Section 31 Lyrics

Kids wear white garters and smell like their mothers Whose husbands and fathers alike Drink black beer in the same public houses Smelling of smoke and strong whiskey Mammies and da...Read Full Lyrics

I wish I had someone to love me, Someone to call me his own, Someone to sleep with me nightly, I weary of sleeping alone. Meet me tonight in the moonlight, Meet me tonight all ...Read Full Lyrics

This is the day the fisherman likes And so do I When the rain puts a shine on the chestnut spikes Hear the curlews cry The nightingale sings her best We'll drink a pint in hamilton...Read Full Lyrics

Sonny don’t go away I’m here all alone Your daddy’s a sailor never comes home Nights are so long silence goes on I’m feeling so tired and not all that strong Sonny lives o...Read Full Lyrics

A hungry feeling came o' er me stealing And the mice were sqealing in my prison cell And the auld triangle went jingle jangle along the Banks of the Royal Canal To start the morni...Read Full Lyrics

A boat sailed out of Brandon in the year of 501 'Twas a damp and dirty mornin' Brendan's voyage it bega Tired of thinnin' turnips and cuttin' curley kale When he got back from the ...Read Full Lyrics

Down by O'Connell street one summers evening I meet a young woman, it was our first meeting Crossed over the bridge and down by the river By the strawberry beds I found that I knew...Read Full Lyrics

There's Bethlem and Cheltenham and Lourdes and Limerick Junction The trip to Mejagori come up for the extra motion Good people climb Croagh Patrick with serenity on their Faces But...Read Full Lyrics

As I roved out one evening fair It bein' the summertime to take the air I spied a sailor and a lady gay And I stood to listen And I stood to listen to hear what they would say. He...Read Full Lyrics

I am a roving hackler lad that loves the shamrock shore My name is Pat Mcdonnell and my age is eighty-four; Belov'd and well-respected by my neighbours one and all On St. Patrick's...Read Full Lyrics