Cliffs Of Dooneen Lyrics

The good ship Granma lies at anchor in the harbour Waiting for the evening tide to rise and bring high water. Bound for Cuba she must go across the Gulf of Mexico and The Caribbean...Read Full Lyrics

Take a look around you, how much longer can you live This way Trash on the floor from weeks before, just gets deeper By the day Can't let go of that foolish pride, you keep it lock...Read Full Lyrics

I dreamt a dream the other night I couldn't sleep a wink The rats were tryin' to count the sheep and I was off the drink There were footsteps in the parlour and voices on the stair...Read Full Lyrics

Don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work. Oh don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work. Don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work Or you'll end up where...Read Full Lyrics

Close your eyes and come with me back to 1984 We'll take a walk down Henry Street to Dunnes Department store. The supermarket's busy and the registers make a din' The groceries go ...Read Full Lyrics

A girl cries in the early morning Woken by the sound of a gun She knows somewhere somebody's dying Beneath the rising sun Outside the window of her cabaña The shadows are full of ...Read Full Lyrics

A young man fell in love with truth In searching th wide world for her He found her in the small house In the clearing In the forest She was old and she was stooped He pledged hims...Read Full Lyrics

Every time I go to London I think about Giuseppe Conlon Who left his home in Belfast And travelled over to his son As he said goodbye to Sarah And took the boat to Heysham Little d...Read Full Lyrics

Born in the middle of the afternoon In a horsedrawn carriage on the old A5 The big twelve wheeler shook my bed, "You can't stay here" the policeman said. Chorus You'd better get ...Read Full Lyrics

As I was climbing into bed at my Granny's side I looked out the window the Brits they had arrived The house was surrounded they smashed in the front door In They'd come to take awa...Read Full Lyrics