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Thread #3788 Message #90287
Posted By: MudGuard
28-Jun-99 - 02:42 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Irish Navy (Dubliners)
Subject: RE: REQ: Pride of the Irish Navy
I know your request came a long time ago, but I wanted to check for these lyrics in the database to find out about the pieces marked in red below, but did not find it there, so I did a forum search and only found this request.
So here is as much of the lyrics as I got, perhaps someone can help with the red spots.
And does someone know which canal is meant in the second verse?
The Irish Navy
as recorded by The Dubliners
Chorus [before first and after each verse]
The (cleaner ???), the (mave ???) and the (mucker ???)
The pride of the Irish navy
When the captain he blows on his whistle
All the sailors go home for their tea
While the army is off in the Congo,
In Cyprus are some fighting parts
Our navy is strained to the limits
Deploying its nautical arts
One day from the Russian invader
Defending our very (yard ???) fish
We found it was just a red herring
From the signals we got from the (kish ???)
Each year they go on manouvers
To prepare for defence they are keen
Some times it's the Lakes of Killarney
More often the pond in the green
The canal it could be of assistance
In defending our own holy ground
But due to proposed legislation
We'll have to sail all the way round
We are a sea-faring nation
Defence of our land is our right
We'd fight like the Devil all morning
Provided we're home by the night