{"id":1643,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/kerry-dance-the"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"kerry-dance-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/kerry-dance-the\/","title":{"rendered":"KERRY DANCE, THE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Chorus:
\nOh, the days of the Kerry dancing
\nOh, the ring of the piper’s tune
\nOh, for one of those hours of gladness
\nGone, alas, like our youth, too soon!<\/p>\n

When the boys began to gather
\nIn the glen of a summer’s night
\nAnd the Kerry piper’s tuning
\nMade us long with wild delight!
\nOh, to think of it
\nOh, to dream of it
\nFills my heart with tears!<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

Was there ever a sweeter Colleen
\nIn the dance than Eily More
\nOr a prouder lad than Thady
\nAs he boldly took the floor<\/p>\n

Lads and lasses to your places
\nUp the middle and down again
\nAh, the merry hearted laughter
\nRinging through the happy glen!
\nOh, to think of it
\nOh, to dream of it
\nFills my heart with tears!<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

Time goes on, and the happy years are dead
\nAnd one by one the merry hearts are fled
\nSilent now is the wild and lonely glen
\nWhere the bright glad laugh will echo ne’er again
\nOnly dreaming of days gone by in my heart I hear<\/p>\n

Loving voices of old companions
\nStealing out of the past once more
\nAnd the sound of the dear old music
\nSoft and sweet as in days of yore<\/p>\n

When the boys began to gather
\nIn the glen of a summer’s night
\nAnd the Kerry piper’s tuning
\nMade us long with wild delight!
\nOh, to think of it
\nOh, to dream of it
\nFills my heart with tears!<\/p>\n

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

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