| 41. Tommy Makem - Leatherwing Bat |
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"I" said the little leatherwing bat "I'll tell you the reason that The reason that I fly the night Because I lost my heart's delight" Chorus:...
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| 42. Tommy Makem - The Ballad Of St. Anne's Reel |
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He was stranded in a tiny town on Fair Prince Edward's Island Waiting for a ship to come and find him A one horse place, a friendly face Some coffee...
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| 43. Tommy Makem - If You Should Ask Me |
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If you should ask me where I've been In the times so long gone by I would have to say to you "Chasing rainbows in the sky" But the rainbow has no...
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| 44. Tommy Makem - Leave Her Johnny |
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Oh, I thought I heard the old man say Leave her, Johnny, leave her It's a long, hard pull to the next pay day And it's time for us to leave her ...
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| 45. Tommy Makem - The Wild Colonial Boy |
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There was a wild colonial boy, Jack Duggan was his name He was born and raised in Ireland in a place called Castlemaine He was his father's only son,...
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| 46. Tommy Makem - The Battle Of Benburb |
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O'er the hills of Benburb, rose the red beam of day Gleaming bright from our foemen in battle array But as brightly again, in the mid summer glow It...
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| 47. Tommy Makem - Away To Mary Ann |
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I heard the rain on my window pane And ever as it ran It sang this song the whole night long Go home to Mary Ann Chorus: Away, away, away, away...
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| 48. Tommy Makem - The Lowlands Of Holland |
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The night that I was married and in my married bed Up comes the bold sea captain and stands at my bed head Saying "arise, arise, young wedded man and...
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| 49. Tommy Makem - Johnny Mceldoo |
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There was Johnny McEldoo and McGee and me And a couple of two or three went on the spree one day We had a bob or two, which we knew how to blew And...
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| 50. Tommy Makem - Slieve Gallon Braes |
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My name is Joe McGarvey as you might understand I come from Derryginnet and I own a farm of land But the rents were getting higher and I could no...
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| 51. Tommy Makem - You Are Always On My Mind |
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Before I met you, everything was dreary I passed my time from day to lifeless day And then you came and filled my life with sunshine And now you tell...
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| 52. Tommy Makem - The Gallant Forty-twa |
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You may talk about your Lancers or your Irish Fusiliers The Aberdeen Militia or the Dublin Volunteers Or any other regiment that's lying far awa' But...
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| 53. Tommy Makem - Killyburn Brae |
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Is it true that the women are worse than the men? Right fol, right fol, tiddy fol day Is it true that the women are worse than the men? They go down...
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| 54. Tommy Makem - Big Ship Sailing |
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There's a big ship sailing on the illy-alley-o The illy-alley-o, the illy-alley-o There's a big ship sailing on the illy-alley-o Hi-ho-the...
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| 55. Tommy Makem - Casn't Kill Cooch |
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Now brave boys I'm touching on sixty, but I'm very spry And you can't find a man that has tried his luck more times than I For years I've looked...
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| 56. Tommy Makem - Blue Eyed Mary |
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There's a black crow sitting on a bare oak tree And the winter sun is low And it's painting shadows on the old brown hills And the meadows down below...
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| 57. Tommy Makem - Freedom's Sons |
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At Easter time, nineteen-sixteen When flowers bloomed and leaves were green There dawned a day when freedom's cry Called out brave men to fight and...
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| 58. Tommy Makem - Botany Bay |
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Chorus: Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lime Farewell to your gangers and gangplanks and to hell with your overtime For...
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| 59. Tommy Makem - In The Town Of Ballybay |
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In the town of Ballybay, there was a lassie dwelling I knew her very well and her story's well worth telling Her father kept a still and he was a...
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| 60. Tommy Makem - The Croppy Boy |
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'Twas early early all in the spring The birds did whistle and sweetly sing Changing their tune from tree to tree And the song they sang was 'Old...
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