Bata Is BotharBata is Bóthar (The Stick and the Road)
(John Spillane/Louis DePaor)
Ó chaitheas-sa seal i measc na bponcán
Ag codailt amuigh fé chrann mo dhóchais
Ag réabadh fallaí a thóg m’athair romham
Idir é is an doicheall i bhfuinneog a súl
Beat of My HeartAn gcloiseann tú bualadh mo chroí
Buile mo chroí, greadadh mo chroí
An gcloiseann tú greadadh mo chroí
Are you hearing the beat of my heart?
The bang of my heart, the scrape of my heart
Are you hearing the scrape of my heart?
Johnny I Hardly Knew YeWhile goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo
While goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo
While goin' the road to sweet Athy,
A stick in me hand and a drop in me eye,
A doleful damsel I heard cry,
Johnny I hardly knew ye.
With your drums and guns and drums and guns, hurroo, hurroo
She Is Like the SwallowShe's like the swallow that flies on high
She's like the river that never runs dry
She's like the sun beaming on the lea shore
I love my love, but love is no more
A maiden into her garden did go
For to pluck her some wild primrose
The more she plucked, the more she did pull
The Waves Down In The OceanChorus (after each verse):
Oh ro the salty waves
The waves down in the ocean O
Oh ro the salty waves
The waves down in the ocean O
And in those waves there was a whale
A rare whale and a salty whale