Anna Liffey Lyrics

A sober black shawl hides her body entirelyTouched by the sun and the salt spray of the seaBut down in the darkness a slim hand so lovelyCarries a rich bunch of red roses for meHer...Read Full Lyrics

In the days I went a courtin',Was never tired resortin'To an ale house or a playhouseAnd many's a house besidesBut I told me brother Seamus,I'd go off and be right famous,And I nev...Read Full Lyrics

There's lilt in the song I sing, there's laughter and loveThere's tang o' the sea, and blue from heaven aboveOf reason there's none, and why should there be forbyeWith fire in the ...Read Full Lyrics

In Alabama 1958The cost of human life is very lowA man that's black is trampled downJust like they were a thousand years agoBut these are more enlightened daysNo room for all these...Read Full Lyrics

When I was a young man I carried me packAnd I lived the free life of the roverFrom the Murray's green basin to the dusty outbackI waltzed my Matilda all overThen in 1915 my country...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 la...Read Full Lyrics

He was standing in some tiny townOn fair Prince Edward IslandWaiting for a ship to come and find himA one horse place, a friendly face,Some coffee and a tiny traceOf fiddling in th...Read Full Lyrics

Oh, who will plough the fields nowAnd who will sow the cornAnd who will watch the sheep nowAnd keep them from all harmAnd the stack that's in the haggardUnthreshed it may remainSin...Read Full Lyrics

You may travel from Clare, to the county KildareFrom Dublin right down to MacroomBut where would you see a fine widow like meBiddy Mulligan, the pride of the CoombeI'm a buxom fine...Read Full Lyrics

By Clyde's bonnie banks as I sadly did wanderAmong the pit heaps as evening grew nigh.I spied a young maiden all dressed in deep mourningA weeping and wailing with many a sigh.I st...Read Full Lyrics