- Arthur McBride
I had a first cousin called Arthur McBride,
He and I took a stroll down by the sea-side,
A-seeking good fortune and what might the tide,
It was just as the day was a-dawning
Then after resting we both took a tramp
We met Sergeant Harpur and Corporal Cramp
Besides the wee drummer who beat up our camp,
With his rowdy-dow-dow in the morning
- Bunch of Thyme
Come all you maidens young and fair
All you that are blooming in your prime
Always beware, and keep your garden fair
Let no man steal away your thyme
For thyme it is a precious thing
And thyme brings all things to my mind,
Thyme with all its flavours, along with all its joys
- Come Out, Ye Black and Tans
I was born in a Dublin street
Where the royal drums do beat
And the loving English feet, they tramped all over us
And each and every night
When me father'd come home tight
He'd invite the neighbours outside with this chorus:
Oh, come out, ye Black and Tans
- Dirty Old Town
I met my love by the gas yard wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty Old Town dirty Old Town
I heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
I smelled the spring on the smoky wind
- My Lovely Rose Of Clare
Oh my lovely rose of Clare
You're the sweetest girl I know
You're the queen of all the roses
The pretty flowers that grow
You are the sunshine of my life
So beautiful and fair
And I will always love you
My lovely rose of Clare
- Spancil Hill
Last night as I lay dreamin'
Of pleasant days gone by
Me mind bein' bent on rambelin'
To Ireland's isle did fly
I stepped on board a vision
And followed with her will
'Til I shortly came to anchor
At the cross near Spancil Hill
- The Flight Of Earls
Flight Of Earls
Traditional Irish Songs
I can hear the bells of Dublin
in this lonely waiting room
and the paper boys are singing in the rain
Not too long before they take us
to the airport and the noise