{"id":1912,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/spancil-hill"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"spancil-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/spancil-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"SPANCIL HILL"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Last night as I lay dreamin’
\nOf pleasant days gone by
\nMe mind bein’ bent on travelin’
\nTo Ireland I did fly
\nI stepped aboard a vision
\nand followed with my will
\n‘Til next I came to anchor
\nAt the cross near Spancil Hill<\/p>\n

Delighted by the novelty
\nEnchanted with the scene
\nWhere in my early boyhood
\nWhere often I had been
\nI thought I heard a murmur
\nAnd think I hear it still
\nIt’s the little stream of water
\nThat flows down Spancil Hill<\/p>\n

It being the 23rd of June
\nThe day before the fair
\nWhere Ireland’s sons and daughters
\nIn crowds assembled there
\nThe young, the old, the brave and the bold
\nThey came for sport and kill
\nThere were jovial conversations
\nAt the cross near Spancil Hill<\/p>\n

I went to see my neighbours
\nTo hear what they might say
\nThe old ones were all dead and gone
\nThe others turning grey
\nI met with tailor Quigley
\nHe’s as bold as ever still
\nSure he used to make my britches
\nWhen I lived in Spancil Hill<\/p>\n

I paid a flying visit
\nTo my first and only love
\nShe’s white as any lily
\nAnd gentle as a dove
\nShe threw her arms around me
\nSaying Johnny I love you still
\nShe’s Meg the farmers daughter
\nAnd the pride of Spancil Hill<\/p>\n

I dreamt I stooped and kissed her
\nAs in the day of ‘ore
\nShe said Johnny you’re only joking
\nAs many the times before
\nThe cock crew in the morn’
\nHe crew both loud and shrill
\nAnd I woke in California
\nMany miles from Spancil Hill<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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