Lyr Req: Sweet Dooley Gate

Subject: Lyr Req: Sweet Dooley Gate
From: Joe Offer
Date: 01 May 20 - 06:01 PM

Anybody have full lyrics for this lovely song?

What I found was this:

Oh Dooley Gate, sweet Dooley Gate, you're the place I do adore,

All young men and maidens who dwelt in it before,

all young men and maidens who now are far away,

they are not in sweet Dooley Gate, but in America.

My true love's name, I'll not explain is handsom, tall and straight,

he is the finest young man that walks around Dooley Gate

he is the finest young man that ever I did see,


and in spite of all my enmies, I'll keep his company.'

John Sheil lived from 1781 to 1872 and was buried in an unmarked grave on the Cord Road.

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/news/songwriter-sheil-honoured-at-last-37648150.html

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sweet Dooley Gate
From: cnd
Date: 01 May 20 - 06:09 PM

2. Dooley Gate

Oh Dooley Gate, sweet Dooley Gate, you're the place I do adore,
All young men and maidens who dwelt in it before,
all young men and maidens who now are far away,
they are not in sweet Dooley Gate, but in America.

My true love's name, I'll not explain is handsom, tall and straight,
he is the finest young man that walks around Dooley Gate
he is the finest young man that ever I did see,
and in spite of all my enmies, I'll keep his company.

Some speak ill of my true love, and more speak ill of me,
but I don't care what they say, I'll keep his company,
I don't care what they say, I'll do the best I can
I'll soon be leaving st Mary's Mill's to marry this young man.

It would break my heart if I had to part from the lad I do adore
he said that he would marry me, and leave old Erin's shore,
He named the day, the month of May, and did no hesatate,
It's then that I will bid farewell to dear old Dooley Gate.


Oh Dooley Gate, sweet Dooley Gate, you're the place I do adore,
All young men and maidens who dwelt in it before,
all young men and maidens who now are far away,
they are not in sweet Dooley Gate, but in America.

Notes
I got the lovely song from the singing of Gerry Cullen, Drogheda, who is also a singer with the Voice Squad. It is a song about the town of Duleek, Co Meath.

I had the pleasure of meeting Gerry at the Frank Harte singing weekend in Dublin before I left for America, and he was good enough to bring me home after a long session of singing, to my son's house in Bettystown. He recorded this song on a CD called "Carberry's Sessions". Dónal McGuire, another great singer from that area, told me who he heard singing it, and to my shame, I cannot remember the name of the woman who was a great collector of songs of that area. But the next time I see him, I will ask and add the info to this note.

https://www.maihernonirishtradsinger.com/info-and-lyrics-new-cd

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sweet Dooley Gate
From: GUEST,B. Mooney
Date: 06 Dec 25 - 01:11 PM

Dooleygate (Duleek Gate from when the town was surrounded by a medieval wall) is an area in Drogheda, south of the Boyne river.
The song was collected by Sean Corcoran from Mrs. Cumiskey of Mell another district in Drogheda.