The Nightingale Lyrics

At the turning of the century I was a boy of fiveMy father went to fight the Boers and never came back aliveMy mother left to bring us up no charity would seekSo she washed and scr...Read Full Lyrics

In the County Tyrone, near the town of Dungannon, Where many the ructions meself had a hand in. Bob Williamson lived, a weaver by trade, And all of us thought him a stout Orange ...Read Full Lyrics

Of all the money that e'er I spent I've spent it in good company And all the harm that ever I did Alas it was to none but me And all I've done for want of wit To memory now I can't...Read Full Lyrics

May the Lord upon high who rules the skyLook down on our pubs and barsAnd the women and men all seated withinNeglecting their pints and their jarsThe crack it is bad, the atmospher...Read Full Lyrics

I am come of the seed of the people, the people that sorrow,That have no treasure but hope,No riches laid up but a memoryOf an Ancient glory.My mother bore me in bondage, in bondag...Read Full Lyrics

They say that the lakes of Killarney are fairThat no stream like the Liffey can ever compare,If its water you want, you'll find nothing more rareThan the stuff they make down by th...Read Full Lyrics

There's a sweet garden spot in our memoryIt's the place we were born and rearedIt's long years ago since we left itBut return there we will if we're sparedOur friends and companion...Read Full Lyrics

The sun is burning in the sky,Strands of clouds go slowly driftin' byIn the park, the dreamy bees are droning in the flowers among the treesAnd the sun burns in the sky.Now the sun...Read Full Lyrics

In my memory I will always seethe town that I have loved so wellwhere our school played ball by the gasyard walland we laughed through the smoke and the smell.Going home in the rai...Read Full Lyrics

I'm a freeborn man of the travelling peoplegot no fixed abode with nomads I am numberedcountry lanes and bye ways were always my waysI never fancied being lumberedWell we knew the ...Read Full Lyrics