Roisin the Bow Lyrics

Now I'm most depressed and sadWhere I once was blithe and glad,I could trip about the townBoth trim and neatly,I was happy night and mornBut from all such joys I'm shorn,Since I fe...Read Full Lyrics

Me husband's in Salonika, I wonder if he's deadI wonder if he knows he's got a kid with a foxy headSo right away, so right away,So right away Salonika, right away me soldier boyNow...Read Full Lyrics

Oh my name it is Sam Hall chimney sweep, chimney sweepOh my name it is Sam Hall chimney sweepOh my name it is Sam Hall and I've robbed both greatAnd smallAnd my neck will pay for a...Read Full Lyrics

There's a withering child on the sands of SudanHis body's too weak to hold out his handAnd beg for the bread that he might get todayFor the bird in the sky from the West's on its w...Read Full Lyrics

Hark a marshall sound is heardThe march of soldiers fife and drummingEyes are start and hearts are stoodFor bold recruits the brave are comingRibbons flaunting feathers gayThe soun...Read Full Lyrics

School day's over come on then John,Time to be getting your pit boots on,On with your sark and moleskin trousers,Time you were on your way,Time you were learning the pit man's job,...Read Full Lyrics

Was walking down at Dublin Street one morningBefore the sun had roust the breeze to shake the flagsI looked at all those people asleep in drafty doorwaysKeeping warm beneath old ca...Read Full Lyrics

Some say that kissing's a sinBut tell me how can that be true?For kissing has been in this worldSince the very first day there was twoNow if it was illegal then the lawyers, they w...Read Full Lyrics

Me loyal subjects" sez sheHere's my best respect, sez sheAnd I'm proud this day, sez sheOf the elegant way, sez sheThat you gave me the hand, sez sheWhen I come to the land, sez sh...Read Full Lyrics

Dear Sir, I write this note to you to tell you of me plightAnd at the time of writing I am not a pretty sightMe body is all black and blue, me face a deathly grayAnd I write this n...Read Full Lyrics