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Thread #137648   Message #3673631
Posted By: Jim Dixon
01-Nov-14 - 12:50 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Pride of Inchicore (Mick Fitzgerald)
Subject: Lyr Add: THE PRIDE OF INCHICORE (Mick Fitzgerald)
Here's my transcription from Spotify. The only difficult part was the place names, but I think I got those nailed down, too. I inserted links for the curious.


THE PRIDE OF INCHICORE
As sung by Mick Fitzgerald and The Bacha Trio on "Streetwise" (2011)

Well, here I am in Dublin town as happy as can be.
The angels up above the clouds are watching over me.
I know they are, for now I feel more happy than before,
Since I met with lovely Martha, the pride of Inchicore.

Her cheeks they are a rosy red, her eyes a lovely brown,
And upon her lily-white shoulders, her jet-black hair flows down,
And every day I meet her, I love her more and more,
For me heart is captivated by the pride of Inchicore.

Clondalkin boasts of beauty, and I'd say it is well it can,
For there are lovely ladies from Ballyfermot to Oldbawn.
Oh, that may be, but I do swear there's none I fancy more
Than me own sweet lovely Martha, the pride of Inchicore.

And 'tis fare thee well, sweet Martha; my ship is bound to leave,
But until I'm in your arms again, my heart would surely grieve,
And when this war is over, 'tis then I'll turn once more
For to share me joys and me sorrows with the pride of Inchicore.