Ottawa Lyrics

(J. Hamel) Four and sixty years ago, high in Dunlavy's Castle, Stood and lady and maid, in the light of a fire, Making ready for a run. Four hundred men stood square on the beach B...Read Full Lyrics

(W. B. Yeats/J. Hamel) I will arise and go now, And go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, Of clay and wattles made. Nine bean rows will I have there, A hive for the honey...Read Full Lyrics

Jamie's gone away To cross the widest plain Find some undiscovered kings and princes Jamie's jumped the train To live bravely for a day Ride the rails in some lost romances Infamou...Read Full Lyrics

Well, Jenny's a sweet young body, Jenny's seldom dry, Draggled her petticoatie, comin' through the rye. If a body meet a body comin' through the rye, If a body kiss a body, need a ...Read Full Lyrics

A farmer lived in the North Country, Hey ho, bonny-o, He had daughters one, two, three. One was as bright as is the sun, And coal black grew another one. A knight came riding to th...Read Full Lyrics

Lately last night, I was asked to a wedding, The wedding of one who proved unkind, For all that day as she thought of her bridegroom, Thoughts of another one strayed through her mi...Read Full Lyrics

Merry month of June, And from my home I started, Left the girls of Tuam, Nearly broken hearted; Saluted father dear, Kissed my darlin' mother, Drank a pint of beer, My grief and te...Read Full Lyrics

And the heavens opened and it lashed down. Rivers of filth, syringes and broken hearts littered the Gutters of the central business district. Bodies lined the roads immobile waitin...Read Full Lyrics

Fall away from the ground, from the land you have known All of your days. A new world haze, as the tears fall & Land in this foreign place, far from home. Far from all That you've ...Read Full Lyrics

Opens his hand, reads his name, grabs the bottle & swallows again. Thinks of the wife he's left behind, touches the photo & closes his eyes. Thinks of the time where he walked ...Read Full Lyrics