Dainty Davey Lyrics

It's fifty long springtimes since she was a bride,But still you may see her at each WhitsuntideIn a dress of white linen with ribbons of green,As green as her memories of loving.Th...Read Full Lyrics

I knew Danny Farrell when his football was a can.In his hand me down's and wellers and sandwiches of grand,But now this pavement peasant, is a full grown bitter man,With all his tr...Read Full Lyrics

The crops are all in and the peaches are rott'ning,The oranges piled in their creosote dumps;They're flying 'em back to the Mexican borderTo pay all their money to wade back againG...Read Full Lyrics

[Chorus:]Oh poor old Dicey Reilly she has taken to the supOh poor old Dicey Reilly she will never give it upFor it's off each morning to the popAnd then she's in for another little...Read Full Lyrics

Don't get married girlsYou'll sign away your lifeYou may start off as a womanBut you'll end up as the wifeYou could be a vestal virginTake the veil and be a nunBut don't get marrie...Read Full Lyrics

Don't give up till it's over, don't quit if you canThe weight on your shoulder will make you a stronger manGrasp your nettle tightly, though it will burnTreat your failures lightly...Read Full Lyrics

I remember the night that he came in from the wintery Cold and damp A giant of a man in an oilskin coat, and a bundle that Told he was a tramp He stood at the bar and he called a p...Read Full Lyrics

'Twas down by the Glenside I met an old womanA plucking young nettles she ne'er saw me comingI listened a while to the song she was hummingGlory o glory o to the Bold Fenian MenIt'...Read Full Lyrics

Well, you've heard about the Indians with their tommy hawks and spears And of the U.N. Warriors, the heroes of recent years Also I might mention the British Grenadiers Well, none o...Read Full Lyrics

Ring a ring a rosie as the lights declines,I remember Dublin city in the rare oul times.Raised on songs and stories, heroes of renown,The passing tales and glories, that once was D...Read Full Lyrics