Christy Moore – Lisdoonvarna (Guitar)

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Oh, Lisdoonvarna,

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Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoonvarna!

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Oh, Lisdoonvarna!

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Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoonvarna!

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How's it goin' there everybody,

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From Cork, New York, Dundalk, Gortahork and Glenamaddy?

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Here we are in the County Clare

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It's a long, long way from here to there

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There's the Burren, there's the Cliffs of Moher

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There's the Tulla, there's the Kilfenora

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Miko Russell, Doctor Bill, Willy Clancy and Noel Hill

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And flutes and fiddles everywhere

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If it's music you want, you can go to Clare

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Oh, Lisdoonvarna

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Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoonvarna!

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Oh, Lisdoonvarna

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Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoonvarna!

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I normally leave on Thursday night

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With my tent and groundsheet rolled up tight

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I like to hit Lisdoon

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In around Friday afternoon,

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This gives me time to get my gear together and

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I don't need to worry about the weather,

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ramble in for a pint of stout

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You'd never know who'd be hangin' about!

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There's a Dutchman playing a mandolin

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A German looking for Liam Óg O'Floinn

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And there's Adam, Bono and Gareth Fitzgerlad

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Gettin' their photos taken for the Sunday World,

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Finbarr, Charlie and Jim Hand

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And they're drinkin' pints to bate the band

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Why wouldn't they, they're getting it for nothing

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Oh, Lisdoonvarna

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Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoonvarna!

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Oh, Lisdoonvarna

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Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoonvarna!

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The multitudes, they flocked in throngs

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To hear the music and the songs

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Motorbikes and Hi-ace vans

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Bottles, barrels, flagons, cans

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There's mighty craic and loads of frolics and

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Pioneers and alcoholics and

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PLAC and SPUC and the FCA and

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Free Nicky Kelly and the IRA and

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Hairy chests and milk-white thighs and

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Mickey dodgers in disguise and

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McGraths, O'Briens, Pippins, Coxs

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Massage parlours in horse boxes and

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The RTE are makin' tapes and takin' breaks and throwin' shapes

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There's amhráns and bodhráns and amadáns and

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Arab sheiks and Hindu Sikhs and Jesus freaks

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This is heaven, this is hell

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Who cares who can tell and

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Anyone for the last few Choc Ices, now?

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Oh, Lisdoonvarna

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Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoonvarna!

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Oh, Lisdoonvarna

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Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoonvarna!

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A 747 for Jackson Browne?

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THey had to build a special runway just to get him down and

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Before the Chieftains could start to play

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Seven creamy pints came out on a tray,

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Shergar was ridden by Lord Lucan,

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Seán Cannon was doin' the backstage cookin'

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Clannad were playin' Harry's Game and

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Christy was singing' Nancy Spain,

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Mary O'Hara and Brush Shields

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Together singin' The Four Green Fields

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Van the Man and Emmy Lou and

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Moving Hearts and Planxty too and

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Oh, Lisdoonvarna

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Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoonvarna!

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Oh, Lisdoonvarna

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Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoonvarna!

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Everybody needs a break,

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Climb a mountain or jump in a lake.

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Sean Doherty goes to the Rose of Tralee,

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Oliver J. Flanagan goes swimming in the Holy Sea.

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But I like the music and the open air,

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So every Summer I go to Clare.

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Coz Woodstock, Knock nor the Feast of Cana,

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Can hold a match to Lisdoonvarna.

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Oh, Lisdoonvarna

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Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoonvarna!

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Oh, Lisdoonvarna

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Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoonvarna!