Christy Moore – Lily (Guitar)

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I crossed the River Liffey bridge and went on up the town

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By Coffey's clock twas plain to see how time was moving on

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Past Neeson's and John Johnson's, Tommy Tougher's and Keadeen

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How's it going said Paddy Dolan, game ball said Skinner Behan

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The morning hooter called the workers to the factory line

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To weave the bales of sisal into rope and binder twine

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Beneath the weeping ash I heard Jack Lawlor's anvil ring

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Back down the town in Cummins's heard John McCormack Sing

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From Hawkfield and Kilbelin, Chinatown and Rosy's Lane

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Scattered round the world we dreamt of coming home again

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From the Rocks of Sydney Harbour, the Bronx and Birmingham

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To the Sandy Hills, the Seven Springs, The waters of the Fen

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Walking down the Moorefield Road my father tellin me

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Of the Corbally eviction back in 1953

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The story of Clongorey, the hunger and despair

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Gone but not forgotten in the history of Kildar

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To stand upon the Gibbet Rath I walked along the Plains

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By Donnelly's Hollow heard the keening of the Curragh Wrens

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Black & Tans in The Barracks as young rebels crossed the fields

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From the back lanes and the boreens came Sheahans and O'Neills

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From Hawkfield and Kilbelin, Chinatown and Rosy's Lane

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Scattered round the world we dreamt of coming home again

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From the Rocks of Sydney Harbour, the Bronx and Birmingham

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To the Sandy Hills, the Seven Springs, The waters of the Fen

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Here comes Darky Prendergast and Mrs Charlie Weld

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The Halfords and  The Edderys, the Brabazons and the Bells

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The Owners and The Trainers, stallions and brood mares

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Fillies, colts and yearlings on the gallops of Kildare

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The Roo, The Goo and Gandy, every nickname brings a smile

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Tell Fid, Conks and Corney I'll be home in a little while

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As the sun goes down behind the Town we'll gather on the strand

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Dance to Jimmy Dunny's orchestra, Tom Wilmot's Ceili band

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From Hawkfield and Kilbelin, Chinatown and Rosy's Lane

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Scattered round the world we dreamt of coming home again

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From the Rocks of Sydney Harbour, the Bronx and Birmingham

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To the Sandy Hills, the Seven Springs, The waters of the Fen