There is a special evening at Eli’s on Thursday 28th October to which we have been invited, and four of us will be giving a farewell concert for Steve andContinue readingNext Gig…
Year: 2020
The rising of the moon
Oh, then tell me Sean O’Farrell, tell me why you hurry so?Hush, me buchall, hush and listen, and his cheeks were all aglow,I bear orders from the captain, get youContinue readingThe rising of the moon
The Galway Shawl
In Norham Moor, in the County Galway,one pleasant evening, in the month of MayI spied a damsel, she was fair and handsomeand her beauty fairly took my breath away sheContinue readingThe Galway Shawl
She Moved Through The Fair
My young love said to me my mother won’t mind,And my father won’t slight you for your lack of kind,He went away from me and this he did say,‘It willContinue readingShe Moved Through The Fair
Seven Gypsies
Seven Gypsies stood in a rowAnd they sang so sweetly through the airThey sang so sweet so very sweetThey stole the heart of the lady fair. She stood in herContinue readingSeven Gypsies
Rare Ould Times
Based on songs and stories, heroes of renownare the passing tales and glories, that once was Dublin town,The hallowed halls and houses, the haunting children’s rhymes.That once was part ofContinue readingRare Ould Times
Catch Me If You Can
Now I’m a PotcheenFrom TullawodgeanI’ve got moneyAnd I’ve a wee bit of landAnd I’m looking for a honeyWith a bit of money I’d catch me if you can,My name isContinue readingCatch Me If You Can
McAlpines Fusiliers
As down the glen came McAlpines men with their shovels slung behind them‘Twas in the pub that they drank their sub and out in the spike you’ll find themThey sweatedContinue readingMcAlpines Fusiliers
I useta lover
I have fallen for another she can make her own way homeAnd even if she asked me now I’d let her go aloneI useta see her up the chapel whenContinue readingI useta lover
I’ll tell me ma
The Dubliners i will tell me mawhen i go homethe boys won’t leavethe girls alonethey pulled my hairthey broke my combbut thats alrighttil i get home she is handsome sheContinue readingI’ll tell me ma