Oh well, who wouldn’t be a sailor lad a’sailing on the mainTo gain the good will of his captain’s good nameHe came ashore one evening for to beAnd that wasContinue readingHOME BOYS HOME
Author: James
DANNY BOY
Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are callingFrom glen to glen, and down the mountain sideThe summer’s gone, and all the flowers are dying’tis you, ’tis you must goContinue readingDANNY BOY
Carmin Fair
One fine and pleasant summer’s morningWhen all around was bright and gayThe birds sang out their songs most charmingAnd I myself was as glad as theyI dressed myself in myContinue readingCarmin Fair
Aon Focal Eile
When I was just a little lad I used to go to schoolI’d sit down there on the seat feeling like a foolThe teacher taught us everything, everything we knowSheContinue readingAon Focal Eile
A Galway Girl
I took a stroll down the old long walk on a day -I-ay-I-ayI met a little girl and we stopped to talk on a grand soft day -I-ay-I-ayWell I askContinue readingA Galway Girl
Black Velvet Band
In a neat little town they call Belfast apprenticed to trade I was boundAnd many an hour of sweet happiness I spent in that neat little townTill bad misfortune cameContinue readingBlack Velvet Band
Somerset Child
Diaspora have not been idle during lockdown, and we spent several weeks having Zoom meetings where we worked on a number written by Kevin called Somerset Child which we areContinue readingSomerset Child
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