The Irish Rover Lyrics

I am a young fellow that's easy and bold, In Castletown Conner I'm very well known; In Newcastle West I spent many a night With Kitty and Judy and Mary. My parents rebuked me for ...Read Full Lyrics

Farewell to you, my own true love, I am going far, far away I am bound for California, And I know that I'll return someday So fare thee well, my own true love, For when I return, u...Read Full Lyrics

Let grasses grow and waters flow In a free and easy way, But give me enough of the rare old stuff That's made near Galway Bay, Come gangers all from Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim too,...Read Full Lyrics

Near Banbridge Town in the County Down One morning last July A boreen green came a sweet colleen And she smiled as she passed me by She looked so sweet from her two bare feet To th...Read Full Lyrics

They snakes they can crawl And the cheetahs they can bawl And their ghosts can wait for the hereafter But if you are so proud As to say that's not allowed We will get sick and chok...Read Full Lyrics

Seen the carnival at rome Had the women I had the booze All I can remember now Is little kids without no shoes So I saw that train And I got on it With a heartful of hate And a lus...Read Full Lyrics

The guests are stood in silence They stare and drink their wine On the wall the canvas hangs Frozen there in time They marvel at the beauty The horror and despair At the wake of th...Read Full Lyrics

The island it is silent now But the ghosts still haunt the waves And the torch lights up a famished man Who fortune could not save Did you work upon the railroad Did you rid the s...Read Full Lyrics

The night is dark, the moon is full Across the blood red plain Every step and every breath Brings me nearer home The spirits watch me on my way They whisper on the wind And when th...Read Full Lyrics

Tosspint rises early Sprung from a nightmare's claw Thrice crows the dawn c*** The mist is on the moor Tosspint cries from croaking gills Thank God I'm not forsaken From the hellis...Read Full Lyrics