Choruses
1.Moonshiner….I’m rambler, I’m a
gambler, I’m a long way from home,
and if you don’t like me, then leave
me alone. I’ll eat when I’m hungry an
drink when I’m dry, and if moonshine
don’t kill me I’ll live til I die.
2.BRENNAN ON THE MOOR…
Brennan on the Moor, Brennan on the
moor, bold, brave and undaunted was
young Brennan on the Moor
3. I’LL ME MA WHEN I GET HOME
She is handsome, she is pretty, she is
the belle of Belfast City. She is
courtin 1,2,3,Please won’t you tell me
who is she?
4. FIDDLERS GREEN…Wrap me up in
my oilskin and jumper, No more on
the docks I’ll be seen. Just tell me
ole shipmates, I’m takin trip mates,
and I’ll see you someday on fiddlers
green.
5. WILD MOUNTAIN THYME…. Will
ye go lassie go? And We’ll all go
together to pick wild mountain
thyme, All around the bloomin'
heather, Will ye go lassie go?
6.WHISKEY IN THE JAR…Musha ring
dumma do dumma da, whack fol the
daddy o, whack fol the daddy ‘o,
there’s whiskey in the jar.
7.WILD ROVER…And it’s no, nay,
never. (3 claps) No nay never no
more. (2 claps)Will I play the wild
rover, No never no more.
26. FIELDS OF ATHENRY…Low, lie,
the Fields of Athenry. Where once we
watched the small free birds fly. Our
love was on the wing, we had dreams
and songs to sing. Its so lonely
round the Fields of Athenry.
23. BLACK VELVET BAND…..Her
eyes they shone like the diamonds,
You’d think she was queen of the
land, with her hair thrown over her
shoulder, Tied up with a black velvet
band.
12. LOCH LOMOND…O ye’ll tak the
high road and I’ll tak the low road,
and I’ll be in Scotland afore ye. But
me and my true love will never meet
again. On the bonnie, bonnie banks o
Loch Lomond.
15. STAR OF COUNTY DOWN……
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Cay,
and from Galway to Dublin town. No
maid I’ve seen like the fair Colleen,
that I met in the County Down.
9. Whiskey you’re the devil, You’re
leading me astray, over hills and
mountains and to Americay. Your
sweeter, stronger, decenter, You’re
spunkier than tay. Oh Whiskey you’re
me darling, drunk or sober
9.LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL…..So fare
thee well my own true love, for when I
return united we will be. It’s not the
leaving of Liverpool that grieves me,
but my darling when I think of thee.
10. We’re on the one road, sharing
the one load. We’re on the road to
God knows where. We’re on the long
road, maybe the wrong road, we’re
together now who cares. North men
South Men Comrades all, Dublin
Belfast, Cork and Donegal. We’re on
the one road, swinging along, singing
a soldiers’ song.
11. JOCK STEWART….
So be easy and free when you’re
drinking with me. I’m a man you
don’t meet every day.
16.THE DIAMOND…For its cheer up
me lads, Let your hearts never fail.
The bonnie ship the Diamond goes a
fishing for the whale.
17.AULD TRIANGLE…And the auld
triangle, went jingle jangle, all along
the banks of the royal canal.
18. HILLS OF CONNEMARA..Gather
up the pots and the old tin can, the
mash, the corn, the barley and the
bran. Run like the devil from the
excise man, Keep the smoke from
rising Barney.
19. MULL OF KINTYRE…Mull of
Kintyre, mist rolling in from the sea,
my desire is always to be here, Oh
Mull of Kintyre
20.ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN
1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Hunt the hare and turn
her down the rocky road and all the
way to Dublin, wack-fol-la-de-da
21. HARD TIMES…Tis a song, the
sigh of the weary, Hard times, hard
times come again no more. Many
days you have lingered around my
cabin door. Oh hard times come
again no more.
12. FAREWELL to NOVA SCOTIA…
Farewell to Nova Scotia you sea
bound coast. Let your mountains
dark and dreary be. For when I am
faraway on the briny ocean tossed.
Will you ever heave a sigh and a wish
for me?
22. RED IS THE ROSE…Red is the
rose that in yonder garden grows.
Fair is the lily of the valley. Clear is
the water that flows from the Boyne,
but my love is fairer than any.
24. THE NIGHT …That’s how they
showed their respect for Paddy
Murphy. That’s how they showed
their honor and their pride. They said
it was a sin and shame and they
winked at one another, and every
drink in the place was full the night
Pat Murphy died.
25. ROVER SELDOM SOBER…For,
I’m a rover seldom sober, I’m a rover
of high decree. And when I’m
drinkin, I’m always thinking Of how to
gain my love’s company.
28. PARTING GLASS…So fill to me
the parting glass.. Good Night and
joy be with you all
