All For The Roses Lyrics

I was lured by the rocking horse Sweets and the bualadh bos Fifty wild boys to a room Sing lamh, lamh eile, the dish ran away with the spoon Black shoes and stockings for those who...Read Full Lyrics

Oh have you been to Avondale and lingered in her lovely Vale Where tall trees whisper low the tale of avondale's proud Eagle Where pride and ancient glory fade Such was the land wh...Read Full Lyrics

In 1803 we sailed out to sea Out from the sweet town of Derry For Australia bound if we didn't all drown And the marks of our fetters we carried In our rusty iron chains we cried f...Read Full Lyrics

I was 18 when I came to town They called it the summer of love Burning babies, burning flags The hawks against the doves I took a job at the steaming way Down on Caltrim St Fell i...Read Full Lyrics

The black and tans from London Came to shoot the people down They thought the ira was dead In dear old Belfast town Those cruel English soldiers They were seriously dismayed "no Su...Read Full Lyrics

And they went home on an Easter road On a silent night tryin' not to show Who goes where and who goes when Thinkin' some day soon they'll get it back again From the ghetto in Cape...Read Full Lyrics

Black is the colour of my true love's hair, Her lips are like some roses fair, She's the sweetest smile, And the gentlest hands, I love the ground, Whereon she stands. I love my l...Read Full Lyrics

I was sittin' beside the road in Black Jack County. Not knowing that the Sheriff paid a bounty, For men like me that hadn't got a penny to their name. So he locked my leg to 35 pou...Read Full Lyrics

Bridget O'Reilly was a fine looking girl Well, her skin was like ivory and her teeth shone like Pearls The fellas all chased her in vain til one day She went and got married to Bar...Read Full Lyrics

Chorusin the City of Chicago, As the evening shadows fall, There are people dreaming, Of the hills of Donegal. 1847, was the year it all began, Deadly pains of hunger, drove a mil...Read Full Lyrics