Clandestine - Rocky Road To Dublin lyrics

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Merry month of June,<br />

And from my home I started,<br />

Left the girls of Tuam,<br />

Nearly broken hearted;<br />

Saluted father dear,<br />

Kissed my darlin' mother,<br />

Drank a pint of beer,<br />

My grief and tears to smother.<br />

Off to reap the corn,<br />

Leave where I was born,<br />

Cut a stout blackthorn<br />

To banish ghosts and goblins;<br />

In a brand new pair of brogues,<br />

I rattled o'er the bogs,<br />

Frightened all the dogs<br />

On the rocky road to Dublin.<br />

Chorus: One two three four five,<br />

hunt the hare and turn her<br />

down the rocky road<br />

all the way to Dublin,<br />

One two three four five!<br />

In Mulingar that night,<br />

I rested limbs so weary,<br />

Started by daylight,<br />

Next morning, light and airy;<br />

Took a drop of the pure,<br />

To keep my heart from sinking,<br />

That's a Paddy's cure,<br />

Whenever he's for drinking.<br />

See the lassies smile,<br />

Laughing all the while,<br />

At my daring style,<br />

'Twould set your heart a-bubblin';<br />

They asked if I was hired,<br />

Wages I required,<br />

'Til I was almost tired<br />

Of the rocky road to Dublin.<br />

Chorus:<br />

In Dublin next arrived,<br />

And thought it such a pity<br />

To be so soon deprived,<br />

A view of that fine city;<br />

When I took a stroll,<br />

All among the quality,<br />

My bundle it was stole,<br />

In that neat locality.<br />

Something crossed my mind,<br />

Then I looked behind,<br />

No bundle I could find,<br />

Upon my stick a-wobblin';<br />

Enquiring for the rogue,<br />

They said my Connaught brogue<br />

Wasn't much in vogue,<br />

On the rocky road to Dublin.<br />

Chorus:<br />

Then the following day,<br />

Spirits never failing,<br />

I landed on the quay,<br />

Just as a ship was sailing;<br />

Captain at me roared,<br />

Said that no room had he,<br />

When I jumped aboard,<br />

A cabin found for Paddy.<br />

Down among the pigs,<br />

I played some merry rigs,<br />

I danced some hearty jigs,<br />

The water 'round me bubblin';<br />

When off Holyhead,<br />

I wished meself was dead,<br />

Or better far instead,<br />

On the rocky road to Dublin.<br />

Chorus:<br />

The boys of Liverpool,<br />

When we safely landed,<br />

Called meself a fool,<br />

I could no longer stand it;<br />

Blood began to boil,<br />

Me temper it was risin',<br />

For old Erin's isle,<br />

They began abusing.<br />

"Hurrah, me soul!" said I,<br />

Me shillelagh I let fly,<br />

Some Galway boys were by,<br />

They saw I was a-hobblin';<br />

With a loud Hurray!<br />

They joined in the affray,<br />

We quickly cleared the way,<br />

For the rocky road to Dublin.<br />

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