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Thread #10430 Message #72386
Posted By: MudGuard
21-Apr-99 - 04:31 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Victoria (Grehan Sisters)
Subject: RE: Lyrics Req: 'Victoria' by Grehan Sisters
I've got the same recording (Irish Folk Favourites), and that is what I wrote down after listening to this song for many many times:
Victoria
The lion and the unicorn were fighting for the crown When (??? ... spoke ???) Irish gentleman they both came tumbling down The second George departed to one Stephen's Green in town But they're coming down for you, Victoria
Chorus [after each verse, twice after last verse] Victoria, they're coming for you soon Victoria, it may be when the Moon Is shining on December frost around the flowers of June But they're coming down for you, Victoria
A gas main burst in Belfast on the eve of (??? poppy ???) day And loyal doors and windows, too, moved rapidly away Came the dawn in Dublin and the (??? north he thought ???) to say Send a message from the castle to Victoria
Georgie lost the city and king Billy lost his head The lion lost his balance, from the unicorn he fled As sure as you're a humpy (??? stump we bumped ???) a lump of lead They'll be coming down for you, Victoria
Nelson (??? , swether I will say, ???) was looking out for squads They're nervous in the Phoenix Park and round old Dublin's walls But peace forever keeps its place and truce forever falls They've (??? a-doubled with ???) you, Victoria
As you can see, there's an awful lot of places marked with (??? ... ???) where I am not sure about it.