On the banks of the roses, my love and I sat down And I took out my violin to play my love a tune In the middle of the tune, O she sighed and she said O Johnny,...

Biddy Mulligan, The Pride of the Coombe cho: You may travel from Clare to the county Kildare From Francis Street back to the Coombe; But where would you see a f...

BLACK CAVALRY In the first of me downfall I put out the door, And I straight made me way on for Carrick-on-Suir; Going out by Rathronan 'twas late in the night ...

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...

Bold Robert Emmet The struggle is over, the boys are defeated, Old Ireland's surrounded with sadness and gloom, We were defeated and shamefuIIy treated, And I, ...

BOULAVOGUE (PJMcCall) At Boulavogue, as the sun was setting O'er bright May meadows of Shelmalier, A rebel hand set the heather blazing And brought the neighbor...

Oh it's of a brave young highway man this story we will tell His name was Willie Brennan and in Ireland he did dwell 'Twas on the Kilworth Mountains he commence...

CALTON WEAVER I am a weaver, a Calton weaver I am a brash and a roving blade I have silver in my pouches And I follow a roving trade Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy whi...

COORTIN' IN THE KITCHEN Come single belle and beau, to me now pay attention And love, I'll plainly show, is the divil's own invention For once I fell in love wi...

Cruiskeen Lawn Let the farmer praise his grounds, let the hunter praise his hounds, And the shepherd his sweet scented lawn; But I, more blest than they, spend ...

I found my love 'neath the gasworks croft falls Dreamed a dream by the old canal Kissed my girl by the factory wall Dirty old town, dirty old town Clouds are dr...

I found my love 'neath the gasworks croft falls Dreamed a dream by the old canal Kissed my girl by the factory wall Dirty old town, dirty old town Clouds are dr...

'Twas down by the glenside, I met an old woman She was picking young nettles and she scarce saw me coming I listened a while to the song she was humming Glory O...

It was down by Christ Church that I first met with Annie A neat little girl and not a bit shy She told me her father had come from Dungallen And would take her ...

Finnegan's Wake Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin' Street A gentleman, Irish, mighty odd; He had a brogue both rich and sweet And to rise in the world he carried a h...

Maybe someday, i'll go back again to Ireland If my dear old wife would pass away She nearly has my heart broke with all her naggin she's got a mouth as big as g...

1 The gypsy rover came over the hill Down through the valley so shady, He whistled and he sang 'til the greenwoods rang, And he won the heart of a lady Chorus: ...

An Ulsterman I am proud to be >From the Antrim Glens I come Although I labour by the sea I have followed flag and drum I have heard the martial tramp of men I'v...

I Know My Love I know my love by his way of walking, And I know my love by his way of talking And I know my love by his suit of blue And if my love leaves me, w...

I'LL TELL ME MA I'll tell me ma when I get home The boys won't leave the girls alone They pull my hair, they steal my com But that's all right till I get home S...

JENNIFER GENTLE There were three sisters, fair and bright, Jennifer gentle, fair Rosie Marie, Wanted to wed with a valiant Knight As the dew flies over the mulb...

While goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo While goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo While goin' the road to sweet Athy, A stick in me hand and...

There was Johnny McEldoo and McGee and me And a couple or two or three went on a spree one day We had a bob or two, which we knew how to blew, And the beer and ...

Kelly, The Boy from Killanne What's the news? What's the news? O my bold Shelmalier, With your long-barrelled gun, of the sea? Say, what wind from the sun blows...

oh love of the north with a dream in his hand my love has come home to this beautiful land and he comes through the door with his eyes like the sun and his kit-...

MAID OF THE SWEET BROWN KNOWE Come all ye lads and lasses, and hear my mournful tale, Ye tender hearts that weep for love to sigh you will not fail, 'Tis all ab...

Heel yo ho, boys; let her go, boys; Bring her head round, into the weather, Hill you ho, boys,let her go, boys Sailing homeward to Mingulay What care we though,...

I've been a moonshiner for many a year, I spent all me money on whiskey and beer I'll go to some hollow and I set up me still and i'll make you a gallon fer a t...

MOSES RI-TOORAL-I-AY (Brain O'Higgins) The policeman walked out, oh, so proud on his beat When a vision came to him of stripes on his sleeve; "Promotion," he wh...

"Oh, Mrs McGrath," the sergeant said, "Would you like to make a soldier out of your son, Ted? With a scarlet coat, and a big cocked hat, Sure, Mrs McGrath, woul...

Mush Mush Oh, 'twas there I learned readin' and writin', At Bill Brackett's where I went to school, And 'twas there I learned howlin' and fightin' With me schoo...

MY JOHNNY LAD I bought a wife in Edinburgh For a bawbie; And then I got a farthing back To buy terbaccer wi' cho: And wi' you, and wi' you, and wi' you, my John...

Of all the money that e'er I spent I've spent it in good company And all the harm that ever I did Alas it was to none but me And all I've done for want of wit T...

Now Jack was a sailor who roamed on the town And she was a damsel who skipped up and down Said the damsel to Jack as she passed him by Would you care for to pur...

Rockin' The Cradle On a bright summer's evening I chanced to go roving Down by the clear river I rollicked along I heard an old man making sad lamentation; He w...

RODDY MCCORLEY (Words by Ethna Carberry; music traditional) O see the fleet-foot host of men, who march with faces drawn, From farmstead and from fishers' cot,...

I've traveled all over this world And now to another I go And I know that good quarters are waiting To welcome old Rosin the Beau To welcome old Rosin the Beau ...

I sowed the seeds of love I sowed them in the springtime Gathered them up in the morning so soon While small birds sweetly sing While small birds sweetly sing M...

When I was young, I had no sense, I bought a fiddle for eighteen pence The only tune that it would play Was Over the Hills and Far Away So early in the morning,...

1 * * 57 Who will plow the field now, and who will sow the corn 1 * * 57 Who will wash the sheep now, and keep them neatly shorn 4 1 * 57 The stack that's in th...

THE BRAES O' BALQUIDDHER (Wild Mountain Thyme) 1 Oh, the summer time is coming, And the trees are sweetly blooming, And the wild mountain thyme grows around the...

It was early, early in the spring The birds did whistle and sweetly sing, Changing their notes from tree to tree And the song they sang was Old Ireland free It...

We're the D-Day Dodgers, way off in Italy Always on the vino, always on the spree; Eighth Army scroungers and their tanks, We live in Rome, among the Yanks We a...

You may talk about your lancers, or your Irish Fusiliers, The Aberdeen Militia or the Queen's Own Volunteers; Or any other regiment that's lying far awa' Come g...

Fare thee well, my lovely Dinah, a thousand times adieu We are bound away from the Holy Ground and the girls we love so true We'll sail the salt seas over and w...

On the year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and six We set sail from the port quay of Cork We were sailing away with a Cargo of bricks For the grand City Hall of N...

In the sweet country Lim'rick, one cold winter's night All the turf fires were burning when I first saw the light; And a drunken old midwife went tipsy with joy...

The Lowlands of Holland The love that I have chosen was to my heart's content The salt sea shall be frozen before that I repent Repent it I shall never until th...

There once was a troop of Irish dragoons Come marching down thru Fife-y, O And the captain feel in love with a very bonnie lass And the name she was called was ...

The Men of the West (William Rooney) When you honor in song and in story The names of the patriot men, Whose valor has covered with glory Full many a mountain a...

The minstrel boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you'll find him; His father's sword he hath girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him; "Land of ...

The Old Orange Flute In the county Tyrone, in the town of Dungannon Where many a ruckus meself had a hand in Bob Williamson lived there, a weaver by trade And a...

Come all ye young rebels, and list while I sing, For the love of one's country is a terrible thing It banishes fear with the speed of a flame, And it makes us a...

They're moving father's grave to build a sewer They're moving it regardless of expense They're moving his remains to lay down nine-inch Drains To irrigate some ...

Methinks I see a host of craft Spreading their sails alee Down the Humber they do glide All bound for the Northern Sea Me thinks I see on each small craft A cre...

(S McGrath) The French drink wine, the English tea The Yankee drinks his hot black coffee The child drinks milk nine times a day The Scotsman sips his whiskey t...

Whack Fol The Diddle (Peadar Carney) I'll sing you a song of peace and love, Whack fol the diddle all the di do day To the land that reigns all lands above Whac...

Now brave boys, we're on the march Off to Portugal and Spain Drums are beating, banners flying The Devil at home will come tonight So it's go, fare thee well Wi...

It's on a Clancy Brothers CD "Live with Robby O'Connel" or somesuch The song is called "Dear Boss" Dear Boss I write this note to you to tell you of my plight A...

I've been a wild rover for many a year And I spent all my money on whiskey and beer, And now I'm returning with gold in great store And I never will play the wi...

Oh, the summertime is coming And the trees are sweetly blooming And the wild mountain thyme Grows around the blooming heather Will ye go lassie, go? And we'll ...