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Thread #107052 Message #2216854
Posted By: Fergie
16-Dec-07 - 08:53 PM
Thread Name: Route through Dublin: Easy and Slow?
Subject: RE: Route through Dublin: Easy and Slow?
As far as I'm aware it was Sean O'Casey (author of Juno and the Paycock, Shadow of a Gunman and The Plough and the Stars etc.) that penned this song. These are the words as I learned them way back in the midsixties.
EASY AND SLOW
It was down by Christchurch that I first met with Annie A neat little girl and not a bit shy She told me her father who come from Dungannon Would take her back home in the sweet bye and bye
And what's it to any man, whether or no Whether I'm easy, or whether I'm true As I lifted her petticoat, easy and slow And I tied up my sleeve for to buckle her shoe
In city or country, a girl is a jewel And well made for gripping, the most of them are But any young fellow is really a fool If he tries at the first time to go a bit far
We wandered by Thomas Street, and down by the Liffey The sunlight was gone, and the evening grew dark Along by Kingsbridge, and begob in a jiffy My arm was around her, beyond in the park .(the Phoenix Park)
CHORUS
And if ever you go to the town of Dungannon You can search till your eyeballs are empty and blind Be you lying or walking or sitting or running A girl like Annie you never will find.