{"id":1798,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/peters-song"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"peters-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/peters-song\/","title":{"rendered":"PETER’S SONG"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Chorus:
\nThere was Peter sitting in the corner fiddle in his hand
\nPlaying away like you never did hear and you’ll never hear again
\nCharlie on banjo, Shorty on the bodhr\u00e0n everything was grand
\nCome on Mark and let me in I want to join the band<\/p>\n

Then Maeve did come and she let me in and I made my way along
\nRafters rang with reels and jigs and someone sang a song
\nThere were flying bows and bodhr\u00e0ns sticks you hadn’t room to turn
\nBut there was always a chair and a couple drinks
\nFor the lad who came to learn<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

But then the time said “Gentlemen please,” and the gentlemen did go
\nSome of us might stay a while and sing songs very low
\nThen Peter he’d play one last song and put away the bow
\nBut his fiddle is still playing no matter where you go<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

It was in the springtime ’74 that Peter he did die
\nAnd Fergie played the death march it was great Tallaght’s town
\nAnd as we stood there silently as if from out the grave
\nJohnny’s chickens could be heard and I could see it all again<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

The day that Peter passed away we always will regret
\nBut the things he said and the tunes he played we never will forget
\nNow the heavenly choir has dropped their lyres
\nAnd the angels tugged their harps
\nThe rattle of the penny on the golden gate and this is his remark<\/p>\n

Final Chorus:
\nThere was Peter sitting in the corner fiddle in his hand
\nPlaying away like you never did hear and you’ll never hear again
\nSt. Paul on banjo, Moses on the bodhr\u00e0n everything was grand
\nOh mighty Lord please let me in I want to join the band<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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