The Parting Glass 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

Come listen to my story, it's about a nice young manWhen the militia wasn't a wantin', he dealt in hawkin' twangHe loved a lovely maiden as fair as any midgeAnd she kept a traycle ...Read Full Lyrics

The wind does blow today, my love,A few small drops of rain;Never had I had but one true-love,In cold grave she is lain.I'll do as much for my true-love,As any young man may;I'll s...Read Full Lyrics

For Fun and Diversion we have met together,I tell you from Waterford hither we came,We crossed the Big Ocean in dark stormy weather,Our pockets were light and our Hearts were the s...Read Full Lyrics