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12 May 07 - 06:32 PM (#2050200) Subject: Lyr Req: 'Dear old city by the Lee' From: GUEST,Liam |
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12 May 07 - 06:45 PM (#2050210) Subject: Lyr Add: DEAR OLD CITY BY THE LEE From: MartinRyan Dear old city by the Lee What I wouldn't give to be Roaming over your sunny hills and dells Listening to the merry chimes As we did in days gone by When our hearts were full of liberty Montonette and St. Luke's, They might attract your looks Fair Lane, Barrack Street and Evergreen From the courthouse to the college, They've different sorts of knowledge And yet the half of Cork you haven't seen And so they say, There is a sweet Coal-Quay Where the restaurants are famous for pigs' feet Where you get your feather bed And a fine feed of pig's head And don't forget to pay before you leave And now for to finish, We'll have a pint of Beamish But Guinness and Murphy's are good too We can never forget the oil That we drank with Conny Doyle The night we won the Free State championship Taken from a forum at ChiffandFipple, or thereabouts. |
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12 May 07 - 06:49 PM (#2050216) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Dear old city by the Lee' From: MartinRyan Tomás Ó Canainn's "Songs of Cork" omits the second verse above and adds some hurling verses. Regards |
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13 May 07 - 02:48 AM (#2050399) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Dear old city by the Lee' From: GUEST,liam buichas a chara |
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13 May 07 - 07:35 AM (#2050556) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Dear old city by the Lee' From: MartinRyan Fáilte romhat, ar ndóigh. |