Lirik lagu The Moonshiner Tommy Makem

Tommy Makem

I've been a moonshiner for many a year And I've spent all me money on whiskey and beerI'll go to some hollow and I'll set up my stillAnd I'll make you a gallon for a ten shilling billChorus:I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler, I'm a long way from homeAnd if you .. Read »

Lirik lagu The Little Beggarman Tommy Makem

Tommy Makem

I am a little beggarman and begging I have beenFor three score or more in this little isle of greenI'm known from the Liffey down to SegueAnd I'm known by the name of old Johnny DhuOf all the trade's that's going, sure begging is the bestFor when a man is.. Read »

Lirik lagu The Irish Rover Tommy Makem

Tommy Makem

In the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and six,We set sail from the Coal Quay of CorkWe were sailing away with a cargo of bricksFor the grand City Hall in New YorkWe'd an elegant craft, it was rigged 'fore and aftAnd how the trade winds drove herShe ha.. Read »

Lirik lagu The Foggy Dew Tommy Makem

Tommy Makem

It was down the glen one Easter morn, to a city fair rode IThere Ireland's lines of marching men, in squadron passed me byNo pipes did hum or no battle drum did sound its dread tattooBut, the Angelus bell o'er the Liffey swell, rang out in the Foggy DewRi.. Read »

Lirik lagu The Drunken Sailor Tommy Makem

Tommy Makem

Chorus:Way, hay up she rises,Way, hay, up she rises,Way, hay, up she rises,Early in the morning! What will we do with the drunken sailor?What will we do with the drunken sailor?What will we do with the drunken sailor?Early in the morning? ChorusPut him in.. Read »

Lirik lagu The Butcher Boy Tommy Makem

Tommy Makem

In London city where I did dwellA butcher boy, I loved right wellHe courted me, my life awayBut now with me, he will not stayI wish, I wish, I wish in vainI wish I was a maid againA maid again I ne'er will be'Till cherries grow on an apple treeI wish my b.. Read »

Lirik lagu The Black Velvet Band Tommy Makem

Tommy Makem

It was in the town of Tralee, an apprentice to trade I was boundWe had plenty of happy amusement to make the long evenings go 'round'Till misfortune and ruin came o'er me, which caused me to leave from the landFar away from my friends and companions to fo.. Read »