| 1. Tommy Makem - The Butcher Boy |
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In London city where I did dwell A butcher boy, I loved right well He courted me, my life away But now with me, he will not stay I wish, I wish, I...
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| 2. Tommy Makem - Old Woman From Wexford |
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There was an old woman from Wexford In Wexford town did dwell She loved her husband dearly But another man twice as well Chorus: With me right fol...
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| 3. Tommy Makem - Old Maid In The Garrett |
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Now I've often heard it said from my father and my mother That going to a wedding was the makings of another Well, if this be so, then I'll go...
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| 4. Tommy Makem - The Little Beggarman |
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I am a little beggarman and begging I have been For three score or more in this little isle of green I'm known from the Liffey down to Segue And I'm...
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| 5. Tommy Makem - An Eirinn Ni Neosainn Ce Hi |
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Areir 's me 'g tearnnamh ar neoin Ar a' dtaobh eile 'en teora seo thios Do thaobhnaigh an speirbhean im chomhair Dfhaig taomanac, breote, lag tinn Le...
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| 6. Tommy Makem - They Told Us No Irish Need Apply |
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Just think of all the presidents who came from Irish folk There was Wilson and Buchanan, there was Jackson, Grant and Polk There was Cleveland and...
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| 7. Tommy Makem - The Newry Highwayman |
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In Newry town, I was bred and born In Stephen's Green now I lie in scorn I served my time to the saddling trade But I turned out to be, yes I turned...
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| 8. Tommy Makem - October Winds |
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October winds lament around the Castle of Dromore Yet peace is in her lofty halls, my loving treasure store Though autumn leaves may droop and die A...
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| 9. Tommy Makem - Oh, The Prickle Holly Bush |
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A choir of angels sing Glory to God on high And Mary in a stable dark Sings lullaby Chorus: Oh, the prickle holly bush As sharp as any thorn And...
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| 10. Tommy Makem - My Lagan Love |
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Where Lagan stream sings lullaby There grows a lily fair The twilight gleam is in her eye The night is on her hair And like a lovesick leannsidhe She...
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| 11. Tommy Makem - The Coast Of Malabar |
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Far away across the ocean, underneath an Indian star Dwells a dusky little (dark eyed lovely) maiden on the coast of Malabar In the harbour, where we...
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| 12. Tommy Makem - Come By The Hills |
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Oh, come by the hills to the land where fancy is free. Stand where the peaks meet the sky and the loughs meet the sea, Where rivers run clear,...
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| 13. Tommy Makem - New South Wales |
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Chorus: Here we are in New South Wales, shearing sheep as big as wales With leather necks and daggy tails and hides as tough as rusty nails When...
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| 14. Tommy Makem - Bread And Fishes |
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As I went a walkin' one mornin' in spring I met with some travelers in an old country lane One was an old man, the second a maid, And the third was a...
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| 15. Tommy Makem - D-day Dodgers |
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We are the D-day dodgers way out in Italy Always on the vino, always on the spree Eighth army scroungers and their tanks We live in rows among the...
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| 16. Tommy Makem - November Keady Fair |
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Come all good people attention pay to these few lines I pen And before I stop concluding, sure I hope I won't offend It was on the thirteenth of the...
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| 17. Tommy Makem - Nancy Whiskey |
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I'm a weaver, a Calton weaver I'm a rash and a roving blade I've got silver in my pocket And I follow the roving trade Chorus: Whiskey, whiskey,...
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| 18. Tommy Makem - Cruiscin Lan |
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Let the farmer praise his grounds, let the hunter praise his hounds, Letthe shepherd praise his sweetly scented lawn; But I, more blest than they,...
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| 19. Tommy Makem - Twa Recruiting Sergeants |
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Chorus: For it's over the mountain and over the main Through Gibralta to France and Spain It's a feather to your bonnet, a kilt upon your knee So...
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| 20. Tommy Makem - The Songs The Water Sings |
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Go down to the water's rim And hear the water's roll And the music of their lonely hymn Will seep into your soul And penetrate your very bones And...
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