1.Mo Ghile Mear (Our Hero)
Chorus:
'Se/ mo laoch, mo Ghile Mear
'Se/ mo Chaesar Gile Mear
Suan na/ se/an ni/ bhfuaireas fe/in
O/ chuaigh i gce/in mo Ghile Mear
Grief and pain are all I know
My heart is sore
My tears a'flow
We saw him go ....
No word we know of him...
Chorus
A proud and gallant cavalier
A high man's scion of gentle mean(?)
A fiery blade engaged to reap(?)
He'd break the bravest in the field
Chorus
Come sing his praise as sweet harps play
And proudly toast his noble frame
With spirit and with mind aflame
So wish him strength and length of day
Chorus
2.The Long Black Veil
Lyricist:Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin
Ten years ago on a cold dark night
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light
Just a few at the scene and they all agree
That the man who ran looked a lot like me
Well the judge said, 'Son, what is your alibi?
If you're somewhere else well you won't have to die'
And I said not a word though it meant my life
I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, Lord, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Well the scaffold's high and eternity nears
And she stands in the crowd and sheds not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil she cries all over my bones
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, Lord, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows but me, yeah
3.Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
Lyricist:Kevin Conneff, Traditional
From Derry Quai we sailed away
On the 23rd of May
We were taken on board by a pleasant crew
Bound for Americay
Fresh water there we did take on
Five thousand gallons or more
In case we'd run short going to New York
Far away from the Shamrock shore
So fare thee well, sweet Lisa, dear
And likewise to Derry town
And twice farewell to my comrades bold
Who still dwell on that sainted ground
If ever fortune, it should favor me
And I do have money in store
Well, I'll come back and I'll wed the sweet lassie I left
On Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
We sailed three days, we were all seasick
Not one on board was free
We were all confined to our bunks
With no one to pity me
No fond mother dear, our father kind
To comfort my head went to sore
This made me think more on the girl I left
On Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
Well, we safely reached the other side
In fifteen and twenty days
We were taken as passengers by a man
And he led us in six different ways
So then we all drank a parting glass
In case we'd never meet more
And we drank our health to old Ireland
And Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
So fare thee well, sweet Lisa dear
And likewise to Derry town
And twice farewell to my comrades bold
Who still dwell on that sainted ground
If ever fortune, it should favor me
And I do have money galore
Well, I'll come back and I'll wed the sweet lassie I left
On Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
4.I Know My Love (From 'Tears of Stone')
Lyricist:Paddy (arr) Moloney, Traditional
One two three four five six
I know my love by his way of walking
And I know my love by his way of talking
And I know my love dressed in a suit of blue
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?
And still she cried, 'I love him the best
And a troubled mind sure can know no rest'
And still she cried, 'Bonny boys are few
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?'
There is a dance house in Maradyke
And there my true love goes every night
He takes a strange girl upon his knee
Well, now don't you think that, that vexes me?
And still she cried, 'I love him the best
And a troubled mind sure can know no rest'
And still she cried, 'Bonny boys are few
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?'
If my love knew, I can wash and wring
If my love knew, I can sew and spin
I'd make a coat of the finest kind
But the want of money sure leaves me behind
And still she cried, 'I love him the best
And a troubled mind sure can know no rest'
And still she cried, 'Bonny boys are few
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?'
I know my love is an arrant rover
I know he'll wander the wild world over
In dear old Ireland, he'll no longer tarry
An American girl, he's sure to marry
And still she cried, 'I love him the best
And a troubled mind sure can know no rest'
And still she cried, 'Bonny boys are few
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?'
And still she cried, 'I love him the best
And a troubled mind sure can know no rest'
And still she cried, 'Bonny boys are few
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?'
What will I do?
5.Morning Has Broken
Lyricist:Eleanor Farjeon, Cat Stevens
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for them springing fresh from the word
Sweet, the rains new fall, sunlit from Heaven
Like the first dew fall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where His feet passed
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God's recreation of the new day
6.Here's A Health To The Company
Lyricist:(arr) Conneff
Kind friends and companions, come join me in rhyme
Come lift up your voices in chorus with mine
Come lift up your voices, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never all meet here again
So here's a health to the company and one to my lass
Let's drink and be merry all out of one glass
Let's drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never all meet here again
Here's a health to the wee lass that I love so well
For style and for beauty there's none can excel
There's a smile on her countenance as she sits upon my knee
There is no man in this wide world as happy as me
So here's a health to the company and one to my lass
Let's drink and be merry all out of one glass
Let's drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never all meet here again
Our ship lies at anchor, she is ready to dock
I wish her safe landing without any shock
And if ever I should meet you by land or by sea
I will always remember your kindness to me
So here's a health to the company and one to my lass
Let's drink and be merry all out of one glass
Let's drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never all meet here again
7.Carrickfergus
Lyricist:Paddy (arr) Moloney, Van (arr) Morrison, Traditional
I wished I had you in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrand
I would swim over the deepest ocean
The deepest ocean to be by your side
But the sea is wide and I can't swim over
And neither have I wings to fly
I wish I could find me a handy boatman
To ferry me over to my love and die
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy times so long ago
My girlhood friends and my own relations
Have all passed on like the melting snow
So I'll spend my days in endless roving
Soft is the grass and my bed is free
Oh, to be home now in Carrickfergus
On the long road down to the salty sea
And in Kilkenny it is reported
On marble stone there black as ink
With gold and silver I did support her
But I'll sing no more till I get a drink
I'm drunk today and I'm rarely sober
A handsome rover from town to town
Oh, but I am sick now and my days are numbered
Come all ye young men and lay me down
8.Whole Heap Of Little Horses
Lyricist:Paddy Moloney
Go to sleep, go to sleep
Go to sleep you little baby
When you wake, get some cake
Ride them pretty little horses
Black and bay, sorrel and gray
Whole heap of little horses
Black and bay, sorrel and gray
Whole heap of little horses
Little ole horse, little ole cow
Amblin' around the old hay mow
Little ole horse, he took a chew
Darned if I don't, said the ole cow too
Go to sleep, go to sleep
Go to sleep you little baby
Black and bay, sorrel and gray
Whole heap of little horses
Go to sleep, go to sleep
Go to sleep you little baby
Black and bay, sorrel and gray
Whole heap of little horses
9.Cotton Eyed Joe
Lyricist:Bell (arr), Conniff (arr), Fay (arr), Keane (arr), Molloy
(arr), Moloney (arr), Traditional
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd been married long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton-Eyed Joe?
Get out your fiddle, rosin' up your bow
Play an old tune called Cotton-Eyed Joe
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton-Eyed Joe?
10.Cotton-Eyed Joe (From 'Another Country')
Lyricist:Bell (arr), Conniff (arr), Fay (arr), Keane (arr), Molloy
(arr), Moloney (arr), Traditional
If it hadn't been for cotton-eye Joe
I'd been married long time ago
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from cotton-eye Joe?
Get out your fiddle, rosin' up your bow
Play an old tune called cotton-eye Joe
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from cotton-eye Joe?
11.I can't stop loving you
Lyricist:Don Gibson
I can't stop loving you
So I made up my mind
To live in memories
Of a lonesome time
I can't stop wanting you
It's useless to say
So I just live my life
In dreams of yesterday
Those happy hours
That we once knew
So long ago
Still make me blue
They say the time
Heals a broken heart
But time has stood still
Since we've been apart
I can't stop wanting you
It's useless to say
So I'll just live my life
In dreams of yesterday
I can't stop loving you
So I've made up my mind
To live in memory, baby
Of a lonesome time
I can't stop wanting you
It's useless to say
So I just live my life
In dreams of yesterday
12.Behind Blue Eyes
Lyricist:Peter Townshend
No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man, to be the sad man behind blue eyes
No one knows what it's like
To be hated, to be fated to telling only lies
But my dreams, they aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance that's never free
No one knows what it's like
To feel these feelings like I do and I blame you
No one bites back as hard on their anger
None of my pain and woe can show through
But my dreams, they aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance that's never free
When my fist clenches, crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool
And if I swallow anything evil
Put your finger down my throat
And if I shiver, please give me a blanket
Keep me warm, let me wear your coat
No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man, to be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
13.The Foggy Dew (W/ Sinead O'Conner)
Lyricist:Paddy (arr) Moloney, Traditional
I was down the glen one Easter morn
To a city fair rode I
There armed lines of marching men
In squadrons passed me by
No pipe did hum
No battle drum did sound its loud tattoo
But the Angelus Bells o'er the Liffey swells
Rang out in the foggy dew
Right proudly high in Dublin town
Hung they out a flag of war
'Twas better to die 'neath that Irish sky
Than at Sulva or Sud el Bar
And from the plains of Royal Meath
Strong men came hurrying through
While Brittania's Huns with their long range guns
Sailed in through the foggy dew
Their bravest fell and the requiem bell
Rang mournfully and clear
For those who died that Eastertide in the
Springing of the year
While the world did gaze with deep amaze
At those fearless men but few
Who bore the fight that freedom's light
Might shine through the foggy dew
And back through the glen, I rode again
And my heart with grief was sore
For I parted then with valiant men
Whom I never shall see n'more
But to and fro in my dreams I go
And I kneel and pray for you
For slavery fled the glorious dead
When you fell in the foggy dew
14.Nobody's Darlin' But Mine
Lyricist:Jimmie Davis
Come lay by my side, little darling
Come lay your cool hand on my brow
And promise me that you will always
Be nobody's darling but mine
You're as sweet as the flowers in springtime
You're as pure as the dew from the rose
And I'd rather be somebody's darling
Than a poor girl that nobody knows
Goodbye, little darling, I'm leaving
I'm leaving this cold world behind
So promise me that you will always
Be nobody's darling but mine
Please promise me that you will always
Be nobody's darling but mine
15.The Green Fields Of America
Lyricist:Kevin(arr) Conneff, Traditional
Farewell to the groves of shillelagh and the shamrock
Farewell to the girls of old Ireland all 'round
And may their hearts be as merry as ever they could wish for
As far away o'er the ocean I'm bound
My father is old and my mother's right feeble
To leave their own country, it would grieve their heart sore
Oh, the tears down their cheeks, in great floods they are
rolling
To think that I must die upon some far and foreign shore
But what matter to me, where my bones they may lie buried
If in peace and contentment I can spend my life
The green fields of Amerikay, they daily are calling
It's there I'll find an end to my misery and strife
So pack up your sea stores now, consider it no longer
Ten dollars a week isn't very bad pay
With no taxes or tithe there to devour up your wages
Across on the green fields of Amerikay
The lint dams are gone and the looms are lying idle
Gone are the winders of baskets and creels
And away o'er the ocean, go journeyman cowboys
And fiddlers who play out the old mountain reels
Ah, but I mind the time when old Ireland was flourishing
And most of her tradesmen did work for good pay
Ah, but since our manufacturers have crossed the Atlantic
Well, it's now that I must follow onto Amerikay
And now to conclude and to finish my ditty
If e'er a friendless Irishman should happen my way
With the best in the house, I will greet him and welcome him
At home on the green fields of Amerikay
So pack up your sea stores now, consider it no longer
Ten dollars a week isn't very bad pay
With no taxes or tithe there to devour up your wages
Across on the green fields of Amerikay
16.Dark As A Dungeon
Lyricist:Merle Travis
Come on, you young fellas
So young and so fine
And seek not your fortune
In the dark, dreary mines
It'll form as a habit
Seep in your soul
Till the blood of your veins runs
As black as the coal
It's dark as a dungeon
Damp as the dew
Where the dangers are many
The pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls
And the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon
Way down in the mine
It's many a man
I've seen in my day
Who lived just a labour
His whole life away
Like a fiend with his dope
Or a drunkard his wine
A man must have lust for
The lure of the mine
It's dark as a dungeon
Damp as the dew
Where the dangers are many
The pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls
And the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon
Way down in the mine
Well, I hope when I'm gone
And the ages do roll
My body will blacken
And form into coal
I'll look down from the door
Of my heavenly home
And pity the miners
A diggin' my bones
It's dark as a dungeon
Damp as the dew
Where the dangers are many
The pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls
And the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon
Way down in the mine
It's dark as a dungeon
Way down in the mine
17.The Lowlands Of Holland
Lyricist:Paddy (arr) Moloney, Traditional
On the night that I was married
And upon my marriage bed
There all came a bold sea captain
And he stood at my bed-head
Sayin', â½Arise, arise, young wedded man
And come along with me
To the lowlands of Holland
To fight the enemyâ
Now then Holland is a lovely land
And upon it grows fine grain
Sure it is a place of residence
For a soldier to remain
Where the sugarcane is plentiful
And the tea grows on each tree
Well, I never had but the one sweetheart
And now he's gone far away from me
I will wear no stays around my waist
Nor combs all in my hair
I will wear no scarf around my neck
For to save my beauty there
And never will I marry
Not until the day I die
Since these four winds and these stormy seas
Came between my love and I
18.Factory Girl
Lyricist:Paddy (arr) Moloney, Traditional
As I went out walking one fine summer morning
The birds in the bushes did whistle and sing
The lads and the lasses in couples were courtin'
Going back to the factory their work to begin
He spied one among them, she was fairer then many
Her cheeks like the red rose that blooms in the spring
Her hair like the lily that grows in Yon' valley
She was only a hard-working factory girl
He sat soft beside her, more closely to view her
She says, 'My young man, don't stare me so
I gold in my pocket and silver as well
No more will I answer that factory call'
19.Danny Boy
Lyricist:Paddy (arr) Moloney, Traditional
Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and down the mountain side
The summer's gone and all the flowers falling
'T's you, 't's you, must go and I must bide
But come ye back when summer's in meadow
Or when the valleys hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be there in sunshine or in the shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so
And when you come and all the flowers are dying
If I am dead, as dead I will may be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And 'neel and say an 'Ave' for me
And I shall hear those soft you tread above me
And all my grave will warm and sweeter be
If you will built and tell me that you love me
Then I shall sleep in peace until you come to me
20.The Rocky Road to Dublin (From 'Long Black Veil')
Lyricist:Paddy (arr) Moloney, Traditional
In the merry month of May
From me home I started
Left the girls of Tuam
Sad and broken hearted
Salute me father dear
And kissed me darlin' mother
Then drank a pint of beer
Me tears and grief to smother
Off to reap the corn
Leave where I was born
I cut a stoat black thorn
To banish ghosts and Goblins
In a pair of brand new of brogues
Rattled over the bogs
I frightened all the dogs
On the rocky road to Dublin
1 2 3 4 5
Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road
And all the way to Dublin, whacks fer al de da
In Dublin next arrived
And thought it such a pity
To be so soon deprived
A view of that fair city
Then I took a stroll
All amongst the quality
Me bundle it was stole
In that neat locality
Something crossed me mind
When I looked behind
No bundle I could find
Upon me stick a wobblin'
Enquiring after the rogue
Said me 'Connaught Brogue
Was not much in vogue
On the rocky road to Dublin'
1 2 3 4 5
Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road
And all the way to Dublin, whacks fer al de da
The boys of Liverpool
When we safely landed
Called myself a fool
I could no longer stand it
Me blood began to boil
Me temper I was losing
For old Erin's isle
They began abusing
Horah say I
Me shelelagh I let fly
Galway boys were by
They saw I was a hobblin'
With a loud 'Hurray'
They joined in the affray
We quickly cleared the way
For the rocky road to Dublin
1 2 3 4 5
Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road
Nd all the way to Dublin, whacks fer al de da
21.Coast of Malabar
Lyricist:Ry (arr) Cooder, Paddy (arr) Moloney, Traditional
Far away across the ocean
Underneath an Indian star
Dwells a dark eyed lonely maiden
On the coast of Malabar
In the harbor, where we anchored
I can see her shy and sweet
With a bunch of wine-red roses
And the wild waves at her feet
Oh fare thee well, my little dark eyed queen
Fare thee well, my Indian star
In my heart you'll live forever
On the coast of Malabar
'Come to me', I hear her calling
Across the ocean, wild and far
'Come to me again and love me
On the coast of Malabar'
And my thoughts keep ever turning
To that far-off distant shore
And the dark eyed girl who loved me
But I'll see her never more
Oh fare thee well, my little dark eyed queen
Fare thee well, my Indian star
In my heart you'll live forever
On the coast of Malabar
22.Never Give All The Heart
Lyricist:Paddy Moloney, W B Yeats
Never give all the heart
For love will hardly seem worth thinking of
To passionate women if it seems certain
Never give all the heart
For love will hardly seem worth thinking of
To passionate women if it seems certain
And they never dream that it fades out from kiss to kiss
For everything that's lovely is but a brief, dreamy, kind
delight
O never give the heart outright
For they, for all smooth lips can say
Have given their hearts up to the play
And who could play it well enough
If deaf and dumb and blind with love?
He that made this knows all the cost
For he gave all his heart and lost
They, for all smooth lips can say
Have given their hearts up to the play
Never give all the heart
23.Changing Your Demeanour
Lyricist:Kevin Conneff
Here we are we've come to call
With pipes and flutes and fiddles and all
In case of death we've even brought a keener
So, if you're glum and feeling down
Just feel like us and act the clown and soon
There'll be a change in your demeanour
I put me money on a horse today
For with the race he'd run away
Or so a friend that's in the know he told me
Twenty lengths ahead at most
He proudly cantered pass the post
But, woe was me, he lost the bloomin' jockey!
Now of all the places I have seen
From China to the Caribbean
Are all across the goat compared to Ireland
From Bally Castle to Tralie, the Corup to the Liffy
There's no where else on earth but like this island
In Hollywood I long to be
No, not the place across the sea
But in county Wickloe, Ireland's lovely garden
Where no pretenders will you find
But decent people warm and kind
And flocks of friendly sheep into the bargain
For your ills don't take a pill
But take it down the road, the hills
And listen to the larks lovely warbling
In the evening in the company
With music in the key of E
You'll be dancing Kerry sets until the morning
Dancing Kerry sets until the morning
24.The Magdalene Laundries - With Joni Mitchell
Lyricist:Deborah Tariq, Hector Gonzalez, Zahid Tariq
I was an unmarried girl
I'd just turned twenty seven
When they sent me to the sisters
For the way men looked at me
Branded as a Jezebel
I knew I was not bound for heaven
I'd be cast in shame
Into the Magdalene laundries
Most girls come here pregnant
Some by their own fathers
Bridget got that belly
By her parish priest
We're trying to get things white as snow
All of us woe begotten daughters
In the steaming stains
Of the Magdalene laundries
Prostitutes and destitutes
And temptresses like me
Fallen women
Sentenced into dreamless drudgery
Why do they call this heartless place
Our Lady of Charity? Ohh, charity
These bloodless brides of Jesus
If they had just once glimpsed their groom
Then they'd know and they'd drop the stones
Concealed behind their rosaries
They wilt the grass they walk upon
They leech the light out of a room
They like to drive us down the drain
At the Magdalene laundries
Peg O'Connell died today
She was a cheeky girl, a flirt
They just stuffed her in a hole
Surely to God you'd think at least some bells should ring
One day I'm going to die here too
And they'll plant me in the dirt
Like some lame bulb
That never blooms come any spring, not any spring, ohh
No, not any spring, no, not any spring
No, not any spring, no, not any spring
No, not any spring, not any spring
No, not any spring, not any spring
No, not any spring, not any spring
No, not any spring, not any spring
25.I'll Tell Me Ma
Lyricist:Moloney Patrick, Morrison Van
I'll tell me ma when I go home
The boys won't leave the girls alone
They pull my hair, they stole my comb
But that's alright till I go home
She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the belle of Belfast City
She is courtin' one, two, three
Please, won't you tell me who is she?
Albert Mooney says he loves her
All the boys are fighting for her
They knock at the door and ring at the bell
Sayin' 'Oh, my true love are you well?'
Out she comes as white as snow
Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
Ol' Jenny Murray says she'll die
If she doesn't get the fella with the roving eye
I'll tell me ma when I go home
The boys won't leave the girls alone
They pull my hair, they stole my comb
But that's alright till I go home
She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the belle of Belfast City
She is courtin' one, two, three
Please, won't you tell me who is she?
Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high
The snow come tumblin' through the sky
She's as nice as apple pie
And she'll get her own lad by and by
When she gets a lad of her own
She won't tell her ma when she gets home
Let them all come as they will
For it's Albert Mooney she loves still
I'll tell me ma when I go home
The boys won't leave the girls alone
They pull my hair, they stole my comb
But that's alright till I go home
She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the belle of Belfast City
She is courtin' one, two, three
Please, won't you tell me who is she?
I'll tell me ma when I go home
The boys won't leave the girls alone
They pull my hair, they stole my comb
But that's alright till I go home
She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the belle of Belfast City
She is courtin' one, two, three
Please, won't you tell me who is she?
26.Rain And Snow
Lyricist:Moloney Patrick
I married me a wife
She gave me trouble all my life
Left me out in the cold, rain and snow
Rain and snow, oh love, left me out in the cold, rain and snow
She came down the stairs
Combin' back her long yellow hair
And her cheeks were as red as a rose
As a rose, oh love
And her cheeks were as red as a rose
I've done all I could do
To try to get along with you
And I ain't gonna be treated this a way
This a way, oh love
And I ain't gonna be treated this a way
I married me a wife
She gave me trouble all my life
Left me out in the cold, rain and snow
Rain and snow, oh love, left me out in the cold, rain and snow
27.Katie Dear
Lyricist:Moloney Patrick
Oh Katie dear, go ask your mama
If you can be a bride of mine
If she says yes, come back and tell me
If she says no, we'll run away
Oh Willie dear, there's no need asking
For she lies on her feather bed
And by her side is a silver dagger
To slay the one that I would wail
Oh Katie dear, go ask your papa
If you can be a bride of mine
If he says yes, come back and tell me
If he says no, we'll run away
Oh Willie dear, there's no need asking
He's in his room takin' a rest
And by his side there's a silver dagger
To slay the one that I love best
Then he picked up that silver dagger
And plunged it through his troubled heart
Saying, 'Goodbye Katie, goodbye darling
It's now forever we must partâ
Then she picked up that bloody dagger
And plunged it through her lily white breast
Saying, â½Goodbye papa, goodbye mama
I'll die for the one that I love bestâ
28.I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
Lyricist:Moloney Patrick
I'll be all smiles tonight, love
I'll be all smiles tonight
Though my heart may break tomorrow
I'll be all smiles tonight
I'll deck my brow with roses
The loved ones may be there
The gems that others gave me
Will shine upon my hair
And even those who know me
Will think my heart is light
Though my heart may break tomorrow
I'll be all smiles tonight
I'll be all smiles tonight, love
I'll be all smiles tonight
Though my heart may break tomorrow
I'll be all smiles tonight
And when the room he entered
With a bride upon his arm
I stood and gazed upon him
As though he were a charm
Once he smiled upon her
And once he smiled on me
But they knew not what I suffered
For they found no change in me
I'll be all smiles tonight, love
I'll be all smiles tonight
Though my heart may break tomorrow
I'll be all smiles tonight
29.The Lily Of The West
The Chieftains & Mark Knopfler
One day as I was walking down by a shady grove
I spied a lord of high degree conversing with my love
She sang her song delightfully while I was sore oppressed
Saying I bid adieu to Molly O', the lily of the west
Well, I stepped up with my rapier and my dagger in my hand
And I dragged him from my false love and boldly did bid him
stand
But being mad with desperation I swore I'd pierce his breast
I was then deceived by Molly O', the lily of the west
I then did stand my trial and boldly I did plea
A flaw was in my indictment found and that soon had me free
That beauty bright I did adore, the judge did her address
Now go, you faithless Molly O', the lily of the west
Now that I've gained my liberty a-roaming I will go
I'll ramble through old Ireland and travel Scotland o'er
Though she thought to swear my life away she still disturbs my
rest
I still must style her, Molly O', the lily of the west
30.I Know My Love
The Chieftains & The Corrs
I know my love by his way of walking
And I know my love by his way of talking
And I know my love dressed in a suit of blue
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?
And still she cried, 'I love him the best
And a troubled mind sure can know no rest'
And still she cried, 'Bonny boys are few
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?'
There is a dance house in Maradyke
And there my true love goes every night
He takes a strange girl upon his knee
Well, now don't you think that that vexes me?
And still she cried, 'I love him the best
And a troubled mind sure can know no rest'
And still she cried, 'Bonny boys are few
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?'
If my love knew I can wash and wring
If my love knew I can sew and spin
I'd make a coat of the finest kind
But the want of money sure leaves me behind
And still she cried, 'I love him the best
And a troubled mind sure can know no rest'
And still she cried, 'Bonny boys are few
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?'
I know my love is an errant rover
I know he'll wander the wild world over
In dear old Ireland he'll no longer tarry
An American girl, he's sure to marry
And still she cried, 'I love him the best
And a troubled mind sure can know no rest'
And still she cried, 'Bonny boys are few
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?'
And still she cried, 'I love him the best
And a troubled mind sure can know no rest'
And still she cried, 'Bonny boys are few
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?'
What will I do?
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