Maid Of The Sweet Brown Knowe Lyrics

(D. Behan) When Eve was in the garden, Adam climbed an apple tree, He went aloft up to the top, to see what he could see. He gazed in awe of what he saw, it made the poor man griev...Read Full Lyrics

Eighteen sixty nine being the date anf the year, Those Waterloo sportsmen and more did appear, For to gain the great prizes and bear them awa', Never counting on Ireland and Master...Read Full Lyrics

As down the glen came McAlpine's men With their shovels slung behind them 'Twas in the pub they drank the sub And up in the spike you'll find them They sweated blood and they...Read Full Lyrics

Oh come all ye late fellows that follows the gun Beware of night ramblin' by the setting of the sun. Beware of an accident as happened of late It was Molly Bawn Leary and sad was h...Read Full Lyrics

Oh it's never too late To co-conspire commiserate All it takes is a little bit of love and an awful lot of hate Is it real? Does it exist I know it's wrong But who am I to resist A...Read Full Lyrics

Why spend your leisure bereft of Pleasure A massing treasure why scrape and save? Why look so canny at ev'ry penny? You'll take no money within the grave Landlords and gentry with ...Read Full Lyrics

Let grasses grow and waters flow in a free and easy way, But give me enough of the fine old stuff that's made near Galway Bay, And policemen all from Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim too...Read Full Lyrics

Oh my name it is Sam Hall chimney sweep, chimney sweep Oh my name it is Sam Hall chimney sweep Oh my name it is Sam Hall and I've robbed both great And small And my neck will pay f...Read Full Lyrics

As I went home on Monday night as drunk as drunk could be I saw a horse outside the door where my old horse should be Well, I called me wife and I said to her: Will you kindly tell...Read Full Lyrics

In South Australia I was born To me heave away, haul away In South Australia round Cape Horn Chorus We're bound for South Australia Haul away you rolling kings To me heave away, h...Read Full Lyrics