Protect and Survive Lyrics

In eighteen hundred and forty-oneMe corduroy breeches i put onMe corduroy breeches i put onTo work upon the railway,The railwayI'm weary of the railwayPoor paddy works on the railw...Read Full Lyrics

Around the time I saw the light of morningA comradeship of heroes was laidFrom every corner of the world came sailingThe Fifty International Brigade.They came to stand beside the S...Read Full Lyrics

Which way will the branch bendWhen there's no wind left to blowWhich way will the river runWhen there's no where left to goWhat do we tell the childrenWhen they start to ask us why...Read Full Lyrics

My father sailed away, the band played tunes of gloryA giant man with ribbons, bedeviled dignityA regimental sergeant, the backbone of the EmpireFor God and righteous glory bound f...Read Full Lyrics

I always will remember well the day we went away,Sailing out of Dublin in the morning,Our hopes were on tomorrow as we kissed the girls farewell,And our dreams were on the day of o...Read Full Lyrics

I was standing by my window,On one cold and cloudy dayWhen I saw that hearse come rollingFor to carry my mother awayWill the circle be unbrokenBy and by, lord, by and byThere's a b...Read Full Lyrics

Well, there was an old woman from Wexford and in Wexford she did wellShe loved her old man dearly but another one twice as wellChorus:With me tiggery tiggery toram and me toram tor...Read Full Lyrics

Oh thunder and lightning is no larkWhen Dublin city is in the darkSo if you've any money go up to the parkAnd view the zoological gardensWe went out there to see the zooWe saw the ...Read Full Lyrics

Come listen to me for a whileMy good friends one and allAnd I'll sing to you a verse or twoAbout a famous ballNow the ball was given by some friendsWho lived down Ashe StreetIn a c...Read Full Lyrics

(Chorus)Oh there's sober men & plentyAnd drunkards barely twentyThere are men of over ninetyThat have never yet kissed a girl.But give me a rambling roverFae Orkney down to DoverWe...Read Full Lyrics