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UCCMC Song Book 2005/06 Version 3.0 – 1st Nov 2005

TABLE OF CONTENTS Green Green Grass of Home A Place in the Choir HAKA Alice's Restaurant Hallelujah All The Things You Said He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother Always on my Mind Help me Make it Through the Night America, F**k Yeah! Horse with No Name American Pie House of the Rising Sun Amhrán Na bhFiann I am Sailing An Poc Ar Buile I Don't Like Mondays Angel I Wish I was Back Home in Derry Annies Song I'll Tell My Ma Atwa I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane Auld Lang Syne Imagine Baby Got Back In the Town of Ballybay Baby One More Time Johnny Jump Up Baidin Fheilimi Joy To The World Ball of Inverness Just The Way You Are Barry's Song Land of My Fathers Beidh Aonach Amárach Lannigan's Ball Biddy Mulligan Les Prisons de Nantes Black Is The Colour Let Your Love Flow Black Velvet Band Light My Fire Blowing in the Wind Lisdoonvarna Bohemian Rhapsody Living on a Prayer Botany Bay Loch Lomond Bottle Hymn of the Repulsive Lola Bridge Over Troubled Waters Lyin' Eyes Bucket of Mountain Dew Maggie Bunch of Thyme Maggie May California Dreaming Maids When You're Young Carrick Fergus McAlpine's Fusiliers Chop Suey Me and Bobby McGee Cliffs of Dooneen Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard Climber Boy Men in tights Cockles And Mussels Michelle Country Roads Mr. Tambourine Man Cows With Guns Moondance Cuckoo’s Nest Moon Shadow Danny Boy Mrs. Robinson Delirium Tremens Muirsin Durkin Derry Air My Bonnie Dicey Riley Nancy Spain Dingle Jingle Nation Once Again Dirty Old Town New York, New York Do You Want Your ould Lobby Washed Down NIL NA LÁ Nothing Else Matters Down by the Sally Gardens Oh Sir Jasper Drunken Sailor Old King Cole Du Hast Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Enter Sandman Old Woman Who Lived in the Woods Father And Son Only Our Rivers Run Free Feelin' Groovy Ordinary Man Fiddler's Green Óró sé do bheatha 'bhaile Fields of Athenry Patricia The Stripper Fire and Rain Paradise City Flower of Scotland Piano Man Gett Off Plastic Jesus Ghost Riders in the Sky RawHide Green Fields of France 2

Red Is The Rose The Curragh of Kildare Red Red Wine The Dutchman Return To Sender The Final Countdown Rhinestone Cowboy The Irish Rover Salonika The Ould Triangle Scarborough Fair The Rare Ould Times Seven Drunken Nights The Raitlin Bog Simply the Best The Scotsman Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay The Sick Note She Moved Through the Fair Thrashing Machine Slip Sliding Away Time In a Bottle Soldiers Song Total Eclipse of the Heart Something Inside So Strong Toxicity Spancil Hill Trasna na dTonnta Spanish Lady Turning Japanese Star Spangled Banner Two out of Three Ain't Bad St. Brendan's Voyage Van Deiman's Land Star of County Down Vincent Streets of London Waltzing Matilda Streets of New York Way Down in Alabama Summer Nights Whiskey In The Jar Summertime Whiter Shade of Pale Sunny Afternoon Wild Rover Sweet Child O' Mine Wild World Sweet Home Alabama Will you go, Lassie go? Swing Low Sweet Chariot Wlad Fy Nhadau Take it Easy Wonderful Tonight The Banks of my own Lovely Lee Wonderful World The Boxer Yellow Submarine The Cobbler Yesterday Version 3.0 Additions + America, F**k Yeah! + Baby Got Back + Baby One More Time + California Dreaming + Cuckoo’s Nest + Du Hast + Enter Sandman + Living on a Prayer + Nothing Else Matters + Paradise City + Simply the Best + Sweet Child O’Mine + The Final Countdown + Total Eclipse of the Heart 3

A PLACE IN THE CHOIR You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant You can get anything you want at Alice's CHORUS Restaurant Walk right in it's around the back All God's creatures got a place in the choir, Just a half a mile from the railroad track Some sing lower and some sing higher, You can get anything you want at Alice's Some sing out loud on the telephone wire, Restaurant Some just clap their hands or paws or anything they got now. Now it all started two Thanksgivings ago, was on - two years ago on Now listen to the bass it's the one on the Thanksgiving, when my friend and I went bottom up to visit Alice at the Where the bullfrog croaks and the restaurant, but Alice doesn't live in the hippopotamus restaurant, she lives in the Moans and groans with a big to do church nearby the restaurant, in the bell- The old cow just goes moo. tower, with her husband Ray and The dogs and the cats they take up the Fasha the dog. And livin' in the bell tower middle like that, they got a lot of Where the honeybee hums and the cricket room downstairs where the pews used to fiddles be in. Havin' all that room, The donkey brays and the pony neighs seein' as how they took out all the pews, And the old grey badger sighs. they decided that they didn't have to take out their garbage for a long CHORUS time. On to the top with the little birds singing We got up there, we found all the garbage On the melodies and high notes ringing in there, and we decided it'd be The hoot owl cries over everything a friendly gesture for us to take the garbage And the blackbird disagrees. down to the city dump. So Singing in the night-time, singing in the day we took the half a ton of garbage, put it in The little duck quacks and is on his way the back of a red VW The otter hasn't got much to say microbus, took shovels and rakes and And the porcupine talks to himself. implements of destruction and headed on toward the city dump. CHORUS Well we got there and there was a big sign It's a simple song, a living song everywhere and a chain across across the By the ox and the fox and the grizzly bear dump saying, "Closed on Thanksgiving." The grumpy alligator and the hawk above And we had never heard of a dump The sly old weasel and the turtle dove. closed on Thanksgiving before, and with tears in our eyes we drove off CHORUS into the sunset looking for another place to put the garbage. We didn't find one. Until we came to a side Alice's Restaurant road, and off the side of the By Arlo Guthrie side road there was another fifteen foot cliff and at the bottom of the This song is called Alice's Restaurant, and cliff there was another pile of garbage. And it's about Alice, and the we decided that one big pile restaurant, but Alice's Restaurant is not the is better than two little piles, and rather than name of the restaurant, bring that one up we that's just the name of the song, and that's decided to throw our's down. why I called the song Alice's Restaurant. That's what we did, and drove back to the church, had a thanksgiving 4

dinner that couldn't be beat, went to sleep They was taking plaster tire tracks, foot and didn't get up until the prints, dog smelling prints, and next morning, when we got a phone call they took twenty seven eight-by-ten colour from officer Obie. He said, "Kid, glossy photographs with circles we found your name on an envelope at the and arrows and a paragraph on the back of bottom of a half a ton of each one explaining what each garbage, and just wanted to know if you one was to be used as evidence against had any information about it." And us. Took pictures of the approach, I said, "Yes, sir, Officer Obie, I cannot tell a the getaway, the northwest corner the lie, I put that envelope southwest corner and that's not to under that garbage." mention the aerial photography. After speaking to Obie for about fourty-five After the ordeal, we went back to the jail. minutes on the telephone we Obie said he was going to put finally arrived at the truth of the matter and us in the cell. Said, "Kid, I'm going to put said that we had to go down you in the cell, I want your and pick up the garbage, and also had to wallet and your belt." And I said, "Obie, I go down and speak to him at the can understand you wanting my police officer's station. So we got in the red wallet so I don't have any money to spend VW microbus with the in the cell, but what do you shovels and rakes and implements of want my belt for?" And he said, "Kid, we destruction and headed on toward the don't want any hangings." I police officer's station. said, "Obie, did you think I was going to hang myself for littering?" Now friends, there was only one or two Obie said he was making sure, and friends things that Obie coulda done at Obie was, cause he took out the the police station, and the first was he toilet seat so I couldn't hit myself over the could have given us a medal for head and drown, and he took being so brave and honest on the out the toilet paper so I couldn't bend the telephone, which wasn't very likely, and bars roll out the - roll the we didn't expect it, and the other thing was toilet paper out the window, slide down the he could have bawled us out roll and have an escape. Obie and told us never to be see driving garbage was making sure, and it was about four or around the vicinity again, five hours later that Alice which is what we expected, but when we (remember Alice? It's a song about Alice), got to the police officer's station Alice came by and with a few there was a third possibility that we hadn't nasty words to Obie on the side, bailed us even counted upon, and we was out of jail, and we went back both immediately arrested. Handcuffed. to the church, had a another thanksgiving And I said "Obie, I don't think I dinner that couldn't be beat, can pick up the garbage with these and didn't get up until the next morning, handcuffs on." He said, "Shut up, kid. when we all had to go to court. Get in the back of the patrol car." We walked in, sat down, Obie came in with And that's what we did, sat in the back of the twenty seven eight-by-ten the patrol car and drove to the colour glossy pictures with circles and quote Scene of the Crime unquote. I want arrows and a paragraph on the back tell you about the town of of each one, sat down. Man came in said, Stockbridge, Massachusets, where this "All rise." We all stood up, happened here, they got three stop and Obie stood up with the twenty seven signs, two police officers, and one police eight-by-ten colour glossy car, but when we got to the pictures, and the judge walked in sat down Scene of the Crime there was five police with a seeing eye dog, and he officers and three police cars, sat down, we sat down. Obie looked at the being the biggest crime of the last fifty seeing eye dog, and then at the years, and everybody wanted to twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy get in the newspaper story about it. And pictures with circles and arrows they was using up all kinds of and a paragraph on the back of each one, cop equipment that they had hanging and looked at the seeing eye dog. around the police officer's station. 5

And then at twenty seven eight-by-ten detections, neglections and all kinds of stuff colour glossy pictures with circles that they was doin' to me and arrows and a paragraph on the back of at the thing there, and I was there for two each one and began to cry, hours, three hours, four 'cause Obie came to the realization that it hours, I was there for a long time going was a typical case of American through all kinds of mean nasty blind justice, and there wasn't nothing he ugly things and I was just having a tough could do about it, and the time there, and they was judge wasn't going to look at the twenty inspecting, injecting every single part of seven eight-by-ten colour glossy me, and they was leaving no pictures with the circles and arrows and a part untouched. Proceeded through, and paragraph on the back of each when I finally came to the see the one explaining what each one was to be last man, I walked in, walked in sat down used as evidence against us. And after a whole big thing there, we was fined $50 and had to pick up the and I walked up and said, "What do you garbage in the snow, but thats not want?" He said, "Kid, we only got what I came to tell you about. one question. Have you ever been arrested?" Came to talk about the draft. And I proceeded to tell him the story of the They got a building down New York City, Alice's Restaurant Massacre, it's called Whitehall Street, with full orchestration and five part harmony where you walk in, you get injected, and stuff like that and all inspected, detected, infected, the phenome... - and he stopped me right neglected and selected. I went down to get there and said, "Kid, did you ever my physical examination one go to court?" day, and I walked in, I sat down, got good and drunk the night before, so And I proceeded to tell him the story of the I looked and felt my best when I went in twenty seven eight-by-ten that morning. `Cause I wanted to colour glossy pictures with the circles and look like the all-American kid from New arrows and the paragraph on York City, man I wanted, I wanted the back of each one, and he stopped me to feel like the all-, I wanted to be the all right there and said, "Kid, I want American kid from New York, you to go and sit down on that bench that and I walked in, sat down, I was hung says Group W .... NOW kid!!" down, brung down, hung up, and all kinds o' mean nasty ugly things. And I And I, I walked over to the, to the bench waked in and sat down and they gave there, and there is, Group W's me a piece of paper, said, "Kid, see the where they put you if you may not be moral phsychiatrist, room 604." enough to join the army after committing your special crime, and there And I went up there, I said, "Shrink, I want was all kinds of mean nasty ugly to kill. I mean, I wanna, I looking people on the bench there. Mother wanna kill. Kill. I wanna, I wanna see, I rapers. Father stabbers. Father wanna see blood and gore and rapers! Father rapers sitting right there on guts and veins in my teeth. Eat dead burnt the bench next to me! And bodies. I mean kill, Kill, they was mean and nasty and ugly and KILL, KILL." And I started jumpin up and horrible crime-type guys sitting on the down yelling, "KILL, KILL," and bench next to me. And the meanest, he started jumpin up and down with me and ugliest, nastiest one, the meanest we was both jumping up and down father raper of them all, was coming over to yelling, "KILL, KILL." And the sargent me and he was mean 'n' ugly came over, pinned a medal on me, 'n' nasty 'n' horrible and all kind of things sent me down the hall, said, "You're our and he sat down next to me boy." and said, "Kid, whad'ya get?" I said, "I didn't get nothing, I had to pay Didn't feel too good about it. $50 and pick up the garbage." He said, "What were you arrested for, kid?" Proceeded on down the hall gettin more And I said, "Littering." And they all moved injections, inspections, away from me on the bench 6

there, and the hairy eyeball and all kinds of singing you this song now is cause you mean nasty things, till I may know somebody in a similar said, "And creating a nuisance." And they situation, or you may be in a similar all came back, shook my hand, situation, and if your in a and we had a great time on the bench, situation like that there's only one thing you talkin about crime, mother stabbing, can do and that's walk into father raping, all kinds of groovy things that the shrink wherever you are ,just walk in we was talking about on the say "Shrink, You can get bench. And everything was fine, we was anything you want, at Alice's restaurant.". smoking cigarettes and all kinds of And walk out. You know, if things, until the Sargeant came over, had one person, just one person does it they some paper in his hand, held it may think he's really sick and up and said. they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony, "Kids, this-piece-of-paper's-got-47- they may think they're both faggots and words-37-sentences-58-words-we-wanna- they won't take either of them. know-details-of-the-crime-time-of-the- And three people do it, three, can you crime-and-any-other-kind-of-thing- imagine, three people walking in you-gotta-say-pertaining-to-and-about-the- singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and crime-I-want-to-know-arresting- walking out. They may think it's an officer's-name-and-any-other-kind-of-thing- organization. And can you, can you you-gotta-say", and talked for imagine fifty people a day,I said forty-five minutes and nobody understood a fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of word that he said, but we had Alice's Restaurant and fun filling out the forms and playing with the walking out. And friends they may thinks pencils on the bench there, it's a movement. and I filled out the massacre with the four part harmony, and wrote it And that's what it is , the Alice's Restaurant down there, just like it was, and everything Anti-Massacre Movement, and was fine and I put down the all you got to do to join is sing it the next pencil, and I turned over the piece of paper, time it come's around on the and there, there on the guitar. other side, in the middle of the other side, away from everything else on With feeling. So we'll wait for it to come the other side, in parentheses, capital around on the guitar, here and letters, quotated, read the sing it when it does. Here it comes. following words: You can get anything you want, at Alice's ("KID, HAVE YOU REHABILITATED Restaurant YOURSELF?") You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant I went over to the sargent, said, "Sargeant, Walk right in it's around the back you got a lot a damn gall to Just a half a mile from the railroad track ask me if I've rehabilitated myself, I mean, I You can get anything you want, at Alice's mean, I mean that just, I'm Restaurant sittin' here on the bench, I mean I'm sittin here on the Group W bench That was horrible. If you want to end war 'cause you want to know if I'm moral and stuff you got to sing loud. enough join the army, burn women, I've been singing this song now for twenty kids, houses and villages after bein' a five minutes. I could sing it litterbug." He looked at me and for another twenty five minutes. I'm not said, "Kid, we don't like your kind, and proud... or tired. we're gonna send you fingerprints off to Washington." So we'll wait till it comes around again, and this time with four part And friends, somewhere in Washington harmony and feeling. enshrined in some little folder, is a study in black and white of my fingerprints. We're just waitin' for it to come around is And the only reason I'm what we're doing. 7

All right now. Terrorist your game is through cause now you have to answer too, You can get anything you want, at Alice's America, FUCK YEAH! Restaurant So lick my butt, and suck on my balls, Excepting Alice America, FUCK YEAH! You can get anything you want, at Alice's What you going to do when we come for Restaurant you now, Walk right in it's around the back it?s the dream that we all share; it?s the Just a half a mile from the railroad track hope for tomorrow You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant FUCK YEAH! Da da da da da da da dum McDonalds, FUCK YEAH! At Alice's Restaurant Wal-Mart, FUCK YEAH! The Gap, FUCK YEAH! Baseball, FUCK YEAH! NFL, FUCK, YEAH! ALWAYS ON MY MIND Rock and roll, FUCK YEAH! The Internet, FUCK YEAH! Slavery, FUCK YEAH! Maybe I didn't treat you quite as good as I should have FUCK YEAH! Maybe I didn't love you quite as often as I could have Starbucks, FUCK YEAH! If I made you feel all second best Disney world, FUCK YEAH! Girl, I'm sorry, I was blind Porno, FUCK YEAH! You were always on my mind Valium, FUCK YEAH! You were always on my mind. Reeboks, FUCK YEAH! Fake Tits, FUCK YEAH! Maybe I didn't hold you. all those lonely Sushi, FUCK YEAH! lonely times. Taco Bell, FUCK YEAH! I guess I never told you, I'm so happy that Rodeos, FUCK YEAH! you're mine. Bed bath and beyond (Fuck yeah, Fuck Little things I should have said & done, yeah) I just never took the time. You were always on my mind, Liberty, FUCK YEAH! You were always on my mind. White Slips, FUCK YEAH! The Alamo, FUCK YEAH! Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't Band-aids, FUCK YEAH! died Las Vegas, FUCK YEAH! Forgive me, give me one more chance to Christmas, FUCK YEAH! keep you satisfied. Immigrants, FUCK YEAH! I'll keep you satisfied. Columbine, FUCK YEAH! Democrats, FUCK YEAH! Little things I should have said & done, Republicans (republicans) I just never took the time. (fuck yeah, fuck yeah) You were always on my mind, Sportsmanship You were always on my mind. Books America, F**k Yeah AMERICAN PIE America... A long long time ago I can still remember America... how that music used to make me smile, America, FUCK YEAH! And I knew if I had my chance Coming again, to save the mother fucking I could make those people dance day yeah, and maybe they'd be happy for a while, America, FUCK YEAH! But February made me shiver Freedom is the only way yeah, with every paper I'd deliver: 8

bad news on the doorstep, We all got up to dance, but we never got I couldn't take one more step, the chance I can't remember if I cried 'Cause the players tried to take the field, when I read about his widowed bride, the marching band refused to yield, Something touched me deep inside do you recall what was revealed, the day the music died. the day the music died, we started singing...... - So bye bye Miss American Pie: - Drove my Chevy to the levee but the And there we were all in one place, levee was dry a generation lost in space: - Them good old boys were drinking With no time left to start again. whiskey and rye So come on Jack be nimble Jack be quick - Singing this'll be the day that I die Jack Flash sat on the candlestick - This'll be the day that I die 'Cause fire is the Devil's only friend, and as I watched him on the stage Did you write the book of love, my hands were clenched in fists of rage, and do you have faith in God above? no angel born in Hell could break that If the bible tells you so Satan's spell: now do you believe in rock and roll: And as the flames climbed high into the can music save your mortal soul night and can you teach me how to dance real to light the sacrificial rite: slow; I saw Satan laughing with delight the day well I know you're in love with him the music died. cause I saw you in the dancin' in the gym; We were singing bye bye Miss American you both kicked off your shoes; Pie..... man I dig those rhythm and blues I was lonely teenage bronkin' buck I met a girl who sang the blues with a pink carnation and a pick-up truck and I asked her for some happy news, but I knew I was out of luck the day the but she just smiled and turned away music died I went down to the sacred store I started singing bye bye Miss American where I heard the music years before, Pie..... but the man there said the music wouldn't play; Now for 10 years we've been on our own, and in the streets the children screamed, and Moss grows fat on a rolling stone the lovers cried and the poets dreamed. but that's not how it used to be But not a word was spoken, the church when the jester sang for the king and bells were broken: queen And 3 men I admire most, The Father, in a coat he borrowed from James Dean Son and the Holy Ghost: and a voice that came from you and me They caught the last train for the coast , oh and while the king was looking down the day the music died and they were the jester stole his thorny crown; singing.... The courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned; And while Lenin read a book on Marx the quartet practised in the park AMHRÁN NA bhFIANN and we sang dirges in the dark, the day the music died. We were singing bye bye Miss American Sinne Fianna Fáil Pie..... Atá faoi gheall ag Éirinn Buíon dár slua Helter skelter in the summer swelter Thar toinn do ráinig chugainn the birds flew off with a fallout shelter Faoi mhóid bheith saor 8 miles high and falling fast Sean-tir ár sinsear feasta it landed foul on the grass; Ní fhágfar faoin tíorán ná faoin tráill The players tried for a forward pass, Anocht a théam sa Bhearna Bhaoil with the jester on the sideline in a cast, Le gean ar Ghaeil chun báis nó saoil Now the half-time air was sweet perfume Le gunna-scréach faoi lámhach na bpiléar while the sergeants played on a marching Seo libh canaig Amhrán na bfFiann tune : 9

you're in the arms of the angel may you find some comfort there. AN POC AR BUILE So tired of the straight line and everywhere you turn Ag gabháil dom sior chun Droichead Uí there's vultures and thieves at your back Mhóradha and the storm keeps on twisting Píce im dhóid 's mé ag dul i meithil you keep on building the lie Cé casfaí orm i gcuma ceoídh that you make up for all that you lack Ach pocán crón is é ar buile it don't make no difference escaping one last time Curfa it's easier to believe in this sweet madness Ailluliú puilliliú, alilliliú tá an poc ar buile oh (x2) this glorious sadness that brings me to my knees. Do ritheamar trasna trí ruilleogach Is do ghluais an cómhrac ar fuaid na In the arms of an angel muinge fly away from here Is treasscairt dá bhfuair sé sna turtóga from this dark cold hotel room Chuas 'na ainneoin ina dhrom le fuinneamh and the endlessness that you fear you are pulled from the wreckage Níor fhág sé carraig go raibh scót ann of your silent reverie Ná gur rith le fársa chun mé a mhuilleadh you're in the arms of the angel Ansan sea do chaith sé an léim ba mhó may you find some comfort there Le fána mór na Faille Brice you're in the arms of the angel may you find some comfort here. Bhí gárda mór i mBaile an Róistigh Is bhailigh fórsaí chun sinn a clipeadh Do bhuail sé rop dá adhairc sa tóin ann Annies Song Is dá bhríste nua do dhein sé giobaíl I nDaingean Uí Chúis le haghaidh an You fill up my senses like a night in the tráthnóna forest Bhí an sogart paróiste amach in ár gcoinne Like the mountains in springtime like a walk Is é dúirt gurbh é an diabhal ba dhóigh leis in the rain A ghaibh an treo ar phocán buile Like a storm in a desert, like a sleepy blue ocean You fill up my senses, come fill me again Angel Come let me love you, let me give my life too you Spend all your time waiting Let me drown in your laughter, let me die in for that second chance your arms for a break that would make it okay Let me lay down beside you, let me always there's always one reason be with you to feel not good enough Come let me love you, come love me and it's hard at the end of the day again. I need some distraction oh beautiful release memory seeps from my veins let me be empty Auld Lang Syne and weightless and maybe I'll find some peace tonight. Should auld acquaintance be forgot, In the arms of an angel And never bro't to mind fly away from here Should auld acquaintance be forgot from this dark cold hotel room And days of ould lang syne? and the endlessness that you fear you are pulled from the wreckage CHORUS: of your silent reverie For auld lang syne, my dear 10

For auld lang syne; So find that juicy double We'll take a cup o' kindness yet Mix-a-Lot's in trouble For the sake of auld lang syne Beggin' for a piece of that bubble So I'm lookin' at rock videos And here's a hand, my trusty friend Watchin' these bimbos walkin' like hoes And gie's a hand o' thine, You can have them bimbos I'll take a cup o' kindness yet, I'll keep my women like Flo Jo For the sake of auld lang syne A word to the thick soul sistas, I wanna get with ya I won't cuss or hit ya Baby Got Back But I gotta be straight when I say I wanna *fuck* Til the break of dawn Baby got it goin' on I like big butts and I can not lie A lot of simps won't like this song You other brothers can't deny 'Cause them punks like to hit it and quit it That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty And I'd rather stay and play waste 'Cause I'm long, and I'm strong And a round thing in your face And I'm down to get the friction on You get sprung, wanna pull up tough So, ladies! {Yeah!} Ladies! {Yeah} 'Cause you notice that butt was stuffed If you wanna role in my Mercedes {Yeah!} Deep in the jeans she's wearing Then turn around! Stick it out! I'm hooked and I can't stop staring Even white boys got to shout Oh baby, I wanna get wit'cha Baby got back! And take your picture My homeboys tried to warn me Baby got back! But with that butt you got makes Yeah, baby ... when it comes to females, Ooh, Rump-o'-smooth-skin Cosmo ain't got nothin' You say you wanna get in my Benz? to do with my selection. 36-24-36? Ha ha, Well, use me, use me only if she's 5'3". 'Cause you ain't that average groupy I've seen them dancin' So your girlfriend rolls a Honda, playin' The hell with romancin' workout tapes by Fonda She's wet, wet, But Fonda ain't got a motor in the back of Got it goin' like a turbo 'Vette her Honda I'm tired of magazines My anaconda don't want none Sayin' flat butts are the thing Unless you've got buns, hon Take the average black man and ask him You can do side bends or sit-ups, that But please don't lose that butt She gotta pack much back Some brothers wanna play that "hard" role So, fellas! (Yeah!) Fellas! (Yeah!) And tell you that the butt ain't go Has your girlfriend got the butt? (Hell yeah!) So they toss it and leave it Tell 'em to shake it! (Shake it!) Shake it! And I pull up quick to retrieve it (Shake it!) So Cosmo says you're fat Shake that healthy butt! Well I ain't down with that! Baby got back! 'Cause your waste is small and your curves are kickin' (LA face with Oakland booty) And I'm thinkin' bout stickin' Baby got back! To the beanpole dames in the magazines: You ain't it, Miss Thing! I like 'em round, and big Give me a sista, I can't resist her And when I'm throwin' a gig Red beans and rice didn't miss her I just can't help myself, I'm actin' like an Some knucklehead tried to dis animal 'Cause his girls are on my list Now here's my scandal He had game but he chose to hit 'em I wanna get you home And I pull up quick to get wit 'em And ugh, double-up, ugh, ugh So ladies, if the butt is round, I ain't talkin' bout Playboy And you want a triple X throw down, 'Cause silicone parts are made for toys Dial 1-900-MIXALOT I want 'em real thick and juicy And kick them nasty thoughts 11

Baby got back! Baidin Fheilimi (Little in the middle but she got much back) [4x] Baidin Fheilimi, d'imigh go Gabhla, Baidin Fheilimi ' s Feilimi ann, Baidin Fheilimi D ' imigh go Gabhla Baby One More Time Baidin Fheilimi 's, Feilimi ann. Baidin bideach, baidin beosach, Baidin Oh baby baby, Oh baby baby boidheach, baidin Fheilimi,Baidin direach, baidin Oh baby baby, how was I supposed to deontach, know Baidin Fheilimi 's Feilimi ann. that something wasn't right here Oh baby baby, I shouldn't have let you go Baidin Fheilimi d ' imigh go Trocaigh, and now you're out of sight, yeah Baidin Fheilimi 's Feilime ann. X2 show me how you want it to be tell me baby cuz I need to know now Baikin Fheilimi briseadh i dToraigh, oh, because Baidin Fheilimi ' s Feilimi ann. X2 CHORUS My loneliness is killin me (and I) Ball of Inverness I must confess I still believe (still believe) When I'm not with you I lose my mind give me a sign, There were four and twenty virgins at the hit me baby one more time! Ball of Inverness, And after the Ball was over there were four Oh baby, baby, the reason I breathe is you and twenty less. Boy you've got me blinded Oh pretty baby, there's nothin that I Chorus wouldn't do With your balls against your partner and It's not the way I planned it your ass against the wall, If you don't get laid on Saturday night you Show me how you want it to be won't get laid at all. tell me baby cuz I need to know now oh, because The village granny she was there, sittin' by the fire, CHORUS Knitting contraceptives out of worn out Dublin tyres. Oh baby baby, how was I supposed to know Chorus Oh pretty baby, I shouldn't have let you go The village blacksmith he was there with I must confess that my loneliness his balls of brass, is killin me now He lined 'em up against the walls and bate don't you know I still believe 'em up the..., that you will be here to give me a sign Chorus hit me baby one more time The village doctor he was there, sittin' on CHORUS the gate, Teaching all the eight year olds how to I must confess (my loneliness) masturbate. that my loneliness(is killing me) Is killing me now(I must confess) Chorus Don't you know I still believe (still believe) that you will be here (im losin my mind) The village Bishop he was there, with his to give me a sign... purple shroud, hit me baby one more time! Hanging from the chandelier and pissin' on the crowd. 12

My shops and my stalls are laid out in the Chorus street And my palace consists of one room The village cripple he was there, he I sell apples and oranges nuts and split couldn't do that much, peas He lined 'em up against the wall, and bate Bananas and sugar stick sweet 'em with his crutch. On a Saturday night I sell second hand clothes Chorus ( Big Cresendo ) From the floor of my stall in the street. CHORUS Barry's Song You may travel from Clare to the County Kildare From Frances Street back to the Coombe You fill up our senses like a streaker in But where would you find a fine widow like football, me On the mountains on Sunday you dance up Biddy Mulligan the pride of the Coombe, the hill, my boys, If you were lost in a desert, you'd make the Biddy Mulligan the pride of the Coombe. clouds cry with laughter, You pay no expenses, send Bryan the bill. I sell fish on a Friday spread out on a board The finest you'd find in the sea Come let us join you, in a song from the But the best is my herrings, fine Dublin bay back rows, herrings Let us drown in your laughter, we'll sing of There's herrings for dinner and tea chickens on farms, I have a son Mick he's great on the flute And when you pick up the gee-tar, we are He plays in the Longford Street Band like rabbits in headlights, It would do your heart good to see him Come let us love you, only on weekends. march out On a Sunday for Dollymount Strand. In the Park on a Sunday I make quite a Beidh Aonach Amárach dash The neighbours look on with surprise With my Aberdeen shawlie thrown over my Beidh aonach amárach i gcontae an Chláir head (x3) I dazzle the sight of their eyes Cén mhaith dom é - ní bheidh me ann At Patrick Street corner for sixty four years I've stood and no one can deny Curfá: That while I stood there no one could dare A mháithrín, an ligfidh tú chun aonaigh mé? To say black was the white of my eye. (x3) A mhúirnín é, ná héiligh é. Níl tú a deich nó a haondéag fós (x3) Nuair a bheidh tu trídeag, beidh tú mór Black Is The Colour Táimse i ngra le gréansaí bróg (x3) Mar bhfaighe mé é ní bheidh me beo Black is the colour of my true love's hair Her lips are like some roses fair. B'fhearr liom féin mo ghréasaí bróg (x3) She has the sweetest smile and the Ná oifigeach airm gona lásaí óir gentlest hands And I love the ground whereon she stands. I love my love and well she knows I love the ground whereon she goes Biddy Mulligan I hope the day it soon would come When she and I will be as one. I'm a buxom fine widow, I live in a spot I go to the Clyde I mourn and weep In Dublin they call it the Coombe For satisfied I ne'er can be 13

I write her a letter, just a few short lines And suffer her death a thousand times. How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man? Yes 'n' how many seas must a white dove Black Velvet Band sail before she sleeps in the sand? Yes 'n' how many times must the canon T'was in the town of Tralee balls fly As apprenticeship to trade I was bound before they're forever banned? With plenty of bright amusement The answer my friend is blowing' in the To see the days go round wind, Till misfortune and trouble came over me the answer is blowing' in the wind. Which caused me to stray from land far away from me friends and relations How many times must a man look up To follow the black velvet band before he can see the sky? Yes 'n' many ears must one man have, CHORUS before he can hear people cry? Her eyes they shone like diamonds, Yes 'n' how my deaths will it take till he you'd think she was queen of the land knows With her hair thrown over her shoulder that too many people have died? Tied up with a black velvet band. The answer..... As I was walking down Broadway How many years can a mountain exist, Not intending to stay very long Before it is washed to the sea? I met with a frolicsome damsel Yes 'n' how many years can some people As she came tripping along. exist, A watch she pulled out of her pocket before they're allowed to be free? And slipped it right into my hand Yes 'n' how many times can a man turn his On the very first day I met her head, Bad luck to the black velvet band. pretending he just doesn't see? The answer..... CHORUS Before the judge and jury, the both of us had to appear Bohemian Rhapsody A gentleman swore to the jewellery, and the case against us was clear. For seven long years transportation Is this the real life, is this just fantasy, Right over to Van Diemen's land caught in a landslide, no escape from Far away from my friends and companions reality To follow the black velvet band. Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see CHORUS I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy (because I'm) easy come, easy go, a little Come all you brave, young Irish lads, high, a little low A warning take by me, Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really Beware of all the pretty young damsels matter to me. That are knocking around in Tralee Mama just killed a man, put a gun against They'll treat you to the whiskey and porter his head, Until you're unable to stand pulled my trigger now he's dead And before you have time to for to leave Mama, life has just begun, them but now I've gone and thrown it all away. You're bound for Van Diemens land. Mama, ooh didn't mean to make you cry, If I'm not back again this time tomorrow CHORUS Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters. Too late, my time has come, sends shivers Blowing in the Wind down my spine, body's aching all the time 14

Goodbye everybody, I've got to go, gotta For to take a trip on an emigrant ship to the leave it all behind and face the truth shores of Botany Bay. Mama, ooh I don't want to die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all. The boss came up this morning he says: well Pat you know I see a little silhouette of a man If you don't get your navvies out I'm afraid Scaramouche, Scaramouche you'll have to go Will you do the fandango, thunderbolt and So I asked him for my wages and lightening very very demanded all my pay frightening me For I told him straight, I'm going to emigrate to the shores of Botany Bay. Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Figaro magnifico And when I reach Australia I'll go and look I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me, for gold he's just a poor boy from a poor family There's plenty there for the digging of, or so Spare him his life from his monstrosity, I have been told Easy come easy go will you let me go Or else I'll go back to my trade and a No we will not let you go, let him go, hundred bricks I'll lay Bismillah! Bismillah! Because I live for an eight hour shift on the We will not let you go, let him go, never will shores of Botany Bay. not let you go, ah let me go Ah! no no no no no no no oh Mamma mia Bottle Hymn of the Repulsive Mama mia mama mia let me go. (Tune: "John Brown's Body") Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me Mine eyes have seen the glory of the So you think you can stone me and spit in opening of the Tun, my eye I have bought a pint of cider when the night So you think you can love me and leave me had just begun, to die I have been three-quarters plastered ere Oh baby can't do this to me, baby the sinking of the sun, Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta And my soul goes drinking on. here Nothing really matters anyone can see, CHORUS Praise the mighty Church of nothing really Yurinn, matters to me. Praise the mighty Church of Yurinn, Praise the mighty Church of Yurinn, For its soul goes drinking on. Botany Bay I have stood on draughty platforms waiting for the final train, I have kipped on Bastards' couches and CHORUS sustained severest strain, Farewell to your bricks and mortar, And been ready one week later to endure it farewell to your dirty lies. all again, Farewell to your gangers and gang planks, And my soul goes drinking on. to hell with your overtime For the good ship Ragamuffin she's lying at CHORUS the Quay, to take oul Pat with a shovel on his back to I have faced the times of hardship when the the shores of Botany Bay pubs were running dry, When I heard about the draymen's strike a I'm on my way down to the quay where the tear stood in my eye, ship at anchor lays And when the Hold ran out of cider I was To command a gang of navvies that they sure that I would die, told me to engage But my soul went drinking on. I thought I'd drop in for a drink before I went away CHORUS 15

For the mighty Church of Yurinn is a Let the grasses grow and the waters flow symbol to the brave, in a free and easy way A defence against the lertish hordes in But give me enough of the rare ould stuff search of souls to save, that's made near Galway Bay Anyone can be a Bastard, man or woman, Come one and all from Donegal, peer or knave, from Sligo and Leitrim too, And the Church goes drinking on. We'll give them the slip and we'll take a sip of the real old Mountain Dew. CHORUS CHORUS In the bogs of Lesser Kastath it was born Hi diddel idle dum diddle doodle idle dum across the sea, Diddle doori diddli de It was brought to Earth in secret through the game of D & D, There's a neat little still at the foot of the Though the lerts may make us holy, yet the hill, Church will make us free where the smoke curls up to the sky, And our souls go drinking on. By a whiff of the smell you can plainly tell, that there's poitin boys close by, CHORUS For it fills the air with a perfume rare, and betwixt both me and you (For the Church of Yurinn, see "THREE As home we roll, we can drink a bowl, YURINNIC SONGS". "Lert"=a or a bucketful of mountain dew. non-Yurinnic person, a killjoy or dullard.) Now learned men as use the pen, have writ the praises high Bridge Over Troubled Waters Of the rare poitin from Ireland green, distilled from wheat and rye Away with yer pills, it'll cure all ills, When you're weary,feelin' small: be ye Pagan, Christian or Jew When tears are in your eyes, So take off your coat and grease your I'll dry them all throat, I'm on your side, oh when times get rough: with a bucketful of mountain dew. And friends just can't be found Like a bridge over troubled waters:I will lay me down Like a bridge over troubled waters:I will lay Bunch of Thyme me down. When you're down and out,when you're on Come all you maidens young and fair the street: All you that are blooming in your prime When evening falls so hard,I will comfort And always beware to keep your garden you fair I'll take your part,oh,when darkness comes Let no man steal away your thyme. And pain is all around,Like a bridge etc... Sail on silver bird sail on by: CHORUS: Your time has come to shine For thyme it is a precious thing All your dreams are on their way,See how And thyme brings all things to my mind, they shine, Thyme with all its flavours along with all its Oh,if you need a friend:I'm sailing right joys, behind Thyme brings all things to my mind. Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind Once I had a bunch of thyme, Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease I thought it never would decay your mind Then came a lusty sailor who chanced to pass my way, And stole my bunch of thyme away. Bucket of Mountain Dew The sailor gave to me a rose, A rose that never will decay He gave it to me to keep me reminded 16

Of when he stole my thyme away. My childhood days bring back sad reflections of happy times I spent so long ago, California Dreaming My boyhood friends and my own relations have all passed on now like melting snow, But I'll spend my days in endless roaming, All the leaves are brown (All the leaves are soft is the grass, my bed is free, brown) Ah, to be back now in Carrickfergus, And the sky is grey (And the sky is grey) on that long road down to the sea. I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk) On a winter's day (On a winter's day) Ah but in Kilkenny it is reported I'd be safe and warm (I'd be safe and there are marble stones there as black as warm) ink If I was in L.A. (If I was in L.A.) With gold and silver I did support her, but I'll sing no more now till I get a drink, California dreaming (California dreaming) I'm drunk today, and I'm seldom sober, On such a winter's day... a handsome rover from town to town, Ah, but I'm sick now, my days are Stopped into a church numbered I passed along the way so come all ye young men and lay me Well, I got down on my knees (Got down on down. my knees) And I pretend'd to pray (I pretend'd to pray) You know the preacher likes the cold (Preacher likes the cold) Cliffs of Dooneen He knows I'm gonna stay (Knows I'm gonna stay) You may travel far, far from your own California dreaming (California dreaming) native home, On such a winter's day... Far away o'er the mountains, far away o'er the foam; All the leaves are brown (All the leaves are But of all the fine places that I've ever been, brown) Oh there's none can compare with the Cliffs And the sky is grey (And the sky is grey) of Dooneen. I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk) On a winter's day (On a winter's day) It's a nice place to be on a fine summer's If I didn't tell her (If I didn't tell her) day, I could leave today (I could leave today) Watching all the wild flowers that ne're do decay, California dreaming (California dreaming) The hares and the rabbits are all plain to be On such a winter's day... seen, California dreaming Making homes for their young 'round the On such a winter's day... Cliffs of Doneen. California dreaming On such a winter's day... Take a view o'er the mountains, fine sights you'll see there, You'll see high rocky mountains on the CarrickFergus west coast of Clare, The towns of Kilrush and Kilkee can be seen I wish I was in Carrickfergus, From the high rocky slopes 'round the Cliffs only for nights on Ballygrant. of Dooneen. I would swim over the deepest ocean, the deepest ocean for my love to find, Fare thee well to Dooneen, fare thee well But the sea is wide and I can't swim over, for a while, and neither have I wings to fly, And to all the fine people I'm leaving If I could find me a handsome boatman behind; to ferry me over to my love and die. To the streams and the meadows where late I have been, 17

And the high rocky slopes round the Cliffs Cockles And Mussels of Dooneen In Dublin's fair city, Climber Boy where the girls are so pretty I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone As she wheeled her wheelbarrow He was a boy, she was a girl Can I make it through streets broad and narrow, anymore obvious? Crying Cockles and Mussels, Alive alive oh! He was a climber,she did walking What more can I say? Chorus: He wanted her, she'd never tell secretly Alive alive oh, she wanted him as well. Alive alive oh, But all of her friends stuck up there nose Crying cockles and mussels, they had a problem with his powerstrech. Alive alive oh. He was a climbing boy, she said see ya She was a fishmonger, later boy but sure 'twas no wonder he wasn't good enough for her she had a for so were her father and mother before, pretty face, And they both wheel'd their barrows but her head was up in the reeks she through streets broad and narrow needed to come back Crying Cockles and Mussels,Alive alive oh! down to the wall down in the gym. She died of a fever five years from now, she sits at home and no one could save her, feeding the baby she's all alone and that was the end of sweet Molly she turns on tv guess who she sees Malone. climber boy rockin' up the north face of the Now her ghost wheels her barrow eiger. through streets broad and narrow she calls up her friends,they already know Crying Cockles and Mussels,Alive alive oh ! and they've all got tickets to see his lecture tour she tags along and stands in the crowd looks up at the man that she turned down. Country Roads He was a climbing boy,she said see ya later boy he wasn't good enough for her Almost heaven , West Virginia now he's a super star slapin' on his chalk The Blue Ridge Mountains, the does your pretty face see what he's Shenandoah river worth? Life is old there, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, blowin' like a sorry girl but you missed out well tuff luck breeze that boys mine now we are more than just good friends this is how the Country roads, take me home, story ends too bad that you couldn't to the place I belong see see that man that boy could be there is West Virginia, mountain momma, more that meets the eye I see the take me home, country roads soul that is inside All my memories gather round her He's just a boy, and i'm just a girl can I Miners lady, stranger to blue water make it anymore Dark and dusty painted on the sky obvious? we are in love, haven't you heard Mystic taste of moonshine, tear drops in my how we rock each others world I'm eyes with the climbing boy, I said see ya later boy i'll be at the crag afterwards I hear her voice in the morning how she i'll be at a cliff face naming the route we first calls me ascended about a girl you used The radio reminds me of my home far away to know Drivin' down the road I get a feelin' that I should be home Yesterday yesterday. 18

Cuckoo’s Nest Danny Boy There's a corner in the meadow where the lads and lasses meet Oh Danny Boy, the pipes the pipes are Oh they do here what they couldn't do in calling the open street From glen to glen and down the mountain They play all kinds of games there, but the side one I like the best The summers gone and all the roses fallen Is where every laddie rumples up the Tis you tis you must go and I must bide cuckoo's nest. But come ye back when summers in the meadow Chorus: Or when the valleys hushed and white with It's high the cuckoo, low the cuckoo, high snow the cuckoo's nest Tis I'll be there in sunshine or in shadow It's high the cuckoo, low the cuckoo, high On Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy I love you the cuckoo's nest so. I'll give any maid a shilling and a bottle of the best And when ye come and all the flowers are Just to rumple up the feathers of her dying cuckoo's nest If I am dead, as dead I well may be You'll come and find the place where I am I wooed her in the morning and I had her in lying the night And kneel and say an Ave there for me. She was my very first one so I tried to do it And I shall hear though soft you tread right above me I searched around and wandered and I And all my grave will warmer sweeter be never would have guessed If you will bend and tell me that you love If she hadn't showed me where to find her me cuckoo's nest Then I shall sleep in peace until you come to me. Chorus When she showed me where to find it I knew just where to go Delirium Tremens Through the underbrush and brambles where the little cuckoos grow From the moment that I found it, she would I dreamt a dream the other night I couldn't never let me rest sleep a wink, From rumpling up the feathers of her the rats were trying to count the sheep and cuckoo's nest. I was off the drink, there were footsteps in the parlour and Chorus voices on the stairs I was climbing up the wall and moving It was bushy, it was prickled, it was round the chairs feathered all around I looked out from under the blanket and up It was tucked away so neatly and it wasn't at the fireplace easy found The Pope and J.F. Kennedy were staring in She said young man you're blundering, but me face, I knew it wasn't true Suddenly it dawned on me I was gettin' the For I left her with the makings of a young old DT's cuckoo when the Child o' Prague began to dance around the mantelpiece. Chorus x2 Goodbye to the Port and Brandy, to the Vodka and the Stag, to the Schmiddick and the Harpic, the bottle draught and keg. As I sat lookin' up at the Guinness ad I could never figure out 19

how your man stayed up on the surfboard Going home in the rain, running up the dark after 14 pints of stout. lane, Past the jail and down behind the fountain Well I swore upon the bible Those were happy days in so many many I'd never touch a drop ways My heart was palpitatin' In the town I love so well. I was sure 'twas going to stop, thinkin' I was dyin' In the early morning the Shirt Factory horn I gave my soul to God to keep Called women from Creggan, the Moor and A tenner to St. Anthony the Bog, to help me get to sleep. While the men on the dole played the I fell into an awful nightmare mother's role and got a dreadful shock Fed the children and then walked the dog; When I dreamt there was no duty free And when times got rough there was just at the airport down in Knock, about enough, Ian Paisley was sayin' the rosary But they saw it through without complaining and Nora Bennis was on the pill, For deep inside was a burning pride Finbar Wright was gargled For the town I love so well. and singin' Spancil Hill. There was music there in the Derry air I dreamt that Mr Haughey Like a language that we could all had recaptured Crossmaglen understand then Garret got reelected I remember the day when I earned my first and gave it back again. pay Dick Spring and Roger Casement As I played in the small pick up band were on board the Marita Ann There I spent my youth, and to tell you the as she sailed into Fenit truth they were singin' Banna Strand, I was sad to leave it all behind me I dreamt Archbishop McNamara For I'd learned about life and I'd found me a was on Spike Island for 3 nights wife, havin' been arrested In the town I loved so well. for supportin' travellers rights, I dreamt that Ruari Quinn was smokin' But when I returned, how my eyes were marijuana in the Dail burned and Barry Desmond handin' Frenchies out To see how a town could be brought to its to the scuts in Fianna Fail. knees By the armoured cars and the bombed out I dreamt of Nell McCafferty and Mary bars Kenny too And the gas that hangs on to every breeze the things that we got up to, but I'm not Now the army's installed by the old Gas- tellin' you, yard wall I dreamt I was in a jacussi along with Alice And that damned barbed wire gets higher Glenn and higher. 'twas them I knew I'd never ever ever drink With their tanks and guns, oh my God what again. have they done To the town I love so well. repeat CHORUS Now the music is gone but they still carry on Though their spirit's bruised but never Derry Air broken They will not forget for their hearts are all set In my memory, I will always see, On tomorrow and peace once again. the town that I have loved so well, For what's done is done, and what's won is Where our school played ball by the Gas won yard wall, And what's lost is lost and gone forever And we laughed through the smoke and the I can only pray for a brand new day smell. In the town I love so well. 20

Up the mountains to the heavens, And back down to the pub for seven. Dicey Riley Uisce beatha mór gach duine, Tá brón mhór orm le fuladh gloine. Bodies battered, bruised and haggard, Oh poor aul Dicey Riley she has taken to It's a common sight in Ballintaggart. the sup Poor aul Dicey Riley she will never give it repeat Chorus up For it's off each morning to the hock We left for Dingle on a Friday night, And she nips in for another little drop If ya missed the bus well that's tough shyte. Ah the heart of the roll is Dicey Riley. With P.J. Hammond you can't go wrong, For ten pounds more he'd sing a song. She walks along Fitzgibbon Street with an A ballad or a haunting air, independent air, O Holy Night Rob, if you dare. And then it's down by Summerhill and the A song for those who've gone before us, people stop and stare, And t'hell with those who've stayed to bore She says its nearly half past one, us. and its time I had another little one Sur' the poor ol' Yanks can't speak the Ah the heart of the roll is Dicey Riley. language... Is that TOMATO in my sandwich? She owns a little sweet-shop at the corner of the street, repeat CHORUS And every evening after school I go to wash her feet. The compass is what plots our course, She leaves me there to mind the shop If that don't work we'll use the force. While she nips in for another little drop, We haven't lost a soul to date, Ah the heart of the roll is Dicey Riley. But that's not counting those we ate! From bulling up the slopes of Scragg, To posing naked for the RAG, There's nothing that we will not do, Dingle Jingle - How Much Further? Except squeeze fifty people in a Port-a- Loo. Nor BACKMARK for the flower pluckers... How's it goin' there, everybody? Oh my God! What a bunch of... From Cork, New York, Dundalk, Gortahork and Glenamady. repeat CHORUS Here we are in the county Kerry, A world away from Happy Gerry, In every corner of the World, Mike Clifford's missing Andie's hand, Where worried shepards watch their herds, And Jenny's lookin' for a man. There's folk like us, who for no reason, Bryan Feeney's counting bills, Bull up mountains, in any season. And Aidan's popping funny-pills. The more the wind and rain the better. Stephens charm will ne'er diminish, It may be cold so bring a sweater! Have you seen his new belle, I hear she's Pneumonia is the silent killer, Finnish. So please don't die 'til after dinner... But I do believe we have a pair, CHORUS: Of medical sweethearts with us here... Oh! How much further? How much... how "Amputate" says Diarmuid "That'll do!" much... "Feck off" says Rachel "It's only the flu!" how much? How much further? Oh! How much further? How much... how repeat CHORUS much... how much? How much further? Now there's someone that I've left out, The backbone of the club - NO DOUBT! The way we work is very simple, She may not be the best at spelling, It's easier than poppin' pimples. Climbs in her bra... but then... that's telling. Sunday is a day of rest, If there's a problem that can't be solved, So we put Jesus to the test. She jumps right in and gets involved. We charge Him four pounds for the bus, She'll work the problem to it's feet, And ask Him that He do not curse. 21

All the better if she knocks out teeth. Saw a train set the night on fire So Mike, don't tete-a-tete with Ciara, Smelled the spring on the smoky wind, Or you'll be hearing Nee-Naw Nee-Naw Dirty old town,dirty old town. Nee-Naw I'm going to make me a good sharp axe, She has a sense of humour too - Shining steel tempered in the fire, apparently! I'll chop you down like an old dead tree, Dirty old town, dirty old town. repeat CHORUS Has anyone seen Tom-Tom Randal? We'll hunt him down with a pick-axe Do you want your ould Lobby Washed handle! Down Aidan Hannifin is takin' bets, That Tom will never pay his debts. Askea organised the bus here! I've a nice little cottage and a small bit of John and Helen represent the first years. land A pot of friendship that's soon to pop, and a place by the side of the sea. Come 'ere. Have yey seen Helen's Black And I care about no one because I believe Top? that nobody cares about me. Conor's gone to see New Zealand. My peace is destroyed and I'm fairly Thinks he'd do a better job than Warren by a lassie who works in the town. Gatland. She sighs every day as she passes the So there's a mention for the committee... way, I've left one out - Oh, that's me! do you want your old lobby washed down. repeat CHORUS CHORUS: Do you want your old lobby washed down This song is getting mighty boring, Con Shine; I think I hear someone snoring! do you want your old lobby washed down. So before the lynch mob begins to loom, She sighs every day as she passes the I'll hurry up and finish soon. way, But one last thing I have to say, do you want your old lobby washed down. One simple word, and I'll be on my way. From countries far this word has travelled. The other day the old landlord came by for On Purple Mountain it was discovered. the rent: It may wear boots - but it's not farmer... I told him no money had I, It's Jerry's Word! It's... Besides twasn't fair for to ask me to pay, the times were so awfully bad. Oh! Lumpensammler! Lumpen... Lumpen... He felt discontented at not getting the rent; Lumpen... Lumpensammler. and he shook his big head in a frown. Oh! Lumpensammler! Lumpen... Lumpen... Says he I'll take half but says I with a laugh; Lumpen... Lumpensammler. do you want your old lobby washed down. Now the boys looks so bashful when they go out courting, Dirty Old Town they seem to look so very shy, As to kiss a young maid, sure they seem half afraid I met my love, by the gas works wall, but they would if they could on the sly, Dreamed a dream by the old canal, But me, I do things in a different way, I kissed my girl by the factory wall, I don't give a nod or a frown. Dirty old town, dirty old town. When I goes to court, I says here goes for a sport, Clouds are drifting across the moon, do you want your old lobby washed down. Cats are prowling on their beat, Spring's a girl from the streets at night, Dirty old town, dirty old town. Down by the Sally Gardens I heard a siren from the docks, 22

Down by the Sally Gardens my love and I NEIN! did meet She passed the Sally gardens with little NEIN! snow white feet, She bid me take love easy, as the leaves Willst du bis der tod euch scheide grow on the tree, Treu ihr sein fur alle tagen But I was young and foolish and with her would not agree. NEIN! In field by the river, my love and I did stand, NEIN! And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow white hand. Du... She bid me take life easy, as the grass Du hast... grows on the weirs Du hast mich... (2x) But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears. Du... Du hast... Du hast mich... Du hast mich... Drunken Sailor Du hast mich gefragt... Du hast mich gefragt... Du hast mich gefragt, und ich hab nicht What shall we do with a drunken sailor (x3) gesagt! Ear-lye in the morning Willst du bis der tod euch scheide CHORUS Treu ihr sein fur alle tagen Wey hey and up she rises (x3) Ear-lye in the morning NEIN! Put in the life-boat until he's sober .... NEIN! Pull out the plug and wet him all over .... Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe Willst du bis zum tod der scheide on him... Sie lieben auch in schlechten tagen Heave him by the leg in a running bowline... NEIN! Tie him to the taffrail when she's yard-arm over... NEIN! Willst du bis der tod euch scheide Treu ihr sein....... Du Hast NEIN! Du... NEIN! Du hast... Du hast mich... (4x) ...... EnterSandman Du... Du hast... Say your prayers little one Du hast mich... Dont forget, my son Du hast mich... To include everyone Du hast mich gefragt... Tuck you in, warm within Du hast mich gefragt... keep you free from sin Du hast mich gefragt, und ich hab nicht till the sandman he comes gesagt! sleep with one eye open gripping your pillow tight Willst du bis der tod euch scheide Treu ihr sein fur alle tagen CHORUS 23

Exit, light now there's a way, and I know Enter, Night that I have to go away Take my hand I know,I have to go. we're off to never-never land All the times that I've cried, Somethings wrong, shut the light keeping all the things I knew inside, heavy thoughts tonight it's hard, but it's harder to ignore it. And they aren't of snow white If they were right I'd agree, dreams of war, dreams of liars but it's them they know not me, dreams of dragon's fire now there's a way, and I know and of things that will bite I have to go away: I know I have to go. sleep with one eye open gripping your pillow tight CHORUS Feelin' Groovy SOLO Slow down you move too fast. Now I lay me down to sleep (x2) You got to make the morning last. I pray the lord my soul to keep (x2) Just kickin' down the cobblestones, If i die before i wake (x2) Lookin' for fun and Feelin' Groovy. I pray the lord my soul to take (x2) Ba da da da da da da feelin' groovy hush little baby, don't say a word Hello lamppost, whatcha knowin', never mind that noise you heard I've come to watch your flowers growin' it's just the beasts under your bed Ain'tcha got no rhymes for me? in your closet, in your head Dootin' doodoo, Feelin' Groovy. Ba da da da da da da feelin' groovy CHORUS (replacing 'take....land with 'grain of sand) Got no deeds to do, no promises to keep. CHORUS (done the normal way) I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep. Let the morning time drop all its petals on AD LIB TO FADE me. Life I love you all is groovy. Ba da da da da da da feelin' groovy Father And Son It's not time to make a change, Fiddler's Green just relax, take it easy, you're still young, that's your fault, there's so much you have to know. As I walked by the dockside one evening Find a girl, settle down, so fair, if you want you can marry, To view the salt waters and taste the sea look at me, I am old but I'm happy. air, I heard an old fisherman singing this song I was once like you are now, 'oh take me away boys my time is not long. and I know that it's not easy to be calm when you've found Wrap me up in me oil skins and blankets something going on. No more on the docks I'll be seen. But take your time, think a lot, Just tell me old ship mates, I'm taking a trip think of everything you've got mates for you will still be here tomorrow And I'll see you some day on Fiddlers but your dreams will not. Green How can I try to explain? Now Fiddlers Green is a place I've heard When I do he turns away again, tell it's always been the same, same old story. Where fishermen go if they don't go to hell From the moment I could talk Where the weather is fair and the dolphins I was ordered to listen, do play 24

And the cold coast of Greenland is far, far Fire and Rain away. And when you're in dock and the long trip is Just yesterday mornin' they let me know through you were gone There's pubs and there's clubs and there's Susan the plans they made put an end to lassies there too you The girls are all pretty and the beer is all I walked out this mornin' and I wrote down free this song And there's bottles of rum growing on every I just can't remember who to send it to. tree CHORUS: Now I don't want a harp nor a halo not me I've seen fire and I've seen rain, Just give me a breeze and a good rolling I seen sunny days that I thought would sea. never end And I'll play my old squeeze box as we sail I seen lonely times when I could not find a along, friend With the wind in the rigging, singing this but I always thought that I'd see you again. song. Won't you look down upon me Jesus you got to help me make a stand You just got to see me through another day Fields of Athenry My body's achin' and my time is at hand, an' I won't make it any other way By lonely prison walls I heard a young girl repeat CHORUS calling Michael they have taken you away Been walkin' my mind to an easy time, For you stole Trevelyan's corn my back turned towards the sun So the young might see the morn Lord knows when the cold wind blows Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay. it'll turn your head around Well there's hours of time on the telephone CHORUS line Low lie the fields of Athenry to talk about things to come Where once we watched the small free Sweet dreams and flying machines in birds fly pieces on the ground. Our love was on the wing We had dreams and songs to sing repeat CHORUS It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry. By lonely prison walls I heard a young man calling Flower of Scotland Nothing matters Mary when you're free Against the famine and the crown I rebelled,they struck me down Oh flower of Scotland, when will we see Now you must raise our child with dignity. your like again That fought and died for yon wee bit and glen. repeat CHORUS. That stood against him (gainst who) proud Edward's army By a lonely harbour wall she watched the and sent him homeward to think again. last star falling and that prison ship sail out against the The hills are bare now and autumn leaves sky. lie thick and still Sure she'll wait and hope and pray On land that is lost now, that was so dearly for her love in Botany Bay, held, in the lonely,lonely fields 'round Athenry. That stood against him ('gainst who) proud Edward's army repeat CHORUS And sent him homeward to think again 25

Those days are past now and in the past Pump it like u want somebody they will remain But we can still rise now and be that nation Gett off (gett off) again, That stood against him ('gainst who) proud So here we-so here we-so here we are, Edward's army here we are (g-g-gett off) And sent him homeward to think again. In my paisley crib Whatcha want 2 eat? ribs Ha, toy, I don't serve ribs... Gett Off (by Prince) U better be happy that dress is still on I heard the rip when u sat down How can I put this in a way so as not to Honey them hips is gone offend or unnerve That's alright, I clock 'em that way There's a rumor goin' all round that u ain't Remind me of something james used to been gettin' served say... They say that u ain't u know what In baby who knows how long I like 'em fat It's hard 4 me 2 say what's right I like 'em proud When all I wanna do is wrong Ya gotta have a mother for me Gett off - 23 positions in a 1 night stand Now move your big ass 'round this way Gett off - I'll only call u after if u say I can So I can work on that zipper, baby Gett off - let a woman be a woman and a Tonight your a star man be a man And I'm the big dipper Gett off - I u want 2 baby here I am (here I am) (kick it) I clocked the jizz from a friend (gett off) Of yours named vanessa bet (bet) She said u told her a fantasy (gett off) That got her all wet (wet) Something about a little box with a How can I put this in a way so as not to Mirror and a tongue inside offend or unnerve (gett off) What she told me then got me so hot There's a rumor goin' all round that u ain't I knew that we could slide been gettin' served (gett off) They say that u ain't u know what Gett off - 23 positions in a 1 night stand In baby who knows how long (gett off) Gett off - I'll only call u after if u say I can It's hard 4 me 2 say what's right Gett off - let a woman be a woman and a When all I wanna do is wrong man be a man Gett off - I u want 2 baby here I am (here I Gett off - 23 positions in a 1 night stand am) Gett off - I'll only call u after if u say I can Gett off - let a woman be a woman and a Gett off (gett off) man be a man Gett off - I u want 2 baby here I am 1 2 3 - nah, little cutie, I ain't drinkin' (gett off) Come on Scope this, I was just thinkin' U + me, what a ride Gett off If u was thinkin' the same Gett off We could continue outside (gett off) Gett off Lay your pretty body against a parkin' Gett off meter Gett off Strip your dress down Gett off Like I was strippin' a peter paul's almond Gett off joy Gett off Lemme show u baby I'm a talented boy Everybody grab a body 26

Ghost Riders in the Sky I see by your gravestone you were only nineteen When you joined the great fallen in 1916. An old cowpoke went riding out one dark I hope you died well and I hope you died and windy day clean, Upon a ridge he rested as he went along Or young Willie McBride was it slow and his way obscene. When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw CHORUS: Ploughin through the ragged skies and up the cloudy draw Did they beat the drums slowly, Did they play the pipes lowly, Their brands were still on fire Did they sound the death march, and their hooves were made of steel As they lowered you down. Their horns were black and shiny Did the band play the last post and chorus and their hot breath he could feel Did the pipes play the flowers of the forest. A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky Did you leave a young wife or sweetheart For he saw the riders coming hard behind, and he heard their mournful cry. In some faithful heart is your memory enshrined. Yippee-I-ay, yippee-I-ooh Although you died back in 1915, Ghost riders in the sky. In that faithful heart are you forever nineteen. Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, Or are you a stranger without even a name, their shirts all soaked with sweat, Enclosed and forever behind the glass They're riding hard to catch that herd frame, but they ain't caught them yet Of an old photograph torn, battered and Cos they've got to ride forever stained, on that range up in the sky And faded to yellow in a brown leather Their horses snorting fire frame. as they ride onto their cry. repeat CHORUS Yippee-I-ay, yippee-I-ooh Ghost riders in the sky. The sun now it shines on the Green Fields of France, As the riders rode on by him, As a warm summer breeze makes the red he heard one cry his name poppies dance. If you want to save your soul from hell, And look how the sun shines from under a riding on our range the clouds, Then cowboy change your ways There's no gas, no barbed wire, there's no or with us you will ride guns firing now. Trying to catch the devil's herd But here in this graveyard, it's still no-mans across these evil skies. land, The countless white crosses stand mute in Yippee-I-ay, yippee-I-ooh the sand. Ghost riders in the sky. To mans blind indifference to his fellow man, To a whole generation that was butchered and damned. Green Fields of France repeat CHORUS Well how do you do young Willie McBride, Well Willie McBride I can't help wonder Do you mind if I sit here down by your why, grave-side, Do all those that lie here know why they And rest for a while neath the warm died. summer sun, Or did they believe when they answered I've been walking all day and I'm nearly the call, done. 27

Did they really believe that this war would (TE RAUPAROTA'S HAKA) end wars. For the sorrow the suffering the glory the Ka mate, ka mate, ka ora ka ora pain, Ka mate, ka mate, ka ora ka ora The killing and dying were all done in vain. Tenei te torgata ! For young Willie McBride it all happened Puhuru Puhuru again, Nga nga e whiti wenhaka whiti te Ra And again and again and again and again. A Hapore a hapore A hapore, kapore whiti te Ra ! repeat CHORUS Rough translation O death, O death, this life this life Green Green Grass of Home O death, O death, this life this life Behold ! There he stands The old home town looks the same The man who will lead us into the sun as I step down from the train One upward step, another upward step And there to meet me is my Mama and One last upward step, step into the sun Papa The sun that shines ! Down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries Its good to touch the green green grass of Hallelujah home. By L. Cohen CHORUS: I've heard there was Yes, they'll all come to meet me, A secret chord arms reachin' smilin' sweetly That David played, and Its good to touch the green green grass of It pleased the Lord home. But you don't really care For music, do you? The old house is still standing It goes like this: 'tho the paint is cracked and dry The fourth, the fifth And there's that old oak tree I used to play The minor fall, the major lift on The baffled king Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary Composing Hallelujah Hair of gold and lips like cherries Its good to touch the green green grass of Hallelujah, Hallelujah home. Hallelujah, Hallelujah SPOKEN: Then I awake and look around Your faith was strong me But you needed proof at four grey walls that surround me You saw her bathing And I realise that I was only dreaming On the roof For there's a guard and theres a sad old Her beauty and the padre Moonlight overthrew you Arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak She tied you to a kitchen chair Again I'll touch the green green grass of She broke your throne home. And she cut your hair And from your lips FINAL CHORUS: She drew the Hallelujah Yes, they'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree Hallelujah, Hallelujah As they lay me 'neath the green green Hallelujah, Hallelujah grass of home. Maybe I've been here before I know this room I've walked this floor HAKA I used to live alone Before I knew you 28

I've seen your flag That everyone's heart isn't filled with On the marble arch gladness Love is not a victory march Of love for one another. It's a cold and It's a broken Hallelujah It's a long long road from which there is no return Hallelujah, Hallelujah While we're on the way to there, why not Hallelujah, Hallelujah share And the load doesn't weigh me down at all There was a time He ain't heavy he's my brother. You let me know What's really going on below But now you never show It to me, do you? Help me Make it Through the Night I remember when I moved in, you Your holy dark Take the ribbon from your hair, shake it Was moving too loose and let it fall And every breath we drew Lay'in soft upon my skin, like on the Was Hallelujah shadows on the wall, Come and lay down by my side, 'till the Hallelujah, Hallelujah early morning light Hallelujah, Hallelujah All I'm taking is your time, help me make it through the night. Maybe there's a God above And all I ever CHORUS Learned from love I don't care who's right or wrong, I don't try Was how to shoot to understand At someone Let the devil take tomorrow,Lord tonight I Who outdrew you need a friend. It's not a cry Yesterday is dead and gone and You can hear at night tomorrow's out of sight It's not somebody And its so sad to be alone, help me make it Who's seen the light through the night. It's a cold and It's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Homeward Bound Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah I'm sitting in the railway station Hallelujah, Hallelujah Got a ticket for my destination On a tour of one night stands My suitcase and guitar in hand And every stop is neatly planned He ain't Heavy He's My Brother for a poet and a one man band CHORUS The road is long with many a winding turn Homeward bound, I wish I was homeward That leads us to who knows where bound Who knows where: But I'm strong Home, where my thoughts are escaping Strong enough to carry him Home, where my music's playing He ain't heavy he's my brother. Home where my love lies waiting silently for me So on we go his welfare is my concern No burden is he to bear we'll get there Every day's an endless stream For I know he would not encumber me Of cigarettes and magazines He ain't heavy he's my brother. And each town looks the same to me The movies and the factories If I'm laden at all, I'm laden with sadness And every strangers face I see 29

Reminds me that I long to be repeat CHORUS House of the Rising Sun Tonight I sing my songs again I'll play the game and pretend But all my words come back to me There is a house in New Orleans, In shades of mediocrity they call the rising sun, Like emptiness in harmony And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy, I need someone to comfort me and God I know I'm one. repeat CHORUS My mother was a tailor, she sewed my new blue jeans, My father was a gambling man, way down in New Orleans. Horse with No Name Now the only thing a drunkard needs, is a suitcase and a trunk, On the first part of the journey, And the only time he's satisfied, I was looking at all the life is when he's down and drunk. there were plants and birds and rocks and things, Now mothers warn your children, there was sand and hills and rain. not to do what I have done, The first thing I saw was a fly with no buzz To live your life in pain and misery, and a sky with no clouds, In the house of the rising sun. The heat was hot and the ground was dry but the air was full of sound I've one foot on the platform, The other on the train, CHORUS: I'm going back to New Orleans, You see, I've been through the desert to wear that ball and chain. on a horse with no name, It felt good to get out of the rain, (repeat first verse again) In the desert, you can remember your name, 'Cause there ain't no one to give you no pain, I am Sailing La,la,la,la,la,la,La,la,La,la,la (x2) After two days in the desert sun, I am sailing I am sailing, my skin began to turn red, home again 'cross the sea. After three days in the desert sun, I am sailing stormy waters, I was looking at a river bed. to be near you to be free. Now the story is told of a river that flowed, Made me sad to think it was dead. I am flying, I am flying, like a bird 'cross the sky. repeat CHORUS. I am flying passing high clouds, to be with you, to be free After nine days, I let the horse run free Can you hear me, can you hear me, cause the desert had turned to sea, 'thro the dark night far away There were plants and birds and rocks and I am trying forever trying, things, to be with you who can say there was sand and hills and rain. the ocean is a desert with it's life We are sailing we are sailing, underground home again 'cross the sea. and the perfect disguise above, We are sailing stormy waters, Under the cities beats a heart in the ground to be near you to be free. but the humans will give no love. repeat CHORUS 30

I Don't Like Mondays out from the sweet town of Derry, For Australia bound if we didn't all drown, the marks of our fetters we carried. The silicone chip inside her head In our rusty iron chains we cried for our got switched to overload wains, and nobody's gonna go to school today our good women we left in sorrow. she's gonna make them stay at home As the main sails unfurled our curses we and Daddy doesn't understand it hurled he always said she was as good as gold on the English and thoughts of tomorrow. CHORUS At the mouth of the Foyle, bid farewell to And he can see no reason, the soil, 'cause there are no reasons as down below decks we were lying. what reasons do you need to be shown? O'Doherty screamed woken out of a dream Tell me why!I don't like Mondays. by a Tell me why!I don't like Mondays. vision of bold Robert dying. Tell me why! I don't like Mondays, The sun burnt us cruel as we dished out I want to shoot the whole day down . the gruel, Dan O'Connor was down with a fever. The telex machine is kept so clean Sixty rebels today bound for Botany Bay and it types to a waiting world, how many nd Mother feels so shocked and this world will reach their receiver. is rocked Oh I wish I was back home in Derry (x2) and the thoughts turn to their own little girl, sweet 16 and a peachy keen - I cursed them to hell as our bow fought the now I ain't so mean to admit defeat swell, our ship danced like a moth in the firelight. repeat CHORUS White horses rode high as the devil passed by, And now the playing has stopped in the taking souls to Hades by twilight. playground now, Five weeks out to sea we were now forty she wants to play with the boys awhile, three, and school's out early and soon we'll be we buried our comrades each morning. learning In our own slime we were lost in a time, that the lesson today is how to die endless nights without dawning. and the speaker crackles and the captain cackles CHORUS with the hounds awhile and he can see no reasons, Van Diemens land is a hell for a man 'cause there are no reasons, to live out his whole life in slavery. what reasons do you need to die, die,die? Where the climate is raw and the gun makes the law, tell me why I don't like , neither wind nor rain care for bravery. I don't like, I don't like, Twenty years have gone by, I've ended my I don't like Mondays, bond, tell me why I don't like, my comrades ghosts walk behind me. I don't like, I don't like, A rebel I came and I'm still the same I don't like Mondays, on the cold wind of night you will find me. tell me why I don't like, CHORUS I don't like, I don't like, I don't like Mondays, I want to shoo...oot the whole day down... oohh! I'll Tell My Ma I'll tell me ma when I go home, I Wish I was Back Home in Derry the boys won't leave the girls alone They pulled my hair and they stole my comb, In 1803 we sailed out to sea, well that's alright till I go home. 31

She is handsome, she is pretty, then close your eyes and I'll be on my way, she is the belle of Belfast City. Dream about the days to come, She is courting one two three, when I won't have to leave you alone, please won't you tell me who is she. about the times I won't have to say : Albert Mooney says he loves her, repeat CHORUS all the boys are fighting for her They knock at the door and they ring at the bell saying o my true love are you well. Imagine Out she comes, as white as snow, rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, Old Johnny Murray says she'll die Imagine there's no heaven if she doesn't get the girl with the roving It's easy if you try eye. No hell below us Above us only sky Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow Imagine all the people high, Living for today aha and the snow come tumbling from the sky, She's as nice as apple pie, Imagine there's no countries she'll get her own lad by and by. It isn't be hard to do When she gets a lad of her own, nothing to kill or die for she won't tell her ma when she goes home, And no religion too Let them all come as they will, Imagine all the people for it's Albert Mooney she loves still. Living life in peace aha repeat first verse You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope some day you'll join us And the world will live as one I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can All my bags are packed I'm ready to go, No need for greed or hunger I'm standing here outside your door, A brotherhood of man I hate to wake you up to say goodbye, Imagine all the people but the dawn is breaking - it's early morn, Sharing all the world aha the taxi's waiting he's blowing his horn, Already I'm so lonesome I could die. You may say I'm a dreaming CHORUS: So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you'll wait for me - In the Town of Ballybay hold me like you'll never let me go 'cause I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again, In the town of Bally Bay Oh baby I hate to go. There was a lassie dwellin' I knew her very well There's so many times I've let you down, and the tale it were a tellin' So many times I've fucked around, her father had a still I tell you now, they don't mean a thing, he was a good distiller Every place I go I'll think of you but when she took a drink Every song I sing I'll sing for you, the devil couldn't fill her When I come back, I'll wear your wedding ring. Chorus: ringa-dinga dum repeat CHORUS a'ringa-dinga daddio' ringa-dinga dum Now the time has come to leave you, fol-a whack fol-a laddio' one more time please let me kiss you, 32

She had a wooden leg Says the barman: I'm sorry all the beer is that was hollow down the middle sold out. she tied it with some string Try whiskey or Paddy, ten years in the and she played it like a fiddle wood she fiddled in the hall Says I: I'll try cider I hear that it's good. she fiddled in the alley way she didn't give a damn CHORUS: 'cause she had to piddle any way Oh never, oh never, oh never again, If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten She said she wouldn't dance For I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up unless she had her Wellies on After drinking a quart of the Johnny Jump but when she had 'em on Up. she could dance as well as anyone she wouldn't go to bed After leaving the third I went to the yard unless she had her chemise on Where I bumped into Brophy, the big civic but when she had it on guard. she'd go to bed with anyone Come here to me boy, don't you know I'm the law She had lovers by the score I upped with my fist and I shattered his jaw. she had Tom-n-Dick-n-Harry she courted night and day He fell to the ground with his knees and yet she wouldn't marry doubled up but then she fell in love But it wasn't I hit him, 'twas Johnny Jump with the fella' with the stammer Up. when he tried to run away The next thing I met down in Youghal by she hit him with a hammer the sea Was a cripple on crutches and says he to She had children up the stairs me: she had children in the boyer another ten or twelve I'm afraid of me life I'll be hit by a car sittin' rollin' by the fire Won't you help me across to the Railways she fed them on potatoes Men's Bar and soup she made from nettles After drinking a quart of that cider so sweet and lumps of hairy bacon He threw down his crutches and danced in that she boiled up in the kettle the street. She had led a sheltered life repeat CHORUS eatin' porridge and black puddin' she terrorized her man I went up to the Lee road a friend for to see until he died right sudden And they call it the mad house in Cork by when her husband died the Lee she was feeling kind of sorry But I when I got up there, the truth I do tell, so she rolled him in a sack They had the poor bugger locked up in a and threw him in the quarry cell. Said the guard, testing him, say these words if you can Johnny Jump Up Around the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran. Tell them I'm not crazy, tell them I'm not I'll tell you a story that happened to me mad. One day as I went down to Youghal by the It was only a sup of the cider I had. sea. The sun it was bright and the day it was repeat CHORUS warm Says I: a quiet pint wouldn't do me no A man died in the Union by the name of harm. McNabb They washed him and laid him outside on a I went in and I called for a bottle of stout slab 33

And after O'Connor his measurements did I want you just the way you are. take His wife took him home to a bloody fine I need to know that you will always be wake. The same old someone that I knew Oh what will it take till you believe in me About twelve o'clock and the beer it was The way that I believe in you high I said I love you and that's forever When the corpse he sat up and says he And this I promise from the heart with a sigh I could not love you any better I can't get to heaven they won't let me up I want you just the way you are. Till I bring them a quart of the Johnny Jump Up. repeat CHORUS. Land of My Fathers The land of my fathers is dear unto me, Joy To The World A land of poets and minstrels, men honoured and free. It's warring defenders so gallant and brave, Jeremiah was a bullfrog For freedom their life's blood they gave. Was a good friend of mine I never understood a single word he said Chorus: But I helped him drink his wine He always had some mighty fine wine Home! home! True am I to my homeland, While seas secure the land so pure, Chorus : O may the old language endure. Joy to the world Old land of the mountains, the Eden of All the boys and girls bards, Joy to fishes in the bright blue sea Each gorge and each valley a loveliness Joy to you and me guards, Through love of my country, charned If I were the king of the world voices will be I tell you what I'd do It's strems, and it's rivers to me. I'd throw away the carsand the bars and the wars Though foemen have trampled my land And make sweet love to you. 'neath their feet, The old language of Cambria still knows no retreat; The muse is not vanquished by traitor's fell Just The Way You Are hand, Nor silenced the harp of my hand. Don't go changing to try and please me You never let me down before I don't imagine you're too familiar Lannigan's Ball And I don't see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble We never could have come this far In the town of Athy one Jeremy Lannigan I took the good times I'll take the bad times battered away till he hadn't a pound. I'll take you just the way you are. His father he died and made him a man again, Don't go trying some new fashion left him a farm and ten acres of ground. Don't change the colour of your hair He gave a grand party to friends and You always have my unspoken passion relations Although I might not seem to care who did not forget him when come to the I don't want clever conversation wall. I never want to work that hard If you'll but listen I'll make your eyes glisten I just want someone that I can talk to at rows and ructions at Lanigan's Ball. 34

Her sweetheart Ned Morgan so powerful CHORUS and able, Six long months I spent in Dublin, when he saw his fair colleen stretched out six long months doing nothing at all. by the wall, Six long months I spent in Dublin, He tore the left leg from under the table learning to dance for Lanigan's Ball. and smashed all the dishes at Lanigan's I stepped out, I stepped in again; Ball. I stepped out again, I stepped in again I stepped out and I stepped in again Boys oh boys tis then there was ructions learning to dance for Lanigan's Ball. myself got a kick from big Phelim McHugh, But soon I replied to his kind introduction Myself to be sure got free invitations; and kicked up a terrible hullabaloo. for all the nice girls and boys I might ask, Ould Casey the piper was near being And just in a minute both friends and strangled, relations they squeezed up his pipes, bellows, were dancing as merry as bees round a chanters and all cask. The girls in their ribbons they all got There was lashings of punch and wine for entangled the ladies, and that put an end to Lanigan's Ball. potatoes and cakes there was bacon and tea, There were Nolans, Dolans, O'Gradys, courting the girls and dancing away. Les Prisons de Nantes They were doing all kinds of nonsensical polkas, Dans les prisons de Nantes all round the room in a whirligig, Long digou digou dong, But Julia and I soon banished their digou di long di long nonsense, digou digou dong and tipped them a twist of a real Irish jig. Dans les prisons de Nantes Oh how that girl got mad on me, Y'avait un prisonnier and danced till you'd think the ceilings Y'avait un prisonnier would fall, For I spent three weeks at Brook's Personne ne vint le "vouère" Academy, Long digou digou dong, learning to dance for Lanigan's Ball. digou di long di long digou digou dong repeat CHORUS. Personne ne vint le "vouère" Que la fille du geôlier The boys were as merry, the girls all Que la fille du geôlier hearty, dancing away in couples and groups. Un jour il lui demande.. Till and accident happened young Terence Et que dit-on de "moué" ? McCarthy, he put his right foot through Miss Finerty's On dit de vous en ville.. hoops. Que vous serez pendu The creature she fainted and cried "meelia murther" Mais s'il faut qu'on me pende.. called for her brothers and gathered them Déliez-moi les pieds all Carmody swore that he'd go no further La fille était jeunette.. till he'd have satisfaction at Lanigan's Ball. Les pieds lui a délié In the midst of the row Miss Kerrigan Le prisonnier alerte.. fainted, Dans la Loire s'est jeté her cheeks at the same time as red as a rose, (Slow verse) Some of the boys decreed she was Dès qu'il fût sur les rives.. painted, Il se prit à chanter she took a small drop too much I suppose. 35

Je chante pour les belles.. Surtout celle du geôlier The time to hesitate is through, No time to wallow in the mire Si je reviens à Nantes.. Try now we can only lose Oui je l'épouserai and our love becomes a funeral pyre. Come on baby light my fire Dans les prisons de Nantes.. Come on baby light my fire Y'avait un prisonnier Try to set the night on fire. Try to set the night on fire. Let Your Love Flow Lisdoonvarna Theres a reason for the sunshine sky Theres a reason why I'm feelin' so high Must be the season when that love light How's it going everybody shines all around us from Cork, New York, Dundalk, Gortahork So let that feeling grab you deep inside and Glenamaddy. And send you reeling where your love can't Here we are in the County Clare, hide it's a long, long way from here to there. And then go stealing through the moonlit There's the Burren, and the Cliffs of Moher, nights with your lover. and the Tulla and the Kilfenora. Miko Russell, Dr. Bill, Willie Clancy, Noel CHORUS Hill. Just let your love flow like a mountain Flutes and fiddles every where, stream if it's music you want, then go to Clare. Let your love grow with the smallest of dreams CHORUS: And let your love show And you'll know what I mean, its the Oh Lisdoonvarna, Lisdoon Lisdoon Lisdoon season Lisdoonvarna. Let your love fly like a bird on a wing Let your love bind you to all living things I always leave of a Thursday night And let your love shine With my tent and my ground-sheet rolled And you'll know what I mean thats the up tight. reason I like to hit Lisdoon in or around Friday afternoon. Theres a reason for the warm sweet nights It gives me time to get my gear together, Theres a reason for the candlelights I don't need to worry about the weather. Must be the season when those love rites Ramble in for a pint of stout, shine all around us 'cos you never know who'd be hanging So let that wonder take you into space about. And lay you under its loving embrace There's a Dutchman playing the mandolin, Just feel the thunder as it warms your face, a German's looking for Liam Og O'Flynn. you can't hold back. And there's Adam, Bono, Garret Fitzgerald getting their photos taken for the Sunday CHORUS World. Finbarr, Charlie and Jim Hand drinking pints to beat the band. It's grand. Light My Fire repeat CHORUS. Sure every body needs a break, You know that it would be untrue climb Purple Mountain and jump in a lake. You know that I would be a liar Some head off to exotic places, If I was to say to you others go to the Galway Races. Girl, we couldn't get much higher A cousin of mine goes pot-holing, Come on baby light my fire a cousin of hers loves Joe Dolan. Come on baby light my fire Matty goes to the South of France, Try to set the night on fire. Jim to the dogs, Peter to the dance. 36

Summer comes around each year Living on a Prayer we go there and they come here. Some jet off to Frahiliana, but I always go to Lisdoonvarna. Once upon a time Not so long ago repeat CHORUS. Tommy used to work on the docks Union's been on strike The multitudes they flocked in throngs He's down on his luck...it's tough, so tough to hear the music and the songs. Gina works the diner all day On motor bikes and hi-ace vans, Working for her man, she brings hom her with bottles, barrels, flagons, cans; pay mighty craic, loads of frolics; pioneers and For love - for love alcoholics, FLAC, SPUC and the FCA, free Nicky Kelly She says: We've got to hold on to what and the IRA. we've got Hairy chests and milk white thighs 'Cause it doesn't make a difference and mickey dodgers in disguise. If we make it or not McGraws, O'Briens, Pippens, Coxes, We've got each other and that's a lot massage parlours in horse boxes. For love - we'll give it a shot RTE are making tapes, taking breaks and throwing shapes. We're half way there Amhrans, bodhrans amadans, Livin' on a prayer Arab sheiks, Hindu sheiks, Jesus freaks. Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear This is heaven, this is hell, who cares, who Livin' on a prayer can tell. Anyone for the last few choc ices now. Tommy got his six string in hock Now he's holding in what he used repeat CHORUS. To make it talk - so tough, it's tough Gina dreams of running away A 747 for Jackson Browne, When she cries in the night they had to build a special runway just to Tommy whispers: Baby it's okay, someday get him down. Before the Chieftains could start to play, We've got to hold on to what we've got seven creamy pints came out on a tray. 'Cause it doesn't make a difference Shergar was ridden by Lord Lucan; If we make it or not Sean Cannon did the backstage cooking. We've got each other and that's a lot Clannad were playing Harry's Game For love - we'll give it a shot Christy was singing Nancy Spain. Mary O'Hara and Brush Sheils We're half way there together doing The Four Green Fields. Livin' on a prayer Van the Man and Emmylou, Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear Moving Hearts and Planxty too. Livin' on a prayer repeat CHORUS. We've got to hold on ready or not You live for the fight when it's all that you've Everybody needs a break, got CLIMB A MOUNTAIN or jump in a lake. Sean Doherty goes down to the Rose of We're half way there Tralee, Livin' on a prayer and Oliver J. Flanagan goes swimming in Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear the Holy Sea. Livin' on a prayer But I like me music in the open air so every summer I go to Clare. 'Cos Woodstock, Knock nor the Feast of Loch Lomond Cana could hold a match to Lisdoonvarna. By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie repeat CHORUS. braes, Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond, 37

There me and my true love were ever wont under electric candle light to go, she picked me up and sat me on her knee On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch and she said dear boy come home with me. Lomond. Well I'm not the worlds most passionate 'Twas there that we parted in yon shady guy glen, but when I looked in her eye, well I almost On the steep, steep side of Ben Lomond, fell where in purple hue the Highland hills we for my Lola la la la la Lola la la la la Lola. view, And the moon glints out in the gloaming. I pushed her away I walked to the door, I fell to the floor I got down on my knees CHORUS: then I looked at her, and she at me. You take the high road,and I'll take the low road, Well that's the way I want it to stay, and I'll be in Scotland before you, and I always want it to be that way but me and my true love will never meet for Lo-la la la la la Lo-la. again on the bonnie,bonnie banks of Loch Lomond. Lyin' Eyes The wee birdies sing, and the wild flowers spring, In the sunshine the waters lie sleeping, City girls just seem to find out early, But the broken heart, it kens nae second how to open doors with just a smile spring, A rich old man and she won't have to worry, Though the woeful may cease frae their she'll dress up all in lace and go in style greetin'. Late at night a big old house gets lonely I guess every form of refuge has its price repeat CHORUS And it breaks her heart to think her love is only Given to a man with hands as cold as ice So she tells him she must go out for the Lola evening To comfort an old friend who's feeling down But he knows where she's goin' as she's I met her in a club in old Soho leavin' where you drink champagne She is headed for the cheatin' side of town. and it tastes just like cherry cola Cee-oh-el-aye cola la la la la Lola. CHORUS: You can't hide your lyin' eyes She walked up to me and asked me to and your smile is a thin disguise dance I thought by now you'd realise I asked her name and in a dark brown there ain't no way to hide your lyin eyes voice she said Lola El-oh-el-aye Lola la la la la On the other side of town a boy is waiting Lola with fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal Well I'm not the world's most physical guy, She drives on through the night anticipating but when she squeezed me tight she nearly 'cause he makes her feel the way she used broke my spine to feel Oh my Lola la la la la Lola She rushes to his arms they fall together she whispers that it's only for a while Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand She swears that soon she'll be coming why she walks like a woman and talks like back forever a man she pulls away and leaves him with a smile. Oh my Lola la la la la Lola la la la la Lola She gets up and pours herself a strong one Well we drank champagne and danced all and stares out at the stars up in the sky night Another night it's gonna be a long one 38

she draws the shade and hangs her head You stole my heart and that's what really to cry hurt. She wonders how it ever got this crazy she thinks about a boy she knew in school The morning sun when it's in your face Did she get tired or did she just get lazy really shows your age She's so far gone she feels just like a fool But that don't worry me none in my eyes My oh my you sure know how to arrange you're ev'ry thing things I laughed at all your jokes my love you you set it up so well so carefully didn't need to coax Ain't it funny how your new life didn't Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried any more change things You lured me away from home you're still the same old girl you used to be just to save ya from being alone You stole my soul and that's a pain I can do repeat CHORUS. without. There ain't no way to hide you lyin' eyes All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding honey you can't hide your lyin' eyes. hand but you turned into a lover and mother, what a lover; you wore me out All you did was wreck my bed Maggie and in the morning kick me in the head Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried any more You lured me away from home The violets were scenting the woods, 'cause you didn't want to be alone Maggie You stole my heart .I couldn't leave you if I Displaying their charms to the bee tried. When I first said I loved only you, Maggie And you said you loved only me. I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school The chestnut blooms gleam in the glade, Or steal my daddy's cue Maggie and make a livin' out of playin' pool A robin sang loud from a tree Or find myself a rock and roll band, When I first.... that needs a helping hand Oh Maggie I wish I'd never seen your face The golden robed daffodils shone, Maggie You made a first class fool out of me, And danced in the breeze on the lea. but I'm as blind as a fool can be When I first... You stole my heart but I love you anyway The birds in the trees sang a song, Maggie Maggie I wish I'd never seen your face Of happier transports to be. I'll get on back home one of these days. When I first... Our hopes have never come true, Maggie Our dreams were never to be Maids When You're Young Since I first.... An old man came courting me, Hey ding dorum da. Maggie May An old man came courting me, me being young. An old man came courting me,asked me to Wake up Maggie I think I got somethin' to marry him, say to you maids when you're young never wed an old it's late September and I really should be man. back at school I know I keep you amused but I feel I'm CHORUS: being used Cen fath ? oh Maggie I couldn't have tried any more He's got no falorum,fy-diddle-dy-dorum-da; You lured me away from home he's got no falorum,fy-diddle-dy-day; just to save ya from being alone 39

he's got no falorum,he's lost his ding- And woe to he, who looks for tea, dorum-da, With McAlpine's fusiliers. maids when you're young,never wed an old man. I remember the day that the Bear O'Shea, Fell into a concrete stair, He asked me to marry him... What Horseface said when he saw him ...gave me a fine gold ring... dead, Well it wasn't what the rich call prayers. repeat CHORUS. I'm a navvy short, was the one retort That reached unto my ears, When we went to church... When the going is rough, well you must be ...he left me in the lurch... tough, With McAlpine's fusiliers. repeat CHORUS. I've worked till the sweat near had be beat, When we went to bed... With Russian, Czech and Pole, ...he lay like he was dead.. At shuttering jams in the hydro dams, Or underneath the Thames in a hole, repeat CHORUS. I grafted hard and I got me cards and Many a gangers fist across me ears, I threw my leg over him... If you pride your life, don't join, by Christ, ..damn nearly smothered him... With McAlpine's fusiliers. repeat CHORUS. When he went to sleep..... Me and Bobby McGee ...out of bed I did creep into the arms of a handsome young man. Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin' for the Cen fath? trains He's got a falorum,fy-diddle-dy-dorum-da; Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans he's got a falorum,fy-diddle-dy-day; Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before he's got a falorum,a huge big ding-dorum- it rained da, Took us all the way to New Orleans maids when you're young,never wed an old Took my harpoon out of my dirty red man, bandanna okay? And was blowin' sad while Bobby sang the blues With them wind-shield wipers slappin' time and Bobby clappin' hands McAlpine's Fusiliers We finally sang every song that driver knew CHORUS As down the glen came McAlpine's men, Freedom's just another word for nothin' left with their shovels slung behind them, to lose T'was in the pub that they drank their sup And nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free or Feelin' good was easy Lord when Bobby down in the spike you will find them, sang the blues They seated blood and they washed down And buddy that was good enough for me, mud Good enough for me and Bobby McGee with pints and quarts of beer. And now we're on the road again From the coalmines of Kentucky to the with McAlpine's fusiliers. California sun Bobby shared the secrets of my soul I stripped to the skin with Darky Finn, Standin' right beside me through everythin' Down upon the Isle of Grain, I done With Horseface Toole, I learned the rule, And every night she kept me from the cold No money if you stop for the rain. Then somewhere near Selinas, Lord, I let For McAlpine's god is a well filled hod slip away with your shoulders cut to bits and seared, 40

She was lookin' for the love I hoped she'd find We're men, we're men in tights Well I'd trade all my tomorrow's for a single We roam around the forest looking for yesterday fights Holdin' Bobby's body close to mine We're men, We're men in tights We rob from the rich and give to the poor, repeat CHORUS that's right We may look like sissies But watch what you say, or else we'll put ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE out your lights SCHOOLYARD We're men, we're men in tights Always on guard defending the people's rights Mama pyjama rolled outta bed, she ran to La, la, la, ....etc the police station We're men, manly men, we're men in tights When the cop found out, he began to Yeah! shout, he started the investigation We roam around the forest looking for And it's against the law, it was against the fights law We're men, we're men in tights What what mama saw, it was against the We rob from the rich and give to the poor, law that's right We may look like pansies Mama looked down and spit on the ground But don't get us wrong, or else we'll put out ever time her name gets mentioned your lights The cop said oy, if I get that boy We're men, we're men in tights, tight tights I'm gonna stick him in the house of Always on guard defending the people's detention rights Well I'm on my way, I don't know where I'm When you're in a fix, call for the men in goin' tights I'm on my way, takin' my time, but I don't We're Butch!! know where Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona Michelle Seein' me and Julio down by the schoolyard Seein' me and Julio down by the Michelle, ma belle, schoolyard these are words that go together well, My Michelle In a couple of days they're gonna take me Michelle,ma belle, away sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble, When the press let the story leak tres bien ensemble Now when the radical breach comes to get I love you,I love you, I love you me released That's all I want to say,until I find a way Appears all on the cover of Newsweek I will say the only words I know, And I'm on my way, I don't know where I'm that you'll understand. goin' But I'm on my way, takin' my time, but I I need to,I need to,I need to, don't know where I need to make you see Oh what you mean to me Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona Until I do I'm hoping you will know what I Seein' me and Julio down by the mean. schoolyard Seein' me and Julio down by the schoolyard Seein' me and Julio down by the Mr. Tambourine Man schoolyard Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song Men in tights for me, 41

I'm not sleepy and there's no place I'm With all memory and fate driven deep going to. beneath the waves, Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song Let me forget today until tomorrow. for me, In the jingle jangle morning I'll come repeat CHORUS following you. Though I know that evening's empire returned unto sand, Moondance Vanished from my hand, left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping. Well it's a marvellous night for a My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on moondance my feet, With the stars up above in your eyes I have no one to meet, A fantabulous night to make romance and the ancient empty street's too dead for 'Neath the cover of October skies dreaming. And all the leaves on the trees are falling To the sound of the breezes that blow repeat CHORUS And I'm trying to please to the calling Of your heart strings that play soft and low Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' And all the night's magic seems to whisper ship, and hush My senses have been stripped, my hands And all the soft moon light, seems to shine can't feel to grip, in your blush. My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels to be wanderin', Can I just have one more Moondance with I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to you my love fade, Can I just make some more romance with a Into my own parade, cast your dancing you my love. spell my way, I promise to go under it Well I wanna make love to you tonight I can't wait till the morning has come repeat CHORUS And I know now the time is just right And straight into my arms you will run Though you might hear laughin', spinnin', And when you come my heart will be swingin' madly across the sun, waiting It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escaping To make sure that you're never alone on the run, There and then all my dreams will come And but for the sky there is no fences true, dear facing, There and then I will make you my own And if you hear vague traces of shippin' And every time I touch you, you just reels of rhyme, tremble inside to your tambourine in time, it's just a And I know how much you want me, that ragged clown behind, you can't hide. I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're seein' that he's chasing repeat CHORUS Moon Shadow When take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind, Oh I'm bein' followed by a moon shadow, Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the moon shadow, moon shadow. frozen leaves, Leapin' and hoppin' on a moon shadow, The haunted, frightened trees, out to the moon shadow, moon shadow. windy beach, Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow. And if I ever lose my hands, lose my power, Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky lose my hands, with one hand waving free, Oh if I ever lose my hands oh ifififif, Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus I won't have to work no more. sands, And if I ever lose my eyes, 42

if my colours all run dry, yes if I ever lose my eyes, oh ifififif, Where have you gone Joe Dimaggio? I won't have to cry no more. A nation turns its lonely eyes to you. What's that you say,Mrs.Robinson I'm been followed by a moon shadow, "Joltin' Joe" has left and gone away moon shadow.... (Hey,hey,hey;Hey,hey,hey) And if I ever lose my legs, I won't moan and I won't beg, Oh if I ever lose my legs, oh ifififif, Muirsin Durkin I won' have to walk no more. if I ever lose my mouth, all my teeth, north and south, In the days I went a courtin' Yes, if I ever lose my mount, oh ifififif, I was never tired resortin' I wont have to talk... to the alehouse or the whorehouse or many a house besides. Did it take long to find me? I asked the I told my brother Seamus faithful light. I'd go off and grow right famous Did it take long to find me and are you and before I would return again, gonna stay tonight? I'd roam the whole world wide. I'm been followed by a moon shadow, CHORUS moon shadow.... So goodbye Muirsin Durkin sure I'm sick and tired of working No more I'll dig the praties, no longer I'll be fooled Mrs. Robinson As sure as me name is Carney, I'll be off to Californey Where instead of diggin' praties, CHORUS:- I'll be diggin lumps of gold. And here's to you Mrs.Robinson, Jesus loves you more than you will know I've courted girls in Blarney, God bless you please Mrs.Robinson, in Kantuck and in Killarney, heaven holds a place for those who pray in Passage and in Queenstown, that is the Cobh of Cork We'd like to know a little bit about you for So goodbye to all this pleasure our files for I'm going to take me leisure We'd like to help you learn to help yourself And the next time you will hear from me, Look around you,all you see are will be a letter from New York sympathetic eyes Stroll around the grounds until you feel at Goodbye to all the boys at home, home. I'm sailing far across the foam To try and make me fortune repeat CHORUS in far Amerikay. There's gold and money plenty Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever for the poor and for the gentry, goes and when I come back home again, Put it in your pantry with your cup cakes I never more will stray. It's a little secret like the Robinson's affair Most of all you've got to hide it from the kids Coo,Coo,Cachoo, My Bonnie repeat CHORUS My bonnie lies over the ocean, Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon my bonnie lies over the sea; Going to the candidates debate My bonnie lies over the ocean, Laugh about it,shout about it when you've oh bring back my bonnie to me, got to choose Ev'ry way you look at it you lose CHORUS: 43

Bring back, oh bring back, Oh bring back my bonnie to me, to me; repeat CHORUS. Bring back, oh bring back, Oh bring back my bonnie to me. Last night as I lay on my pillow, Nation Once Again last night as I lay in my bed, Last night as I lay on my pillow I dreamt that my bonnie was dead. When boyhood's fire was in my blood I read of ancient freemen repeat CHORUS for Greece and Rome who bravely stood Three hundred men and three men My 1 skin lies over my 2 skin, And then I prayed I yet might see My 2 skin lies over my 3, Our fetters rent in twain My 3 skin lies over my 4 skin, And Ireland long a province be Oh pull back my 4 skin for me. A nation once again. Pull back,oh pull back, CHORUS: Oh pull back my 4 skin for me,for me; A nation once again, Pull back,oh pull back, A nation once again, Oh pull back my 4 skin for me. And Ireland long a province be A nation once again. And from that time, through wildest woe Nancy Spain That hope has shone a far light Nor could love's brightest summer glow Outshine that solemn starlight Of all the stars that ever shone It seemed to watch above my head Not one does twinkle like your pale blue In forum, field and fane, eyes, Its angel voice sang round my bed Like golden corn at harvest time, your hair, A nation once again. Sailing in my boat the wind gently blows and fills my sail, It whispered too that freedoms ark Your sweet scented breath is everywhere. And service high and holy Would be profaned by feelings dark Daylight peeping through the curtains of And passions vain or lowly The passing night time is your smile. For Freedom comes from God's right hand The sun in the sky is like your laugh. And needs a godly train Come back to me my Nancy, And righteous men must make our land linger for just a little while. A nation once again. Since you left these shores I know no peace nor joy. So as I grew from boy to man I bent me to that bidding CHORUS: My spirit of each selfish plan No matter where I wander I'm still haunted and cruel passion ridding by your name. For thus I hoped some day to aid The portrait of your beauty stays the same. Oh can such hope be vain Standing by the ocean, wondering where When my dear country shall be made you've gone, A nation once again. If you'll return again, Oh where is the ring I gave to Nancy Spain? New York, New York On a day in Spring when snow starts to melt and streams to flow, Start spreadin' the news,I'm leaving today with the birds I'll sing to you a song. I wanna be a part of it New York,New York In the while I'll wander down These vagabond shoes are longing to stray by bluebell groves where wildflowers grow and step around the heart of it New And I'll hope that lovely Nancy will return. York,New York 44

I wanna wake up in the city that doesn't All these words I don't just say sleep and nothing else matters to find I'm king of the hill, Top of the heap Trust I seek and I find in you My little town blues are melting away Every day for us something new I'll make a brand new start of it Open mind for a different view In old New York and nothing else matters If I can make it there,I'd make it anywhere It's up to you New York,New York. never cared for what they do King of the hill,head of the list, never cared for what they know Cream of the crop at the top of the heap but I know My little town blues are melting away I'll make a brand new start of it So close, no matter how far In old New York Couldn't be much more from the heart If I can make it there I'd make it anywhere Forever trusting who we are Come on,come through New York,New and nothing else matters York. never cared for what they do never cared for what they know but I know NIL NA LÁ Never opened myself this way Life is ours, we live it our way Chuas isteach i dteach aréir All these words I don't just say Is d'iarr me cáirt ar bhean a leanna 'sé dúirt sí liom " 'Ní bhfaighe tú deor Trust I seek and I find in you Buail an bóthar 's gabh 'n a bhaile" Every day for us, something new Open mind for a different view Curfá and nothing else matters Níl 'na lá, níl a ghrá Níl 'na lá, ná baol ar maidin never cared for what they say Níl 'na lá, is ní bheidh go fóill never cared for games they play Solas ard atá sa ghealaigh never cared for what they do never cared for what they know Chuir me féin mo lámh im phóc and I know Is d'iarr mé briseadh c'róinneach uírthi 's dúirt si líom "suigh síos ag bard So close, no matter how far Is bí ag as seo go maidin" Couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are "Éirigh 'do shuí, a fhir a tí, No, nothing else matters Cuir ort do bhríste is do hata 'Gcoinní tú ceol leis an duine cóir A bhéas ag ól anseo go maidin" Oh Sir Jasper Nach mise féin an fear gan chéill A d'fhág mo chíos in mó scórnaigh Oh,Sir Jasper do not touch me Do rinn' mé léirscrios aom féin Oh,Sir Jasper do not touch me Is d'fhág mé séan ar dhaoine eile Oh,Sir Jasper do not touch me As she lay between her lily-white sheets with nothing on at all. Nothing Else Matters Oh,Sir Jasper do not touch... So close, no matter how far Oh,Sir Jasper do not... Couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are Oh,Sir Jasper,do... and nothing else matters Oh, Sir Jasper...! Never opened myself this way Life is ours, we live it our way Oh, Sir...! 45

Oh...! I know an old lady who swallowed a fly; I don't know why she swallowed a fly; (Silent verse;with feeling!) Perhaps she'll die. I know an old lady who swallowed a spider, that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside Old King Cole her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly, Perhaps she'll die. CHORUS: Old King Cole was a bugger for his hole, I know an old lady who swallowed a bird, and a bugger for his hole was he was he- How absurd, to swallow a bird. He called for his wife in the middle of the She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, night that wriggled and jiggled .....(continue as And he called for his... last verse) Now every fiddler had a fine fiddle Cat - imagine that And a very fine fiddle had he Dog - what a hog So 'fiddle, diddle de diddle de', said the Goat - she just opened her throat fiddlers Cow - I don't know how very fine men are we, there's no one here Deer - it seemed rather queer can drink the beer like the girls of UCCMC Horse - for her main course Rhinoceros - how preposterous Now every juggler had fine balls Giraffe - she just let out a laugh and very fine balls had he Whale - she just picked up his tail So balls in the air, in the air said the Minister - how sinister - IT FINISHED HER! jugglers fiddle diddle de diddle de said the fiddlers very fine men are we, there's no one here can drink the beer like the boys of UCCMC Old Woman Who Lived in the Woods Now every tailor had a fine needle and a very fine needle had he There was an old woman who lived in the So... stick it in and out in and out said the woods, tailors A wheela, wheela, wallya. ............. There was an old woman who lived in the woods, Now every painter has a fine paintbrush, Down by the river Saulya. And a very fine paintbrush has he, So, slap it up and down, up and down said She had a baby three months old, the painter A wheela, wheela, wallya. ............. She had a baby three months old, Down by the river Saulya. Now every butcher has a fine cleaver, And a very fine cleaver has he, She had a penknife long and sharp.... So, slap it on the block, chop it off said the She stuck the penknife in the baby's ass..... butcher The knife went in and the guts came out ............ Two policemen came a knocking on the door.. Now every postman has a fine letter, Are you the woman who killed the child?.... and a very fine letter has he, Yes I'm the woman who killed to child... So, do'ya want it in the front or the back They took her away and she was hung... said the postman ........... Only Our Rivers Run Free Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly When apples still grow in November, 46

When blossoms still bloom from each tree, He'll never lose, he'll never lose. When leaves are still green in December, Its then that our lands will be free. Now it seems to me to be such a cruel I wander her hills and valleys, irony, and still through my sorrow I see, he's richer now than ever he was before. A land that has never known freedom Now my cheque is spent and a I can't And only her rivers run free. afford the rent, there's one law for the rich, one for the I drink to the death of her manhood, poor. Those men who would rather have died, Every day I've tried to salvage some of my Than to live in the cold chains of bondage, pride, To bring back their rights where denied. to find some work so's I might pay my way, Oh where are you now when we need you, but everywhere I go the answer is always What burns where the flame used to be. no, Are you gone like the snows of last winter, there's no work for anyone here today. And will only our rivers run free. No work today, no work today. How sweet is life,but we're crying, And so condemned I stand, just an ordinary How mellow the vines, but we're dry, man, How fragrant the rose ,but it's dying, like thousands beside me in the queue, How gentle the wind ,but it sighs. I watch my darlin' wife tryin' to make the What good is in youth when it's aging? best of life, What joy is in eyes that can't see? God knows what the kids are goin' to do. When there's sorrow and sunshine and Now that we are faced with this human flowers waste, And still only our rivers run free. a generation cast aside, for as long as I live I never will forgive, you've stripped me of my dignity and pride. You've stripped me bare, they striped me Ordinary Man bare. No work today, no work today. I'm an ordinary man, nothin' special nothin' grand, I've had to work for everything I own, Óró sé do bheatha 'bhaile Well I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I got, enough to keep my family and my home. Sé do bheatha a bhean ba leánmhar Now they say that times are hard and B'é ár greach tú bheith i ngéibhinn they've handed me my cards, Do dhúiche bhreá bheith i seilbh méirleach they say there's not the work to go around, S' tú díolta leis na Gaillimh When the whistle blows the gates will finally close, Curfá Oró sé do bheatha 'bhaile (x3) tonight they're going to shut this factory Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh down, Then they'll tear it down, they'll tear it down. Tá Gráinne Mhaol ag tíocht thar sáile Oglaigh armtha leí mar ghárda I never missed a day nor went on strike for Geil iad féin is ní Gaill ná Spáinnigh better pay Is cuirfid ruaig ar Ghallaibh for 20 years I served them best I could, with a handshake and a cheque it seems A bhuí le Dia na bhFeart go bhfeiceann so easy to forget Muna mbeam beo in a dhiaidh ach loyalty through bad times and the good. seachtain The owner says he's sad to see that things Graínne Mhaol agus míle gaiscíoch have got so bad Ag fógairt fáin ar Ghallaibh but the Captains of Industry won't let him lose, he still drives a car and smokes his big cigar Patricia The Stripper and still he takes his family on a cruise. 47

Where the grass is green Dennis is a menace with his "anyone for And the girls are pretty tennis?" and beseeching me to come and Take me home (Oh, won't you please take keep the score. me home) Just an urchin livin' under the street And Maud says "oh Lord I'm so terribly I'm a hard case that's tough to beat bored I'm your charity case I really can't stand it any more". So by me somethin' to eat I'm going out to dinner with a gorgeous I'll pay you at another time singer Take it to the end of the line to a little place I found down by the quay, her name is Patricia, she calls herself Rags to riches Delicia Or so they say and the reason isn't very hard to see. You gotta She says God made her a sinner Keep pushin' for the fortune and fame just to keep fat men thinner You know it's, it's all a gamble as they tumble down in heaps before her When it's just a game feet, You treat it like a capitol crime they hang around in groups like battle Everybody' doin' their time weary troops one can often see them queue right down CHORUS x2 the street. You see Patricia (or Delicia) not only is a Strapped in the chair of the city's gas singer, she also removes all her clothing, chamber for Patricia is the best stripper in town. Why I'm here, I can't quite remember The surgoen general say's it's hazardous to CHORUS breathe And with a swing of her hips she started to I'd have another cigarette strip, But I can't see to tremendous applause she took off her Tell me that you're gonna believe drawers and with lick of her lips she undid all her CHORUS x2 clips, and threw it all in the air and everybody So far away x4 stared and as the last piece of clothing fell to the Capitain America's been torn apart floor, Now he's a court jester the police were banging on the door With a broken heart (2nd. time: yelling out for more) He said turn me around on a Saturday night in nineteen twenty four. And take me back to the start I must be losing my mind But poor Patricia was arrested and "Are you blind?!" everyone detested I've seen it all a mllion times the manner in which she was exposed, later on in court well everybody thought CHORUS x4 a summer run in jail would be proposed. But the judge said Patricia, or may I say I want to go Delicia, I want to know the facts of this case lie before me - case Oh, won't you please take me home dismissed this girl was in her working clothes. I want to see CHORUS Oh, look at me Oh, won't you please take me home Take me down to the paradise city Paradise City Where the grass is green And the girls are pretty Take me home (Oh, won't you please take CHORUS x2 me home) Take me down to the Paradise City 48

If I could get out of this place" Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green Now Paul is a real estate novelist who And the girls are pretty never had time for a wife Oh, won't you please take me home And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the navy, Take me down And probably will be for life Oh yeah And the waitress is practising politics Beat me down As the businessmen slowly get stoned Oh, won't you please take me home Yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness I want to see But it's better than drinking alone Oh, look at me Oh, won't you please take me home It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday And the manager gives me a smile I want to see 'Cause he knows that it's me they've been Boy, I'm gonna be mean to see Oh, oh take me home To forget about life for a while And the piano, it sounds like a carnival Take me down to the paradise city And the microphone smells like a beer Where the grass is green And they sit at the bar and put bread in my And the girls are pretty jar Oh, won't you please take me home And say "Man what are you doing here?" I want to go I want to know Oh, won't you please take me hooooooome Plastic Jesus Baby Well I don't care if it rains or freezes As long as I've got my plastic jesus Piano Man Sitting on the dash board of my car well I don't care if rains or freezes As long as I've got my plastic jesus It's nine o'clock on a Saturday Sitting on the dashboard of my car the regular crowd shuffles in there's an old man sitting next to me chorus Making love to his tonic and gin Plastic jesus, plastic jesus, He says "Son can you play me a memory? Sitting on the dashboard of my car I'm not really sure how it goes Plastic jesus, plastic jesus, But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it Sitting on the dashboard of my car complete When I wore a younger mans clothes" Well I don't care if the road gets scary As long as I got my plastic mary........ CHORUS Da da da de de da .... da da de de da ... Well now we're going for the hat-trick da da Jesus mary and st patrick..... Sing us a song you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight Well I don't care if it rains or snows Well we're all in the mood for a melody As long as I got my plastic moses.... And you've got us feelin' alright Well I don't care if he slips and slides Now John at the bar is a friend of mine His little ass is magnetised...... He gets me my drinks for free And he's quick with a joke or to light up Plastic jesus gives me hope your smoke He's a good place to hide my dope..... But there's some place that he'd rather be He says "Bill I believe this is killing me" Well after a great big dirty session As a smile ran away from his face Plastic jesus hears confession.... "Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star 49

He comes in colours pink and pleasant CHORUS Glows in the dark cause he's flourescent.... Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows, Plastic jesus gotta go And fair is the lily of the valley. He's ***king up my radio.. Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne, But my love is fairer than any. 'Twas down by Killarney's green woods that RawHide we strayed, And the moon and the stars they were shining, Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' - Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' The moon shone its rays on her locks of Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' - Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' - golden hair, Rawhide And she swore she'd be my love forever. Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' - though the streams It's not for the parting that my sister pains, are swollen - It's not for the grief of my mother Keep them doggies Rollin' - Rawhide. 'Tis all for the loss of my bonnie Irish lass, Rain and wind and weather - hell bent for That my heart is breaking forever. leather- Wishing my girl was by my side. All the things I'm missing - my girls love and kissing - Red Red Wine All waiting at the end of my ride. CHORUS Move 'em on - get 'em up Red, red wine, go to my head, Get 'em up - move 'em on make me forget that I, still need her so, Move 'em on - get 'em up - Rawhide Red, red wine, it's up to you, Cut 'em out - ride 'em in all that I can do I've done, But mem'ries Ride 'em in - cut 'em out won't go, Cut 'em out - ride 'em in - Rawhide No mem'ries won't go; I'd have thought that with time, Keep moving moving moving - though thoughts of her would leave my head they're disproving - I was wrong and I find just one thing makes Keep them doggies moving - Rawhide. me for-get, Red Red Wine, Don't try to understand them - Stay close to me, Don't leave me alone, just rope 'em, throw 'em,brand'em, it's tearing a-part my blue, blue heart. Soon we'll livin' high and wide. My hearts calculatin', my true love will be waitin' - Be waitin' at the end of my ride. Return To Sender CHORUS (twice) I gave a letter to the postman, he put it in Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' - Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' - his sack. yeahh Bright and early next morning, he brought Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' - Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' - my letter back. yeahh yeahh RAWHIDE!! She wrote upon it return to sender, address unknown, No such number, no such zone. We had a quarrell a lover's spat, I write I'm Red Is The Rose sorry but my letter keeps coming back. Come over the hills my bonnie Irish lass, This time I'm gonna take it myself and put Come over the hills to your darling in right in her hand. You choose the rose love and I'll make the And if it comes back the very next day, vow, Then I'll understand And I'll be your true love for ever. the writing on it. Return to sender, address unknown, 50

No such number, no such zone. I could never go with you no matter how I wanted to. So then I dropped it in the mail box and sent it Special D. CHORUS Bright and early next morning it came right Ride on, see you, I could never go with you back to me. no matter how I wanted to (x2). She wrote upon it return to sender, address unknown, When you ride into the night, without a No such number, no such zone. trace behind We had a quarrell a lover's spat, I write I'm Run your claw along my gut one last time. sorry I turn to face the empty space, where you but my letter keeps coming back. used to lie, And look for the spark that lights the night through a tear drop in my eye. Rhinestone Cowboy Salonika I've been walking these streets so long Singin' the same old song I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks Me husband's in Salonika of Broadway I wonder if he's dead Where hustle's the name of the game I wonder if he know's he has And nice guys get washed away like the A kid with a foxy head snow and the rain There's been a load of compromisin' on the (chorus) road to my horizon So right away, so right away But I'm gonna be where the lights are Right away to Salonika right away shining on me. Me soldier boy CHORUS When the war is over Like a rhinestone cowboy, What will the slackers do riding out on a horse in a star spangled They'll be all around the soldiers rodeo For the loan of a bob or two Like a rhinestone cowboy, gettin cards and letters from people I don't They taxed our pound of butter even know And they taxed our ha'penny bun And offers coming over the phone But still with all their taxes They can't beat the bloody hun Well I really don't mind the rain and a smile can hide all the pain And when the war is over But you're down when you're riding the What will the slackers do train that's taking the long way For ev'ry kid in America And I dream of the things I'll do with a In Cork there will be two subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe They taxed the Coliseum There'll be a load of compromisin' on the They taxed St Mary's hall road to my horizon Why don't they tax the bobbies But I'm gonna be where the lights are With their backs against the wall shining on me. They take us out to Blarney They lays us on the grass RIDE ON They puts us in the family way And leaves us on our ass True you ride the finest horse, that I have ever seen Standing sixteen one or two with eyes wild and green. Scarborough Fair You ride the horse so well, hands light to the touch, 51

Are you going to Scarborough Fair Parsley,sage,rose-mary and thyme Remember me to one who lives there Simply the Best For she was once a true love of mine. Tell her to make me a cambric shirt I call you when I need you, my heart's on Parsley,sage,rose-mary and thyme fire Without any seams nor needlework You come to me, come to me wild and Then she'll be a true love of mine. wired When you come to me Tell her to find me an acre of land Give me everything I need Parsley,sage,rose-mary and thyme Give me a lifetime of promises and a world Between the salt water and the sea strand of dreams Then she'll be a true love of mine. Speak the language of love like you know what it means Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather ohh, it can't be wrong Parsley,sage,rose-mary and thyme Take my heart and make it stronger baby And gather it all in a bunch of heather Then she'll be a true love of mine. You're simply the best, better than all the rest Better than anyone, anyone I've ever met I'm stuck on your heart, I hang on every Seven Drunken Nights word you say Tear us apart, baby I would rather be dead As I came home on Monday night In your heart I see the stars of every night as drunk as drunk could be. and every day I saw a horse outside the door In your eyes I get lost, I get washed away where my old horse should be. Just as long as I'm here in your arms So I called my wife and I said to her, I could be in no better place will you kindly tell to me Who owns the horse outside the door, You're simply the best, better than all the where my old horse should be. rest Better than anyone, anyone I've ever met Ah, you're drunk, you're drunk you silly old I'm stuck on your heart, and hang on every fool word you say And still you cannot see; Tear us apart, baby I would rather be dead Sure that's the lovely sow that my mother sent to me. Each time you leave me I start losing Well it's many a day I've travelled control a hundred miles or more You're walking away with my heart and my But a saddle on a sow sure I've never seen soul before. I can feel you even when I'm alone Oh baby, don't let go Tuesday ...coat behind the door...blanket... buttons on a blanket? You're the best, better than all the rest Better than anyone, anyone I've ever met Wednesday... pipe upon the chair.. tin I'm stuck on your heart, and hang on every whistle... word you say tobacco in a tin whistle ? Tear us apart, baby I would rather be dead Thursday...two boots beneath the bed... Oh, You're the best... geranium pots.. lacers on geranium pots ? Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay Friday ...head upon the bed... babby... whiskers on a babby? Sitting in the mornin' sun Saturday...lad inside the wife...cucumber... I'll be sitting when the evenin' comes condom on a cucumber? Watching the ships roll in 52

Then I watch them roll away again Slip Sliding Away I'm sitting on the dock of the bay Watching the tide roll away Sitting on the dock of the bay wasting time. CHORUS Slip sliding away, Slip sliding away, I left my home in Georgia You know the nearer your destination Headed for the 'Frisco Bay The more you slip slide away 'Cos I've had nothin' to live for And look like nothin's gonna come my way I know a man, he came from my home So I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay town Watchin' the tide roll away... He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown Looks like nothin's gonna change He said "Dolores, I live in fear Everything still remains the same My love for you is so overpowerin' I can't do what ten people tell me to do I'm afraid that I will disappear" So I guess I'll remain the same yes CHORUS Sittin here resting my bones And this loneliness won't leave me alone I know a woman, became a wife Yes --- 2000 miles I roam These are the very words she uses to Just to make this dock my home describe her life I'm just sittin' on ... She said "A good day ain't got no rain" She said " A bad day is when I lie in bed And think of things that might have been" CHORUS She Moved Through the Fair And I know a father, who had a son He longed to tell him all the reasons for the My young love said to me My mother won't things he'd done mind , He came a long way just to explain And my father won't slight you for your lack He kissed the boy as he lay sleeping of kind, Then he turned around and headed home And she stepp'd away from me and this again she did say, CHORUS It will not be long love till our wedding day. God knows why, God makes this plan She stepped away from me and she moved The information is unavailable to the mortal through the fair, man And fondly I watch her go here and go We work our jobs, collect our pay there, Believe we are gliding down the highway Then she went her way homeward with one When in fact we are slip slidin' away star awake, CHORUS As the swan in the evening moves over the lake. The people were saying no two were e'er Soldiers Song wed But one has a sorrow that never was said, And I smiled as she passed with here We'll sing a song , a soldiers song goods and her gear, With cheering rousing chorus, And that was the last that I saw of my dear. As round our campfires blaze we throng The starry heavejs o'er us. I dreamt it last night that my young love Impatient for the coming fight came in, As we wait the morning light So softly she entered, her feet maade no Here in the silence of the night din: We'll sing a soldier's song She came close beside me, and this she did say, In valley green, on towering crag It will not be long love , till our wedding day. Our fathers fought before us And conquered neath the same old flag Thats proudly floating o'er us. 53

We're children of a fighting race when they insist we're just not good That never yet have known disgrace enough, As we march the foe to face We'll know better, We'll sing a soldiers song. just look them in the eyes and say, We're gonna do it anyway, we're gonna do Men of the pale , sons of the gael, it anyway, The long watched day is breaking, We're gonna do it anyway, we're gonna do The serried ranks of Inishfail it anyway, Shall set the tyrant quaking. 'Cos there's .... Our campfires now are burning low See in the east a silvery glow Out yonder lie the saxon foe So sing a soldier's song. Spancil Hill Soldiers are we whose lives are pledged to Ireland Last night as I lay dreaming of pleasant Some have come from a land beyond the days gone by wave Me mind being bent on rambling, to Ireland Sworn to be free, no more our ancient I did fly sireland I stepped on board a vision, and following Shall shelter the despot or the slave with a will Tonight we'll man the bearna baoighil Till next I came to anchor at the cross of In Eireann's cause, come woe or weal Spancil Hill. Mid cannon's roar and rifles peal We'll sing a soldier's song. {Delighted by the novelty, enchanted with the scene Where in my early boyhood where often I had been Something Inside So Strong I thought I heard a murmur and I think I hear it still It's the little stream of water that flows down The higher you build your barriers, Spancil Hill.} (a seldom sung verse) the taller I become, The further you take my rights away, To amuse a passing fancy I lay down on the faster I will run, the ground You can deny me, And all my school companions they shortly you can decide to turn your face away, gathered round No matter 'cos there's..... When we were home returning we danced with bright goodwill CHORUS To Martin Moynihan's music at the cross of Something inside so strong, Spancil Hill. I know that I can make it, Though you're doing me wrong, so wrong, It was on the twenty third of June the day You thought that my pride was gone, oh no, before the fair There's something inside so strong, When Ireland's sons and daughters and Oh, something inside so strong. friends assembled there The young the old the brave the bold came The more you refuse to hear my voice, their duty to fulfil the louder I will sing, At the parish church in Cloony, a mile from You hide behind walls of Jericho, Spancil Hill. your lies will come tumbling, Deny my place in time, I went to see my neighbours to see what you squander wealth that's mine, they might say A light will shine so brightly it will blind you, The old ones were all dead and gone the Because there's... young ones turning grey I met the tailor Quigley, he's as bold as repeat CHORUS ever still For he used to make my britches when I Brothers and sisters lived at Spancil Hill. 54

I paid a flying visit to my first and only love I thought that she would be my wife She's as fair as any lily and gentle as a When I came to where I found her dove If it wasn't for me sword I'd 'a lost me life She threw her arms around me crying Johnny I love you still She's Nell the farmers daughter, the pride of Spancil Hill. Star Spangled Banner Well I dreamt I hugged and kissed her as in the days of yore O say can you see She said Johnny you're only joking as By the dawns early light many the time before What so proudly we hailed But the cock crew in the morning At the twilight's last gleaming. he crew both loud and shrill Whose bright stripes and bright stars And I awoke in California, many miles from Through the perilous fight Spancil Hill. On the ramparts we watched Were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets red glare Spanish Lady The bombs bursting in air Gave proof through the night That our flag was still there. As I went out by Dublin city O say does that Star Spangled Banner At the hour of 12 at night Still wave Who should I meet but a Spanish lady O'er the land of the free Washing her feet by candlelight And the home of the brave. First she washed them, then she dried them All by the fire of amber coal In all my life I ne'er did see St. Brendan's Voyage A maid so sweet about the sole CHORUS Whack for the too-ra loo-ra A boat sailed out of Brandon in the year of ladie } 501, Whack for the too-ra loo-ra le } x2 'twas a damp and dirty mornin' Brendan's voyage it begun, Oh I asked her would she come out walking Tired of thinnin' turnips and cuttin' curley And we went on till the grey cocks crew kale, A coach I stopped then to instate her when he got back from the creamery he We went on till the sky was blue hoisted up the sail. Combs of amber in her hair He ploughed a lonely furrow to the north, And her eyes knew every spell south, east and west, In all my life I never did see of all the navigators St. Brendan was the A maid whom I could love so well best. When he ran out of candles he was forced Oh but when I came to where I found her to make a stop, And set her down from the halted coach he tied up in Long Island and put America Who was there with his arms folded on the map, But the fearful swordsman, Tiger Roche Did you know that Honolulu was found by a Blades were out, t'was thrust and cut Kerryman, And never the man gave me more fright who went to find Australia them China and Till I laid him out upon the floor Japan, Where she stood holding the candlelight when he was touchin' 70, he began to miss the crack, Oh so if you go to Dublin city turnin' to his albatross sez he I'm headin' At the hour of 12 at night back. Beware of young girls who sit in their windows CHORUS Is it right or left for Gibraltar, Washing their feet by candlelight what tack do I take for Mizen Head? I met one and we went walking 55

I'd love to settle down near Ventry Near to Banbridge town, Harbour in the county Down one morning in July St. Brendan to his albatross he said. Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen To make it fast he bent the mast and built And she smiled as she passed me by; up mighty steam, Oh she looked so neat from her two bare Around Terra del Fuego and up the warm feet Gulf Stream, To the crown of her nut brown hair, He crossed the last horizon, Mr. Brandon Sure the coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself, came in sight to make sure I was standing there. and when he cleared the customs into Dingle for the night. Oh from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay When he got the Cordon Bleu he went to And from Galway to Dublin town, douse the drought, No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen, he headed west to Krugers to murder pints That I met in the county Down. of stout around to Ballyferriter and up the Conor As she onward sped I shook my head Pass. And I gazed with a feeling quare He freewheeled into Brandon, the saint was And I said says I to a passer by home at last. Who's the maid with the nut brown hair? Oh he smiled at me, and pride says he The entire population came (281) the place That's the gem of Ireland's crown, was chockeblock She's young Rosie McCann from the banks love nor money wouldn't get your nose of the Bann inside the shop. She's the star of the county Down. The fishermen hauled up their nets, the farmers left their hay, She'd a soft brown eye and a look so sly, Kerry people know that saints don't turn up And a smile like the rose in June every day. And you hung on each note from her lily Everythin' was goin' fine 'til Brendan did white throat announce As she lilted an Irish tune. his reason for returning was to try and set At the pattern dance you were held in up house, trance the girls were flabbergasted at St. As she tripped through a reel or jig, Brendan's neck And when her eyes she'd roll, she'd coax to seek a wife so late in life and him a total upon my soul wreck. A spud from a hungry pig. Worn down by rejection that pierced his I've travelled a bit, but never was hit, humble pride, Since my roving career began; 'Begod' sez Brendan if I run I'll surely catch But fair and square I surrendered there the tide To the charms of young Rosie McCann Turnin' on his sandals he made straight for With a heart to let and no tenant yet, the docks Did I meet within shawl or gown. and haulin' up his anchor he cast off from But in she went and I asked no rent the rocks. From the star of the county Down. As he sailed past Innishvickallaune there stood the albatross At the crossroads fair I'll be surely there I knew you'd never stick it out 'tis great to And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes, see you boss And I'll try sheep's eyes and deludhering I'm balin' out sez Brendan I badly need a lies break On the heart of the nut brown Rose. A fortnight is about as much as any aul No pipe I smoke, no horse I'll yoke saint could take. Though my plough with rust turns brown Till a smiling bride by my own fireside Sits the Star of the County Down. Star of County Down Streets of London 56

For there's fellas would cut you for the coat on your back, Have you seen the old man in the closed Or the watch that you got from your mother, down market, So take care my young buckoo and mind picking up the papers with his worn out yourself well, shoes? And give this wee note to my brother. In his eyes you'll see no pride, and held loosely by his side, At the time uncle Bengy was a policeman in Yesterdays paper tellin' yesterdays news. Brooklyn, And my father the youngest looked after CHORUS So how can you tell me you're the farm. lonely, When a phone call from America said send and say for you that the sun don't the lad over, shine? And the oul fella said, sure it wouldn't do Let me take you by the hand any harm. and lead you through the streets of For I spent my life working this dirty old London, ground I'll show you something, For a few pints of porter and the smell of a that will make you change your mind. pound, And sure maybe there's something you'll Have you seen the old gal who walks the learn or you'll see streets of London, And you can bring it back home, make it dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags? easy on me. She's no time for talking she just keeps on walking, So I landed at Kennedy and a big yellow carrying her home in two carrier bags. taxi, CHORUS Carried me and my bags through the streets and the rain, And in the all-night cafe at a quarter past Well my poor heart was pumping around eleven, with excitement, same old man sitting there on his own, And I hardly even heard what the driver looking at the world over the rim of his tea- was saying. cup, We came in the short parkway to the each tea lasts a hour, and then he wanders flatlands in Brooklyn, home alone. To my uncles apartment on East 53rd, CHORUS I was feeling so happy I was humming a song, And have you seen the old man outside the And I sang you're as free and a bird. seaman's mission, his memories fading with those medal Well to shorten the story what I found out ribbons he wears, that day and in this winter city, the rain cries a little Was that Bengy got shot in a downtown pity, foray, for one more forgotten hero, in a world that And while I was flying my way to New York, doesn't care. Poor Bengy was lying in a cold city morgue. CHORUS Well I phoned the old fella, told him the news, I could tell he could hardly stand up in his shoes, Streets of New York And he wept as he told me, go ahead with the plan, And not to forget be a proud Irishman. I was eighteen years old when I went down to Dublin So I went up to Nelly's beside Fordham With a fistful of money and a cargo of road, dreams, And I started to learn about lifting the load, Take your time said my father, stop rushing But the healthiest thing that I carried that like hell, year, And remember all's not what it seems to Was the bitter sweet thoughts of my home be. town so dear. 57

I went home that December cause the old Tell me more (x2) sounds like she got it fella died, bad Had to borrow the money from Phil on the Tell me more (x2) he sounds like a drag. side, And all the bright flowers and grass could He got friendly holding my hand not hide, - She got friendly down in the sand The poor wasted face of my father. He was sweet just turned 18 - She was good you know what I mean. I sold up the old farmyard for what it was Summer heat, morning till eve worth, And into my bag stuck a handful of earth, Tell me more (x2) how much dough did he Then I boarded a train and I caught me a spare plane, Tell me more (x2) can she give you it clean And I found me back in the US again. It's been twenty two years since I set foot in It turned colder, that's where it ends Dublin, - So I told her we'd still be friends The kids know to use the correct knife and Then we made our true love vows fork, - Wonder what she's doing now But I'll never forget the green grass and the Summer dreams ripped at the seams rivers, But oh, those summer nights. As I keep law and order in the streets of New York. Summertime Summer Nights Summertime and the living is easy: (sorry about the missing words) Fish are jumping and the cotton is high. Oh your daddy's rich and your mother's is Summer lovin' had me a blast good looking - Summer lovin' happened so fast so hush little baby don't you cry. I met a girl crazy for me - I met a boy cute as can be. One of these mornings you're going to wake up singing Summer days driftin' away, ooh aah those And then you'll spread your wings and take summer nights to the sky Until that morning there ain't nothing can Tell me more (x2) did you get very far harm you - Tell me more (x2) like does he have a With your daddy and mommy standing by car Summertime and the living is easy She swam by she got a cramp Fish are jumping and the cotton is high. - He went by me got me so damp Oh your daddy's rich and your mother's is I saved her life she nearly drowned good looking - He showed up splashing around So hush little baby don't you cry. Summer sun, somethings begun, ooh aah those summer nights Tell me more (x2) was it love at first sight Sunny Afternoon - Tell me more (x2) did she put up a fight. We went bowling in the arcade The taxman's taken all my dough - We went strolling drank lemonade And left me in my stately home We made out under the dark Lazing on a sunny afternoon - We stayed up till ten o'clock And I can't sail my yacht He's taken everything I've got Summer flings, don't mean a thing, but oh All I've got is this sunny afternoon those summer nights Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze I've got a big fat momma tryin' to break me 58

I've got to live so pleasantly Big wheels keep on turning Live this life of luxury Carry me home to see my kin Lazing on a sunny afternoon Singing songs about the Southland In summertime, in summertime, in I miss Alabamy once again summertime And I think its a sin, yes My girlfriends gone off with my car Well I heard mister Young sing about her And gone back to her ma and pa Well, I heard ole Neil put her down Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty Well, I hope Neil Young will remember Now I'm sitting here A Southern man don't need him around Sipping at my ice cool beer anyhow Lazing on a sunny afternoon Help me, help me, help me sail away Sweet home Alabama You give me two good reasons Where the skies are so blue Why I ought to stay Sweet Home Alabama 'Cause I love to live so pleasantly Lord, I'm coming home to you Live this life of luxury Lazing on a sunny afternoon In Birmingham they love the governor In summertime, in summertime, in Now we all did what we could do summertime. Now Watergate does not bother me Does your conscience bother you? Tell the truth Sweet Child O' Mine Sweet home Alabama Where the skies are so blue She's got a smile that it seems to me Sweet Home Alabama Reminds me of childhood memories Lord, I'm coming home to you Where everything Here I come Alabama Was as fresh as the bright blue sky Now and then when I see her face Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers She takes me away to that special place And they've been known to pick a song or And if I'd stare too long two I'd probably break down and cry Lord they get me off so much They pick me up when I'm feeling blue Sweet child o' mine Now how about you? Sweet love of mine Sweet home Alabama She's got eyes of the bluest skies Where the skies are so blue As if they thought of rain Sweet Home Alabama I hate to look into those eyes Lord, I'm coming home to you And see an ounce of pain Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place Sweet home Alabama Where as a child I'd hide Oh sweet home baby And pray for the thunder Where the skies are so blue And the rain And the governor's true To quietly pass me by Sweet Home Alabama Lordy Sweet child o' mine Lord, I'm coming home to you Sweet love of mine Yea, yea Montgomery's got the answer Where do we go Where do we go now Swing Low Sweet Chariot Where do we go Sweet child o' mine (full actions please) CHORUS Swing low, sweet chariot, coming forth to carry me home. Sweet Home Alabama Swing low, sweet chariot, coming forth to carry me home. 59

I looked over Jordan, what did I see, Don't let the sound of your own wheels Coming for to carry me home? drive you crazy A band of sweet angels coming after me, Come on baby, don't say maybe coming for to carry me home. I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me If you get there before I do, Coming for to carry me home. Tell all my friends I'm coming too, Coming for to carry me home. The Banks of my own Lovely Lee The brightest day I ever saw, Coming for to carry me home. How oft do my thoughts in their fancy take When Jesus washed my sins away, flight Coming for to carry me home. to the home of my childhood away To the days when each patriot's vision I'm sometimes up and sometimes down, seem'd bright Coming for to carry me home. Ere I dream'd that those joys should decay, But still my soul feels heavenly bound, When my heart was as light as the wild Coming for to carry me home. winds that blow down the Mardyke through each elm tree, Where I sported and played } 'neath each green leafy shade, } Take it Easy On the banks of my own lovely Lee } x2 And then in the springtime of laughter and Well I'm running down the road tryin' to song loosen my load Can I ever forget the sweet hours I've got seven women on my mind With the friends of my youth as we rambled Four that want to own me one that wants to along stone me 'Mongst the green mossy banks and wild One says she's a friend of mine flowers Take it easy take it easy Then too, when the evening sun's sinking Don't let the sounds of your own wheels to rest drive you crazy Sheds its golden light over the sea Lighten up while you still can The maid with her lover the wild daisies Don't even try to understand pressed } Just find a place to make a stand and take On the banks of my own lovely Lee. it easy } x2 Well I'm standing on corner in Winslow, 'Tis a beautiful land this dear isle of song Arizona Its gems shed their light to the world And such a fine sight to see And her faithful sons bore thro' ages of It's a girl my Lord, in a flat bed Ford wrong Slowin' down to take a look at me The standard St. Patrick unfurled. Come on baby, don't say maybe Oh would I were there with the friends I I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna love best save me And my fond bosom's partner with me We may lose we may win We'd roam thy banks over, and when Though we will never be here again weary we'd rest } So open up, I'm climbing in By the waters, my own lovely Lee. So take it easy } x2 Well I'm a runnin' down the road tryin' to On what joys should be mine ere this life loosen my load should decline I've got a world of troubles on my mind To seek shells on thy sea girdled shore. Looking for a lover who won't blow my While the steel feathered eagle, oft cover splashing the brine She's so hard to find Brings longing for freedom once more. Take it easy take it easy Oh all that on earth I wish for or crave Is that my last crimson drop be for thee, 60

To moisten the grass of my forefathers' grave } Oh, me name is Dick Darby, I'm a cobbler On the banks of my own lovely Lee. I served out me time at th'ould camp } x2 Some call me an ould agitator But now I'm resolved to repent CHORUS With me ing twing of an ing twing The Boxer of an i do With me ing twing of an ing of an i daaay I am just a poor boy though my story's With me rou bu bu rou bu bu randy seldom told, And me lap stone keeps beatin' away. I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such as Well, me father was hung for sheep stealin' promises. Me Mother was burned for a witch All lies and jest, still a man hears what he Me sister's a dandy house keeper wants to hear, And I'm a mechanical switch And disregards the rest, la la...... Tis forty long years I have travelled When I left my home and my family, All by the contents of me pack I was no more than a boy,In the company Me hammers, me awls and me pincers of strangers, Sure, I carries them all me pack In the quiet of a railway station running scared, Well, me wife, she is lumpy, she's grumpy Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters Me wife, she's the devil, she's cracked Where the ragged people go, No matter what I may do with her looking for the places only they would Her tongue it goes clickity clack know. Lie-la-lie,lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie lie-la-lie etc.. T'was early one fine summers mornin' A while before it was daaaay Asking only workmans wages I come I dipped her three times in the river looking for a job, And carelessly bade her good day. but I get no offers, just a come on from the whores on 7th Avenue. I do declare there were times when I was The Curragh of Kildare so lonesome I took some comfort there, la la......... The winter it is past, and the summer's Then I'm laying out my winter clothes come at last, and wishing I was gone, Going home. And the birds they are singing in the trees. Where the New York City winters aren't Their little hearts are glad but mine is very bleeding me, sad bleeding me, going home. For my true love is far away from me. In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter The rose upon the briar by the water by his trade running free and he carries the reminders gives joy to the linnet and the bee. of every glove that laid him down Their little hearts are blessed,but mine is or kept him till he cried out in his anger and not at rest, his shame, for my true love is far away from me,so I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains. CHORUS: A livery I'll wear,and I'll comb back my hair, Lie-la-lie etc. and in velvet so green I will appear; And straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear. The Cobbler 61

All ye who are in love and who cannot it He hums a line or two, they hum together in remove the night. I do pity all the pain that ye endure The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret For experience lets me know that your blows the candle out. heart is full of woe It's a woe that no mortal can endure The Final Countdown repeat CHORUS, repeat last two lines, repeat last line. We’re leaving together, But still it’s farewell And maybe we’ll come back, To earth, who can tell? The Dutchman I guess there is no one to blame We’re leaving ground (leaving ground) Will things ever be the same again? The Dutchman's not the kind of man To keep his thumb jammed in the dam It’s the final countdown... That holds his dreams in. But that's a secret only Margaret knows. …the final countdown When Amsterdam is golden In the morning Margaret brings him We’re heading for Venus and still we stand breakfast tall She believes him - he thinks the tulips Cause maybe they’ve seen us and bloom beneath the snows welcome us all He's mad as he can be, With so many light years to go and things but Margaret only sees that sometimes. to be found Sometimes she sees her unborn children in I’m sure that we’ll all miss her so. his eyes. It’s the final countdown… CHORUS Let us go to the banks of the ocean, …the final countdown Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee. Long ago I used to be a young man, …the final countdown (final countdown) And dear Margaret remembers that for me. The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes The Irish Rover His cap and coat are patched with love that Margaret sowed in. Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam In the year of our lord, 1806, He watches tugboats down canals, We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork, and calls out to them when he thinks he We were sailing away with a cargo of knows the captain. bricks, 'Til Margaret comes to take him home For the grand city hall in New York. again, 'Twas an elegant craft, she was rigged fore through unforgiving streets that trip him and aft, though she holds his arm. And how the wild wind drove her, Sometimes he thinks that he is alone, and She could stand a great blast in her 27 calls her name. masts, The windmills swirl the winter in And we called her the Irish Rover. She winds his muffler tighter, they sit in the kitchen We had one million bags of the best Sligo And the tea with whiskey keeps away the rags, dew We had two million barrells of stones, He sees her for a moment and calls her We had 3 million sides of old blind horses name, hides, she makes his bed up humming some old We had 4 million barrels of bone. love song. We had 5 million hogs, 6 million dogs, She learned it when the tune was very new, Seven million barrels of porter, 62

We had 8 million bales of old nanny goat tails, In the hold of the Irish Rover. The Rare Ould Times There was Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee, CHORUS: There was Hogan from County Tyrone, Ring a ring a rosies,as the light declines There was Johnny McGuirk who was I remember Dublin City in the rare ould scared stiff of work, times And a chap from WestMeath called Malone. Raised on songs and stories, heroes of There was Slugger O' Toole who was renown drunk as a rule, the passing tales and glories And fighting Bill Tracey from Dover. that once was Dublin town, Ther was Dolan from Clare, just as strong The hallowed halls and houses, as a bear, the haunting children's rhymes All aboard on the Irish Rover. That once was part of Dublin in the rare ould times. We had sailed 7 years when the measels broke out, repeat CHORUS And our ship lost its way in the fog. The the whole of the crew was reduced My name it is Sean Dempsey as Dublin as down to two, can be, Just myself and the captain's old dog. Born hard and late in Pimlico in a house The ship struck a rock, Lord what a shock, that ceased to be The boat, it was flipped right over, By trade I was a cooper, lost out to Turned nine times around and the poor old redundancy dog was drowned, Like my house that fell to progress, my I'm the last of the Irish Rover. trades a memory. And I courted Peggy Dignam, as pretty as you please The Ould Triangle A rogue and Child of Mary from the rebel Liberties I lost her to a student lad with skin as black A hungry feelin' came oer' me stealin' as coal, All the mice were squeali' all in my cell When he took her off to Birmingham he took away my soul. CHORUS - And the ould triangle went jingle jangle Ah the years have made me bitter, - Along the banks of the Royal Canal the gargle dims my brain, as Dublin keeps on changing Early in the morning the screws were ballin' and nothing stays the same Saying get up ya bousy and clean out your The Pillar and the Met are gone, cells the Royal long since pulled down As the grey unyielding concrete Chorus makes a city of my town. Oh the land was sleeping and big Gussy Fair thee well sweet Anna Liffey, was peepin' I can no longer stay As I lay dreaming of my girl Sal And watch the new glass cages that spring up along the quay Chorus Me minds too full of memories, too old to hear new chimes In the female prison there are 75 women I'm a part of what was Dublin And I wish among them I did dwell in the rare ould times. And the ould triangle could go jingle jangle Along the banks of the Royal Canal The Raitlin Bog 63

Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth. Oh row the Ratlin bog, the bog down in the Ring ding diddle-diddle die-di-oh! Ring ding valley-o. (x2) diddly-eye-oh! Was nothing more than God had graced And in that bog there was a hole, him with upon his birth. a rare hole, a Ratlin hole. And the hole in the bog, and the bog down They marveled for a moment; then one in the vally-o. said, "We must be gone! CHORUS Let's leave a present for our friend before we move along!" And in that hole there was a tree, As a gift they left a blue silk ribbon tied into a rare tree,a Ratlin tree a bow. And the tree in the hole and the hole in the Around the bonnie star the Scot's kilt did lift bog, and the bog down in the vally-o. and show. CHORUS Ring ding diddle-diddle die-di-oh! Ring ding diddly-eye-oh! Branch, twig, leaf, nest, bird, wing, feather, Around the bonnie star the Scot's kilt did lift flea,.. and show. Well the Scotsman woke to Nature's call and stumbled towards the trees. The Scotsman Behind the brush he lifts his kilt and drunk says what he sees. And in a startled voice he says to what's by Bowers Bryan before his eyes, "Oh, lad I don't know where ya been, but I Well a Scotsman clad in kilt left a bar one see ya won first prize!" evenin' fair Ring ding diddle-diddle die-di-oh! Ring ding And one could tell by how he walked that diddly-eye-oh! he drunk more than his share "Well, lad I don't know where ya been, but I He stumbled 'round until he could no longer see ya won first prize!" keep his feet And he stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street Ring ding diddle-diddle die-di-oh! Ring ding The Sick Note diddly-eye-oh! He stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street. Dear Sir, I write this note to you, to tell you of my plight. About that time two young and lovely girls And at the time of writing I am not a pretty just happened by, sight. And one says to the other with a twinkle in My body is all black and blue, my face a her eye, deathly grey, "See yon sleeping Scotsman so young and and I write this note to tell you why handsome built-- Paddy's not at work today. I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the quilt." While working on the fourteenth floor, some Ring ding diddle-diddle die-di-oh! Ring ding bricks I had to clear, diddly-eye-oh! and to throw them down from such a height "I wonder if it's true what they don't wear was not a good idea. beneath the quilt." The foreman wasn't very pleased, him being an awkward sod. They crept up on that sleepin' Scotsman He told me I'd have to cart them down the quiet as could be; ladder in my hod Lifted up his kilt about an inch so they could see. To clear all those bricks by hand, it was so And there behold for them to view beneath very slow, his Scottish skirt, so I hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below. 64

But in my haste to do the job I was too blind to see, If I could make days last forever, that a barrel full of building bricks was if words could make wishes come true, heavier than me. I'd save everyday like a treasure and then again I would spend them with you. So when I untied the rope, the barrel fell like lead, But there's never seem to be enough time, and clinging tightly to the rope I started up to do the things you want to do once you instead. find them- I shot up like a rocket and to my dismay I I've looked around enough to know, found, that you're the one I want to go through that half way up I met the bloody barrel time with. coming down. If I had a box just for wishes, The barrel broke my shoulders as to the and dreams that would never come ground it sped through, and when I reached the top I banged the the box would be empty except for the pulley with my head. memory, I clung on tight too mesmerised by this of how they were answered by you. almighty blow, and the barrel spilled out half the bricks But there's never seem to be enough time, fourteen floors below. to do the things you want to do once you find them- Now when these bricks had fallen from the I've looked around enough to know, barrel to the floor, that you're the one I want to go through I then outweighed the barrel and so started time with. down once more. Still clinging tightly to the rope I sped towards the ground Total Eclipse of the Heart and I landed on the broken bricks that were all scattered round. Turnaround, every now and then I get a As I lay there moaning on the ground I was little bit lonely and you're never coming sure I'd passed the worst, around when the barrel hit the pulley wheel and Turnaround, Every now and then I get a then the bottom burst. little bit tired of listening to the sound of my A shower of bricks fell down on me, I hadn't tears got a hope. Turnaround, Every now and then I get a As I lay there moaning on the ground, I let little bit nervous that the best of all the go the bloody rope. years have gone by Turnaround, Every now and then I get a The barrel now being heavier it started little bit terrified and then I see the look in down once more, your eyes it landed right across me as I lay upon the Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and floor. then I fall apart It broke three ribs and my left arm and I can Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and only say - then I fall apart I hope you understand why Paddy's not at Turnaround, Every now and then I get a work today. little bit restless and I dream of something wild Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit helpless and I'm lying like a child in Time In a Bottle your arms Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit angry and I know I've got to get out If I could spend time in a bottle, and cry the first thing that I'd like to do, Turnaround, Every now and then I get a is to save everyday 'till eternity passes little bit terrified but then I see the look in away, your eyes just to spend them with you. Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and 65

then I fall apart Forever's gonna start tonight Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and Once upon a time I was falling in love then I fall apart But now I'm only falling apart And I need you now tonight There's nothing I can do And I need you more than ever A total eclipse of the heart And if you'll only hold me tight Once upon a time there was light in my life We'll be holding on forever But now there's only love in the dark And we'll only be making it right Nothing I can say Cause we'll never be wrong together A total eclipse of the heart We can take it to the end of the line Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time Trasna na dTonnta I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark We're living in a powder keg and giving off Curfá Trasna na dtonnta 'dul siar, 'dul siar sparks Slán leis an uaigneas is slán leis an I really need you tonight gcian Forever's gonna start tonight Geal é mo chroí agus geal í an ghrian Forever's gonna start tonight Geal bheith ag filleadh go hÉirinn Once upon a time I was falling in love But now I'm only falling apart Chonac mo dhóthain de thíortha i gcéin There's nothing I can do ór agus airgead saibhreas an tsaoil A total eclipse of the heart Éiríonn an crói ionam le breacadh gach lae Once upon a time there was light in my life 's mé ag druidim le dúthaigh mo mhuintir But now there's only love in the dark Nothing I can say Muntir an iarthair siad cáirde mo chroí A total eclipse of the heart Fáilte is féile beidh romham ar gach taobh Turnaround bright eyes 'S ar fhágaint an tsaoil seo sé guím ar an Turnaround bright eyes Rí Turnaround, every now and then I know Gur leo san a sínfear i gcill mé ; you'll never be the boy you always you wanted to be Turnaround, every now and then I know you'll always be the only boy who wanted Two out of Three Ain't Bad me the way that I am Turnaround, every now and then I know there's no one in the universe as magical Baby we can talk all night, and wonderous as you but that ain't getting us nowhere Turnaround, every now and then I know I've told you everything I possibly can there's nothing any better and there's there's nothing left inside of here nothing I just wouldn't do And maybe you can cry all night, Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and but that'll never change the way that I feel then I fall apart The snow is really piling up outside; Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and I wish you wouldn't make me leave here then I fall apart I poured it on and I poured it out, And I need you now tonight I tried to show you just how much I care And I need you more than ever I'm tired of words and I'm too hoarse to And if you'll only hold me tight shout, We'll be holding on forever but you've been cold to me so long And we'll only be making it right I'm crying icicles instead of tears Cause we'll never be wrong together and all I can do is keep on telling you We can take it to the end of the line I want you (x2) I need you (x2), Your love is like a shadow on me all of the but there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love time you; I don't know what to do and I'm always in now don't be sad 'Cause two out of three the dark ain't bad. We're living in a powder keg and giving off Now don't be sad, 'cause two out of three sparks ain't bad I really need you tonight Forever's gonna start tonight 66

You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach, Starry Starry night paint your pallet blue you'll never drill for oil on a city street and grey I know you're looking for a ruby in a Look out on a summers day mountain of rocks with eyes that know darkness in my soul But there ain't no Coupe de Ville hiding at Shadows on the hills the bottom of a cracker jack box sketch the trees and daffodils I can't lie, I can't tell you that I'm something And catch the breeze and the winter chills: I'm not no matter how I try In colours on a snowy linen land. I'll never be able to give you something, something that I just haven't got CHORUS:- There's only one girl that I will ever love And now I understand what you try to say and that was so many years ago to me: And though I know I'll never get her out of how you suffered for your sanity my heart, How you tried to set them free: she never loved me back, ooh I know they would not listen they did not know I remember how she left me on a stormy how: night, Perhaps they'll listen now she kissed me and got out of our bed And though I pleaded and I begged her not Starry,starry night flaming colours that to walk out that door brightly blaze: She packed her bags and turned right swirling colours in a violet haze away, and she kept on telling me Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue: she kept on telling me colours changing hue,morning fields of She kept on telling me I want you, amber grain I need you, but there ain't no way I'm ever Weathered faces lined in pain gonna love you are soothed beneath the artists loving Now don't be sad, 'cause two out of three hand. ain't bad. CHORUS For they could not love you,but still your love was true Van Deiman's Land And when no hope was left in sight on that starry starry night You took your life as lovers often do: Hold me now , oh hold me now, but I could have told you Vincent Until this hour has gone around, This world was never meant for one as And I am gone on the rising tide, beautiful as you For to face Van Dieman's Land. Starry Starry night,portraits hung in empty It's a bitter pill, I swallow here, halls: To be rent from one so very dear, frameless heads on nameless walls We fought for justice and not for gain, With eyes that watch the world and can't But the magistrate sent me away. forget: like the strangers that you've met Oh kings will rule and the poor will toil, The ragged men in ragged clothes: And tear their hand's as they tear the soil, the silver thorn of bloody rose But a day will come in a dawning age, Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow. When an honest man sees an honest CHORUS wage. Hold me now, oh hold me now, Until this hour has come around, Waltzing Matilda And I am gone on the rising tide, For to face Van Dieman's Land. When I was a young man I carried my pack, And I lived the free life of a rover, Vincent From the Murray's green basin to the dusty outback 67

I waltzed my Matilda all over. I looked at the place where my legs used to Then in nineteen fifteen the country said: be "son it's time to stop rambling there's work And thanked Christ there was no one there to be done" waiting for me So they gave me a tin hat and they gave To grieve and to mourn and to pity. me a gun And the band played Waltzing Matilda And they sent me away to the war. As they carried me down the gangway And the band played Waltzing Matilda, But nobody cheered they just stood there As our ship pulled away from the quay, and stared And amidst all the cheers, flag waving and Then turned all their faces away. tears, We sailed off for Gallipoli. And now every April I sit on my porch And I watch the parade pass before me How well I remember that terrible day And I watch my old comrades, how proudly When our blood stained the sand and the they march water Renewing old dreams of past glory And how in that place that they called Suvla The old men marched slowly, all bent, stiff Bay and sore We were butchered like lambs at the The forgotten heroes from a forgotten war slaughter. And the young people ask what are they Johnny Turk he was ready, he primed marching for himself well And I ask myself the same question. He chased us with bullets, he rained us And the band played Waltzing Matilda with shells And the old men answer the call And in five minutes flat, he'd blown us all to But year after year the numbers get fewer hell Some day no one will march there at all. Nearly blew us right back to Australia And the band played Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda As we stopped to bury our slain Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me? We buried ours and the Turks buried theirs And their ghosts may be heard as you pass Then we started all over again. the Billabong Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me? Now those that were left, well we tried to survive In a mad world of blood, death and fire, And for ten weary weeks I kept myself Way Down in Alabama alive, But around the corpses piled higher. Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse Way down in Alabama where the miners over head, shovel coal, And when I woke up in my hospital bed. A miner shoved a shovel in another miners When I saw what it done, I wished I was hole, dead said the miner to the miner we're here to Never knew there were worse things than shovel coal, dying. and not to shove a shovel in another For I'll go no more waltzing Matilda miners hole. All around the green bush far and near For to hump tent and pegs, a man needs CHORUS both legs Maniana, Maniana, Maniana is good No more waltzing Matilda for me. enough for me , My rhubarb refuses to rise, So they collected the cripples, the wounded refuses to rise to it natural size,(bum bum the maimed bum) And they shipped us back home to My rhubarb refuses to rise 'cause my baby Australia don't love me, The armless, the legless, the blind, the my baby don't love me, my baby don't insane love me no morrre. Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla. As our ship pulled in to Circular Quay Way down in Alabama where the birdies learn to fly, 68

A birdy dropped a turdy in a another birdies She sighed and she swore that she never eye, would betray me, Say the birdy to the birdy, we're here to But the devil take the woman for they never learn to fly can be easy. and not to drop a turdy in another birdies eye. I went unto my chamber all for to take a CHORUS slumber I dreamt of gold and jewels and for sure it Way down in Alabama where the bodies was no wonder decompose, But Jenny drew my charges and she filled a body robbed a snotty from another bodies them up with water nose, An' she sent for Captain Farrell, to be ready said the body to the body were here to for the slaughter. decompose and not to rob a snotty from another bodies And 'twas early in the morning before I rose nose. to travel CHORUS Up comes a band of footmen and like wise Captain Farrell Way down in Alabama where the beaver I then produced my pistol for she away build their walls, stole my rapier A beaver bashed a rock on another But I couldn't shoot the water so a prisoner beavers balls, I was taken. said the beaver to the beaver we're here to build a wall And if any one can aid me 'tis my brother in a not the bash your rocks off another the army beavers balls. If I could learn his station in Cork or in CHORUS Killarney And if he'd come and join me we'd go Way down in Alabama where the ladies roving in Kilkenny learn to knit, I'll engage he'd treat me fairer than my A lady stuck a needle in another ladies tit, darling sporting Jenny. said the lady to the lady we're here to learn to knit and not to stick a needle in another ladies tit. Whiter Shade of Pale CHORUS We skipped the light fan-dan-go And turned cartwheels 'cross the floor Whiskey In The Jar I was kind of sea-sick But the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder As I was going over the Cork and Kerry As the ceiling flew away mountains, When we called out for another drink I met with Captain Farrell, and his money The waiter brought a tray he was counting, And so it was that later I first produced my pistol and I then As the miller told his tale produced my rapier That her face at first just ghostly Saying stand and deliver for you are my Turned a whiter shade of pale. bold deceiver. She said 'There is no reason' CHORUS And the truth is plain to see Wishum ring-um door-um da But I wandered through my playing cards whack fol the diddle O, whack fol the diddle And would not let her be O One of sixteen vestal virgins There's whiskey in the jar. Who were leaving for the coast And altho' my eyes were open He counted out his money and it made a They might just have well been closed pretty penny And so it was that later I put it my pocket and I gave it to my Jenny As the miller told his tale 69

That her face at first just ghostly hope you have a lot of nice things to wear Turned a whiter shade of pale. But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there CHORUS Oh baby baby it's a wild world Wild Rover it's hard to get by just upon a smile Oh baby baby it's a wild world (sing ordinary or rap or county&western I'll always remember you as like a etc.) child, girl I've been a wild rover for many's a year, You know I've seen a lot of what the world and I've spent all my money on whiskey can do and beer. and it's breaking my heart in two And now I return now with gold in great 'cos I never want to see you sad, girl.. store, But if you want to leave take good care and I never will play the wild rover no more hope you make a lot of nice friends out there (but) CHORUS just remember there's a lot of bad air and And it's NO NAY NEVER, (4 claps/right up beware. your...) CHORUS no nay never no more. (2 claps) will I play the wild rover la la la... baby I love you no never, no more. But if you want to leave take good care hope you make a lot of nice friends out I returned to an ale house I used to there (but) frequent, just remember there's a lot of bad And I told the landlady my money was everywhere. spent. CHORUS x 2 I asked her for credit, she answered me "nay, Sure it's custom like yours I can have any day." Will you go, Lassie go? I took from my pockets 10 sovereigns bright, Oh, the summer time is coming and the And the landlady's eyes opened wide with trees are sweetly delight. blooming, and the wild mountain thyme She said, "I have whiskies and wines of the grows around the best, blooming heather, Will ye go, lassie go? And the words that I spoke sure were only in jest". And we'll all go together to pluck wild mountain thyme, I returned to my parents, confessed what all around the blooming heather, will ye go I'd done, lassie go? And asked them to pardon their prodigal son, I will build my love a tower near yon pure and when they caressed me as oft times crystal fountain, before, And on it I will pile all the flowers of the It's never I'll play the wild rover no more. mountain, Will ye go lassie, go? If my true love she were gone, I would Wild World surely find another, Where wild mountain thyme grows around the blooming heather, Now that I've lost everything to you Will ye go lassie, go? you said you want to start something new and it's breaking my heart you're leaving.... Baby, I'm grievin' And if you want to leave take good care Wlad Fy Nhadau 70

I see trees of green, Red roses too, Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn an nwyl I mi, I see them bloom, For me and you, Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri; And I say to myself, what a wonderful Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tramad, world. Tros ryddid collasant eu gwaed. I see skies of blue, and clouds of white, Cytgan: The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night, Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad And I think to myself, what a wonderful Tra mor yn fur i'r bur hoff bau, world. O bydded i'r heniaith barhau. The colours of the rainbows, so pretty in Hen Gymru fynyddig, paradwys y bardd, the sky, Pob dyffryn, pob clogwyn i'm golwg sydd Also on the faces, of people going by, hardd; I see friends shaking hands, saying how do Trwy deimlad gwladgarol, mor swynol yw si you do, Ei nentydd, afonydd, I mi. They're really saying, I love you. Os treisiodd y gelyn fy ngwlad tan ei droed, I hear babies crying, I've watched them Mae hen iaith y Cymru mor fyw ag eriod; grow, Ni luddiwyd yr awen gan erchyll law brad, They'll learn much more, than I'll never Na thelyn berseiniol fy ngwlad. know, And I think to myself, what a wonderful (see land of my fathers) world, Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world. Oooh Yeaah. Wonderful Tonight It's late in the evening, Yellow Submarine she's wondering what clothes to wear She puts on her make-up and brushes her long blond hair In the town where I was born And then she asks me Do I look alright, lived a man who sailed to sea and I say yes You look wonderful tonight. And he told us of his life in the land of submarines We go to a party and everyone turns to see So we sailed on to the sun this beautiful lady who's walking around me 'till we found the sea of green And then she asks me Do you feel alright, And we lived beneath the waves in our and I say yes I feel wonderful tonight. Yellow Submarine I feel wonderful because I see the lovelight We all live in a Yellow Submarine, Yellow in your eyes Submarine, Yellow Submarine And the wonder of it all is that you just don't We all live in a Yellow Submarine, Yellow realise how much I love you. Submarine, Yellow Submarine It's time to go home now and I've got an And our friends are all aboard, aching head many more of them live next door, So I give her the car keys and she helps And the band begins to play me to bed And then I tell her as I turn out the light We all live in a Yellow Submarine, I say My darling you are wonderful tonight Yellow Submarine, Yellow Submarine Oh my darling you are wonderful tonight. We all live in a Yellow Submarine, Yellow Submarine, Yellow Submarine As we live a life of ease, Wonderful World ev'ry one of us has all we need Sky of blue and sea of green 71

in our Yellow Submarine. So I showed her the works of my Thrashing Machine. We all live in a Yellow Submarine, Yellow Submarine, Yellow Submarine Chorus We all live in a Yellow Submarine, Yellow Submarine, Now there was a hay-barn not 3 fields We all live in a Yellow Submarine, away, Yellow Submarine, Yellow Submarine. and right in the middle was a great rake of We all live in a Yellow Submarine, Yellow hay. Submarine. It was there that we built up a powerful schteam, and I gave her he works of my thrashing machine. Yesterday Chorus Yesterday,all my troubles seemed so far Now 4 (?) months have passed and all is away: not well, Now it looks as though they're here to stay, For somehting has happened to my lovely Oh I believe in yesterday Nell. And under her Geansaí can clearly be Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be: seen, There's a shadow hanging over me the smashing results of my thrashing Oh yesterday came suddenly. machine. Why she had to go I don't know she Chorus wouldn't say I said something wrong now I long for Now 9 months have past, and all is quite yesterday. well, For a baby was boirn to my little Nell, Yesterday,love was such an easy game to And under its pampers can clearly be seen, play: A brand new 2 (? or 6)cylinder thrashing Now I need a place to hide away machine. Oh I believe in yesterday. Chorus Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say I said something wrong now I long for yesterday. Turning Japanese Yesterday,love was such an easy game to play: I've got your picture Now I need a place to hide away Of me and you Oh I believe in yesterday. You wrote, 'I love you.' I love you, too I sit there staring when there's nothing else Thrashing Machine to do Chorus: Oh, it's in color Toora loo, Your hair is brown Toora lay, Your eyes are hazel +(last line of verse) And soft as clouds I often kiss you when there's no one else around Now there was a farmer that I knew quite well, I've got your picture, got your picture and he had a daughter and her name was I'd like a million of 'em over myself Nell. I want a doctor to take your picture Now Nell was so schexy and only 16, So I can look at you from inside as well 72

You've got me turning up, I'm turning down, I'm turning in, and I'm turning 'round Chorus: I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so I've got your picture, I've got your picture I'd like a million of them over myself I want a doctor to take your picture So I can look at you from inside as well You've got me turning up, I'm turning down, I'm turning in, and I'm turning 'round Chorus. No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women No fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark Everyone around me is a total stranger Everyone avoids me like a cyclone ranger Everyone That's why I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so (Think so, think so, think so) Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so (Think so, think so, think so...) END OF SONG BOOK 73

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