The Battle of the Somme/Freedom Come All Ye Lyrics

The night was dark and very cold When I took pity on a poor soulI took pity on a poor soul And let in a beggarmanMe Too-roo-roo-roo rantin' hi Too-roo-roo-roo rantin' hiToo-roo-roo...Read Full Lyrics

It's busk ye, me boy's, get you up on the deck And take up your stations for hauling the nets And mind up all together lads all through the night And shaking your oilskins until it...Read Full Lyrics

You call and I ranWild as the wind, which blows across the moorAll we need it is each otherLike the eagles we will soreChorus:You are the call, I am the answerYou are the wish and ...Read Full Lyrics

I remember in September when the final stumps were drawnAnd the shouts of crowds now silent when the boisterous cheer had goneLet us O Lord above us remember simple thingsWhen all ...Read Full Lyrics

Oh the crack was ninety in the Isle of ManWell weren't we the rare oul stockSpent the evenin' gettin' lockedIn the Ace O' Hearts where the high stools were engagingOver the Butte B...Read Full Lyrics

The balalaika rings silent from Minsk to Red SquareThe cortege a**embles to bury the bearNadia Rostropovich looks on in despairWith Irina, Catharina and OlgaAnd quietly remembering...Read Full Lyrics

Oh I am a roving sporting blade, they call me Jack of all TradesI always place my chief delight in courting pretty fair maids.So when to Dublin I arrived to try for a situationI al...Read Full Lyrics

Oh I am a Dundee weaver and I come fray' bonny DundeeI met a Glasgy' fella and he cam' courting meHe took me oot a'walking dun by the Calvin Ha'And there the dirty wee rascal sto'M...Read Full Lyrics

At Oranmore in the county GalwayOne pleasant evening in the month's of MayI spied a damsel; she was young and handsomeHer beauty fairly took my breath awayChorus:She worn no jewels...Read Full Lyrics

There was a poor thing that flowed in with the tideIt was forty feet long, boys, and forty feet wideAnd we called it the herring that came it with the tideTake him away and don't d...Read Full Lyrics