Black in the colour of my true love's hair Her lips are like a rose so fair She's got the sweetest face and the gentlest hands I love the ground whereon she sta...

Black is the color of my true love's hair Her lips are like a rose so fair She's got the sweetest face and the gentlest hands I love the ground whereon she stan...

Black is the colour of my true love's hair Her lips are like a rose so fair She's got the sweetest face and the gentlest hands I love the ground whereon she sta...

Blue mountain river, if only for a while, Take me to the river, lay down by your side, The world is full of madness and I find it hard to smile, Take me where y...

"Oh rise up my darling and come with me I want to go with you and leave this country To leave my fathers dwelling, this house and the land So away goes Jamie wi...

Bonny, bonny was my seat in the red rosy yard And bonny was my ship in the town of Ballynagard Shade and shelter was for me till I began to fail You all may gue...

One night as I lay slumbering in my silent bed alone Some reckless thoughts came to my mind which caused me for to roam To leave my native country and the wee g...

As I was a'walking one evening of late Where fragrant fine flowers the field decorate, I carelessly rambled where I did not know By the fair crystal fountain th...

Everywhere you go Everywhere you see There's nothing much to say now And days go by between And if I had a sign I wouldn't feel the need Cause if I held you now...

I'm falling like a star, and I'm holding on for dear life I'm about to reach the ground I'm coming home to Earth I've reached my town And they said that you co...

This is really not my home Oh where are you my lovely Johnny? I'm afraid and all alone There is no peace for me I'm sitting in the stranger's room Playing at th...

Every time you touch my face Every time you touch my face I feel your soul's amazing grace Every time Every time you touch my face I'll try to love you tenderl...

Green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew, Sorry was I love when parting from you, But at our next meeting I hope you'll prove true, And we'll join the laurel ...

Oh father, dear father, you've done to me much wrong, You've gone and got me married to a boy who is too young For he is only 16 years and I am 21, Oh my darlin...

Kind friends and companions, together combine And raise up your voices in chorus with mine Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain For we may and might ...

Days, turning from red to green It's hard to believe that spring Is here so soon and I've been gone so long Keep, sending your letters on Memories of home are ...

I am a youth that's inclined to ramble, To some foreign country I meen to steer, I am loath to part from my friends and comrades, And my dear sweatheart, whom I...

I wish I was in heaven high, For night and day I just wait and cry, And from my arms he flew one night, To where I cannot find I wish I had the wings to fly, F...

The leaves fall from the trees like gold And I tell you that I love you so The river sings, it's time to go What lies ahead we'll never know And summer brings ...

Dear thoughts are my mind and my soul it soars enchanted, As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day, For a tender beaming smile to my hope has b...

As the lonesome scenes of winter in stormy winds so blow, Clouds around the center inclined to frost and snow, You're the boy that I have chosen to be my only d...

Leaving sweet lovely Derry for fair London town, There is no finer harbour all around can be found, Where the youngsters each evening go down to the shore, And ...

You're the one who's nearly breaking my heart, Had your chance, you just threw it all away Living in a world that you could never be a part of, And there's time...

If you want me I'll be at your door And if you need me I'll be by your side Cos every day is a long winding road And I'll always be here don't you know I wonde...

When you feel so tired trying When you ask and no-one knows When your heart is tired fighting When you feel like letting go Take this love I've freely given Tak...

She's like a swallow that flies so high, Like a river that never runs dry, Like the sunshine on the lee shore, She loves her love and love's no more 'Tis out i...

Through the mist my ship has sailed, leaving me behind All things left unsaid, that were in my mind When I stood on this deck, strange things I saw Strange they...

Farewell to old Ireland, the land of my childhood Which now and forever I am going to leave Farewell to the shores, where the shamrock is growing It's the brigh...

In a land of O'Cahan where bleak mountains rise O'er those brown ridgy tops now the dusky clouds fly Deep sunk in a valley a wild flower did grow And her name w...

As the lonesome scenes of winter in stormy winds to blow, Clouds around the center inclined to frost and snow, You're the boy that I have chosen to be my only d...

Leaving sweet lovely Derry for fair London town, There is no finer harbour all around can be found, Where the children each evening go down to the shore, And th...

The snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing And the corn it ripens fastest when the frost is setting in And when the young man tells me that my f...

After the morning there comes an evening And after the evening another day And after a false love there comes a true love I'd have you listen now to what I say ...

Some poets sing of a noble king All of a sweetheart fair Some tell a tale of ships that sail With treasures rich and rare But my humble pen still drifts again T...

My song for you this evening Is not to make you sad Nor for adding to the sorrows Of this troubled northern land But lately I've been thinking And it just wont ...

When all is said and done You're still a lucky one And I've lost out again this time You said that we were strong Said that we'd go on and on Do you see that yo...

Come all you gallant poachers who ramble void of care, Who wander out on a moonlit night with your dog, your gun and snare, The hare and lofty pheasant you have...

Some walls are made of stone Some times we build our own Some walls will stand for years Some wash away with tears Some walls are lined with gold Some hearts s...

Where are you now And who's by your side Can't hide for a lifetime Uncover your eyes Wake up, in the morning Share the sunlight shining down on us You and me A...