The Rocky Road To Dublin           --   Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy

in the merryy month of June
from me home I started
left the girls a tune
nearly brokenhearted
saluted father dear
kissed me darling mother
drank a pint o' beer
me grief and tears smother
then off to reap the corn
leave where I was born
cut the stout like corn       ????????
to banish ghosts and goblins
a brand new pair o' brogues
battlin' o'er the bogs
frightenin' all the dogs
on the rocky road to Dublin
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Hunt the hare                 ?????
and turn 'er down the rocky road
all the way to Dublin
wack for lully-rah            ?????

In Mullen Guard at night              ?????
I rested limbs so weary
started by daylight
me spirits blythe and airy
took a drop o' the pure
keep me heart from sinking
that's the paddy's cure
whenever he's on for drinking
to see the lassies smile
laughing all the while
at me curious threads
that set your heart a bubbling
asked if I was hired
wages I required
til I was nearly tired
of the rocky road to Dublin
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In Dublin next arrived
I thought it's such a pity
to be so soon deprived
a view o' that fine city
well then I took a stroll
all among the quality
bundle it was stolen                 ???
and in the neat locality
something crossed me mind
when I looked behind
no bundle could I find
upon me stick a wobbling
inquired 'n fo' the rogue
                  brogue
wasn't much in vogue
on the rocky road tae Dublin
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From there I got away
Me spirits never failing
landed on the quay
just as the ship was sailing
the captain let me roar
said that no room had he
when I jumped aboard
a cabin found for paddy
down among the pigs
played some funny rigs
danced some hearty jigs
the water round me bubbling
when.....
wished meself was dead
         .....  instead
on the rocky road to Dublin
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The boys of Liverpool
when we safely landed
call meself a fool
I could no longer stand it
blood began to boil
temper I was losing
poor o' Erin's isle
they began abusing

a sheleileigh I let fly
Galway boys were nigh
and saw I was a hobblin'
with a loud hurray
joinin' into the fray
we quickly cleared away
for the rocky road tae Dublin
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