a handkerchief to tie around me head
\nShe tended to me needs, like a young maid ought to do
\nThen I says to her, why don’t you jump in with me too<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

She jump into bed and makin’ no alarm,
\nThinking a young sailor lad could do to her no harm
\nI hugged her; I kissed her, the whole night long
\nTill she wished the short night had been seven years long<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

Early next morning the sailor lad arose
\nAnd into Mary’s apron, threw a handful of gold
\nSayin’ “Take this, my dear. For the damage that I’ve done,
\nFor tonight I fear I’ve left you with a daughter or a son.”<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

And if it be a girl child, send her out to nurse
\nWith gold in her pocket and with silver in her purse
\nAnd if it be a boy child, he’ll wear the jacket blue
\nAnd go climbing up the riggin’, like his daddy used to do<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

So come all of you fair maidens, a warning take be me
\nNever let a sailor lad an inch above your knee
\nI trusted one and he beguiled me
\nHe left me with a pair of twins to dandle on me knee<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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