The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #2374   Message #9513
Posted By: earl.dandy@cableol.co.uk
24-Jul-97 - 04:45 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American)
Subject: RE: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American): lyrics?
I've remembered the verse missing from the end of your version and before the last one (the one I posted a minute ago)!

They gave a party when I came back and they came from near and far
And the road was lined, for near a mile with Irish jaunting cars
And the whiskey flowed like buttermilk to fill our hearts with joy
And the piper played an Irish reel to greet the Yankee boy

[Instrumental break, then "Tomorrow off to church ...]