I had a first cousin called Arthur McBride He and I took a stroll down by the by the sea side A seeking good fortune and what might be tide 'Twas just as the da...

It bein' on a monday morning, it bein' our pay day We met Sergeant Jenkins at our goin' away He says to Pat Reilly "You are a handsome young man Will you come t...

I met my girl at Woolwich Pier Beneath the big cranes standing And oh, the love I felt for her It passed all understanding Took her sailing on the river Flow s...

A blacksmith courted me Nine months and better He fairly won my heart Wrote me a letter. With his hammer in his hand He looked so clever And if I was with my lo...

Once I was a waiting man who lived at home at ease Now I am a mariner that ploughs the stormy seas I always loved seafaring life I bid my love adieu I shipped a...

It was on one bright March morning I bid New Orleans adieu. And I took the road to Jackson town, My fortune to renew, I cursed all foreign money, No credit c...

A gentleman was passing by He asked for a drink as he got dry At the well below below the valley o Green grows the lily o Right among the bushes o Me cup is fu...

You brave Irish heroes where'er you may be I pray, stand a moment and listen to me Your sons and fair daughters are all going away And thousands are sailing to ...

Lonely, the life that I once led. Strange the paths on which we tread Led me to you, unlikely but true. Sabra girl, clouding my view. Rainy, the day the fir...

Billy Gray rode into Gantry way back in '83 There he first met with young Sarah MacLane The wild rose of morning, the pale flower of dawning Hurled a springtime...

You rambling boys of pleasure, give ear to those few Lines I write, Although I'm a rover, and in roving I take great Delight. I set my mind on a handsome girl ...