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Thread #7691 Message #47313
Posted By: AndreasW
30-Nov-98 - 07:51 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: We're No Awa' tae Bide Awa'
Subject: RE: need lyrics -- no awa' to bide awa'
Hi Jennifer,
After your request for lyrics of Victoria
I tried to transcribe it.
You can see the result below. In some places I am very unsure
(these are marked with ???).
I wrote there what I think I hear even if it does not make any sense.
Hope this helps,
Andreas
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 performed by the Grehan Sisters