The Broad Majestic Shannon

Melody -

1. The last time I saw you
Was down at the Greeks
There was whiskey on Sunday
And tears on our cheeks.

2. You sang me a song
As pure as the breeze
Blowing up the road
To Glenaveigh.

3. I sat for a while
At the cross at Finnoe
Where young lovers would meet
When the flowers were in bloom.

4. Heard the men coming home
From the fair at Shinrone
Their hearts in Tipperary
Wherever they go.

5. Take my hand,
And dry your tears babe
Take my hand,
Forget your fears babe.

6. There's no pain,
There's no more sorrow
They're all gone,
Gone in the years babe.
  7. I sat for a while
By the gap in the wall
Found a rusty tin can
And an old hurley ball.

8. Heard the cards being dealt,
And the rosary called
And a fiddle playing
Sean Dun na nGall.

9. And the next time I see you
We'll be down at the Greeks
There'll be whiskey on Sunday
And tears on our cheeks.

10. For it's stupid to laugh
And it's useless to bawl
About a rusty tin can
And an old hurley ball.

11. So I walked
As day was dawning
Where small birds sang
And leaves were falling.

12. Where we once watched
The row boats landing
By the broad
Majestic Shannon.


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