The Black Velvet Band Lyrics

Come with me and I'll take you to the land of my fathers Where wild heather mountains look out to the sea You will find hearts as kind as the soft winds of summer And a warm wel...Read Full Lyrics

There are wild and rocky hills on the coast of Donegal And her fishermen are hardy, brave and free And the big Atlantic swell is a thing they know right well As they fight to ta...Read Full Lyrics

Oh, me name is Dick Darby, I'm a cobbler I served my time at ould camp Some call me an old agitator But now I'm resolved to repent With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-d...Read Full Lyrics

In the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and six, We set sail from the Coal Quay of Cork We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks For the grand City Hall in New York We'd a...Read Full Lyrics

Chorus: Way, hay up she rises, Way, hay, up she rises, Way, hay, up she rises, Early in the morning! What will we do with the drunken sailor? What will we do with the drun...Read Full Lyrics

I am a little beggarman and begging I have been For three score or more in this little isle of green I'm known from the Liffey down to Segue And I'm known by the name of old Johnny...Read Full Lyrics

It was in the month of January, the hills were clad in snow As over hills and valleys, my true love he did go It was there he spied a pretty fair maid, with a salt tear in her ey...Read Full Lyrics

The Real Old Mountain Dew Beside a hill there is a still, Where the smoke runs up to the sky; You ean always tell by the whiff and the smell That the liquor boys are nigh. Ref...Read Full Lyrics

There's a piercing wintry breeze Blowing through the budding trees And I button up my coat to keep me warm But the days are on the mend And I'm on the road again With my fiddle snu...Read Full Lyrics

Beyond the Aran Islands, ghosts of the long forgotten heroes Come thundering down the starry velvet sky They scream their wild frustrations to the endless listening spaces And t...Read Full Lyrics