Another transcription:

Thread #98993   Message #1967698
Posted By: Gulliver
14-Feb-07 - 03:09 PM
Thread Name: Need help: irish folk-/protest-song
Subject: ADD: Dollymount Strand (Shay Healy)


Here ya go Declan:

DOLLYMOUNT STRAND
(Shay Healy)

On Dollymount Strand on a cold winter's night
I put on the hand brake and switched out the light
I looked at me Mot and said, "Are you all right?"
Meself and the architect's daughter.

Chorus:
But the sea, oh the sea, it crept up on me
And the water was risin' up quite rapidly
I sez to the Mot, "Get your hand off me knee."
"Can't yeh see we're surrounded by water."

I switched on the ignition and put it in gear
Could I get it movin', lads? No bloody fear!
Not if I was there for the next bloody year
There was sand in the old carburetor.

Chorus

With water the car soon filled up to the brim
I sez to the Mot, "Dear, the chances are slim."
"So love get them off yeh, we'll both have to swim."
So I let down the window and scarpered.

Chorus

So if ever you down to Dollymount Strand
Be sure that the tide's out and everything's grand
For a bird in the bush is worth two in the hand
Regardless to what you are after

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I found another "Dollymount Strand" on Spotify, recorded by Seamus Moore, that speaks of buying the Mot a "Quarter-Pounder." Maybe I'll get to transcribing that version some day. You'll find the Paddy Reilly recording on this YouTube video.
-Joe-