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Fields of Athenrye
05:00
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Fields of Athenry
G C G D
By the lonely prison wall, i heard a young girl cal-ling
G C D
Micheal they have taken you away
G C G D
For you stole trevelins corn so the young might see the morn
D G
A prison ship lies waiting in the bay
Chorus
G C G Em
Low Lie The fields of athenrye
G D
where once we watched the small free birds fly
G C
our love was the wing
G D
We had dreams and songs to sing
D Dsus G
and so lonely round the fields of athenry
Verse 2
G C G D
By the lonely prison wall, i heard a young man cal-ling
G C D
Nothing matters mary when your free
G C G D
against the famine and the crown, i fought they cut me down
D G
now you must raise our child with dignity
Chorus, Verse 3
G C G D
By the lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star fa-ll
G C D
as the prison ship sailed out against the sky
G C G D
for she lived to hope and pray for her love in botany bay
G
and it's so lonely round the fields of athenry
Chorus x 2
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River Driver
02:46
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"The River Driver"
I was just the age of sixteen when I first went on the drive,
After six months hard labor, at home I did arrive.
I courted with a pretty girl, t'was her caused me to roam,
Now I'm just a river driver and I'm far away from home.
I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,
Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,
And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,
For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
I'll build a lonesome castle upon some mountain high,
Where she can sit and view me as I go passing by
Where she can sit and view me as I go marching on,
For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,
Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,
And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,
For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
When I am old and feeble and in my sickness lie,
Just wrap me up in a blanket and lay me down to die
Just get a little bluebird to sing for me alone,
For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,
Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,
And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,
For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,
Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,
And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,
For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
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Danny Boy
03:07
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Danny Boy
Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain sid
The summer's gone, and all the roses are falling
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
It’s I'll be there in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.
But when ye come, when all the flowers are dying
If I am dead, as dead I well may well be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.
And I shall hear, tho' soft you tread above me
And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be
For you will bend and tell me that you love me
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me
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Black Velvet Band
03:21
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Black Velvet Band
G
In a neat little town they call Belfast
G D
Apprentice to trade I was bound
G Em
And many an hours sweet happiness
C D G
Have I spent in that neat little town
A sad misfortune came over me
Which caused me to stray from the land
Far away from me friends and relations
Betrayed by the black velvet band.
Chorus:
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
I thought her the queen of the land
And her hair hung over her shoulders
Tied up with a black velvet band.
I took a stroll down Broadway
Meaning not long for to stay
When who should I meet but this pretty fair maid
Come a traipsing along the highway
She was both rare and handsome
Her neck it was just like a swan
And her hair hung over her shoulder
Tied up with a black velvet band.
I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid
And a gentleman passing us by
Well, I knew she meant the doing of him
By the look in her roguish black eye
A gold watch she took from his pocket
And placed it right into me hand
And the very first thing that I said was
Bad ‘Cess to the black velvet band.
Before the judge and the jury
Next morning I had to appear
The judge he said to me young man
Your case it is proven clear
We'll give you seven years penal servitude
To be spent down in Van Dieman’s land
Far away from your friends and relations
Betrayed by the Black Velvet Band.
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Bold O'Donahue
02:02
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Bold O’Donahue
Well, here I am from Paddy's land, a land of high renown
I've broke the hearts of all the girls for miles round Keady town
And when they hear that I'm awa' they'll raise a hullabaloo
When they hear about that handsome lad they call Jack Donahue!
Chorus:
For I'm the boy to squeeze her, and I'm the boy to tease her
I'm the boy that can please her, ach, an' I'll tell you what I'll do
I'll court her like an Irishman
Wi' me brogue and blarney too is me plan
With the holligan, rolligan, swolligan, molligan bold O'Donahue!
I wish my love was a red. red rose growing on yon garden wall
And me to be a dewdrop and upon her brow I'd fall!
Perhaps now she might think of me as a rather heavy dew
And no more she'd love that handsome lad they call O'Donahue!
Well I hear that Queen Victoria has a daughter fine and grand
Perhaps she'd take it into her head for to marry an Irishman
And if I could only get the chance to have a word or two
I'm sure she'd take a notion to the bold O'Donahue!
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Dear Ol' Donegal
02:31
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Dear Old Donegal
Three Years Ago to this very day, I left the port of Cork
And on a ship from ol’ Erin’s Isle I landed in New York
Without a friend to meet me there, just a stranger on the shore
But I wore an honest Irish heart and fortune came galore
So here I am back again on Dear Ol’ Erin’s Isle
And my friends they meet me on the pier and greet me with a smile
For there’s faces there that I’ve surely forgot, for I was so long away
But me mother she introduces all, and this is what she’d say
Shake Hands with your uncle Mike me Boy
Shake Hands with your sister Kate
And this is the girl you used to swing, down on the garden gate
Shake hands with all of the neighbours, and kiss the Colleens all
For your as welcome as the flowers in May to Dear Ol’ Donegal
Well they gave a party when I came back and they came from near and far
And the road was lined for near a mile with Irish jaunting car
And the whiskey flowed like buttermilk, to fill our hearts with Joy
And the piper played an Irish reel to greet the Yankee boy
So tomorrow off to church I’ll go, and wedded I will be,
to my pretty little Colleen, sweet Bitty McGee,
For Bitty was true and faithful, to her Barney over the sea
And we’ll join the Harps and Shamrocks, with the Stars of Liberty
There came Brannigan, Flannigan. Milligan, Gilligan,
Duffy, McGuffy, Malackey, Malone,
Rafferty, Laugherty, Donnely, Connely,
Dooley, O'Hooley, Maddoney, Nalone.
Bryan, Herlanihan, Flannian, Banninhan,
Fagen, O'Hagen, O'Hoolihan, Flin,
Shannahan, Monahan, Hogerty, Fogerty,
Kelly, O'Skelly, McGinnis, McGinn.
Shake Hands with your uncle Mike me Boy
Shake Hands with your sister Kate
And I’ll hug and I’ll squeeze, as much as I please, the girl from the Garden Gate
Shake hands with all of the neighbours, and kiss the Colleens all
And I’ll live content, and pay no rent... in Dear Old Donegal
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Henry Joy
03:58
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Henry Joy
G
An Ulsterman I am proud to be
Em
From the Antrim Glens I come.
G
Though I earn my living by the sea
Em
I have followed fife and drum.
G C G
I have heard the martial tramp of men
C D
I've seen them fight and die.
G
It's well I do remember when
Em
I followed Henry Joy.
I pulled my boat up from the sea
I hid my sails away,
I hung my nets on a greenwood tree
And scanned the moonlit bay.
The boys were out, and the Redcoats too,
I kissed my wife goodbye;
And in the shade of the greenwood glade
I followed Henry Joy.
It was for Ireland's cause we fought;
In Ireland's cause we bled,
Though our hearts beat true, our pikes were few
And five to one lay dead,
And many a lassie mourned her lad,
And mother mourned her boy;
For youth was strong in that gallant throng
That followed Henry Joy.
In Belfast town, they built a tree
And the Redcoats mustered there
I saw him come to the beat of a drum
Down to the barrack's square
He kissed his sister, went aloft
He bade his last goodbye
And as he died, I turned and cried
They have murdered Henry Joy!
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9. |
Call Up Keswick - Live
04:47
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The Night Pat Murphy Died
Oh the night that Patty Murphy died is a night I'll never forget
Some of the boys got loaded drunk and they ain't got sober yet
As long as a bottle was passed around every man was feeling gay
Oh Leary came with a bagpipe, some music for to play
That's how they showed their respect for Patty Murphy
That's how they showed their honour and their pride
They said it was a sinner's shame and they winked at one another
And every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy died
As Mrs. Murphy sat in the corner, pouring out her grief
Kelly and his gang came tearing down the street
They went into an empty room and a bottle of whisky stole
They put the bottle with the corpse to keep that whisky cold
Chorus
About 2 o'clock in the morning after emptying the jug
Doyle does up the icebox lit the sea for Patty's mug (?)
He stopped the clock to Mrs. Murphy couldn't see the time
And at a quarter after 2 we argued it was 9
Chorus
Well they stopped the hearse on George Street outside some damn saloon
They all went in at half past 8 and staggered out at noon
They went up to the graveyard so holy and sublime
Found out when they got there they left the corpse behind
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The Wild Rover
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Delaney's Donkey
02:21
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The Ghosts of Ireland
I looked in the mirror and saw my past
A family tree that forever will last
The Hart of old Sligo, the Connors of Ire
Music and love and hearts filled with fire
The Ghosts of Ireland call me,
The names and the stories of my family
The last of the kings, a Connors was he
Made to submit to the Crown's tyranny
Proudly he passed his name on down
It's said that now Dennis O'Connor should be crowned
The Ghosts of Ireland call me,
The names and the stories of my family
When Peter O'Connor of Thurles won gold
The flag of his country he proudly unfurled
Replacing the Union Jack on the pole
Showing his country his strength and his soul
The Ghosts of Ireland call me,
The names and the stories of my family
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14. |
Summer - Live
03:59
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Summer
Why won't you chill with me
Under this shady tree?
Drinking a lemonade
Resting in this cooling shade
This summer I've got it made
The whiplash factor is high
As the women keep on rolling by
Reach out for one that catches your eye
At this rate I won't get paid
This summer I've got it made
Working all of nine to six
Cause I'm feeling that's how I'm going to afford my kicks
Pickin' to make my pay
At this rate I should have stayed
This summer I've got it made
This summer I've got it made
This summer I've got it ...
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The Connors Brothers Georgina, Ontario
The Connors Brothers play a variety of genres, such as East Coast, Celtic, Blues, Funk, Canadiana, Acoustic Rock and Folk Music. The Connors Brothers was born from a series of jam sessions by brothers John (Vocals, Guitar, Piano), David (Vocals, Bass) and Joe (Vocals, banjo, guitar, bodhran and drums) and they are joined by family friend Mel Harrigan (Vocals, Fiddle, Guitar). ... more
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