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Lily
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Christy Moore
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I crossed the River Liffey bridge and went on up the town By Coffey's clock twas plain to see how time was moving on Past Neeson's and John Johnson's, Tommy Tougher's and Keadeen How's it going said Paddy Dolan, game ball said Skinner Behan The morning hooter called the workers to the factory line To weave the bales of sisal into rope and binder twine Beneath the weeping ash I heard Jack Lawlor's anvil ring Back down the town in c*mmins's heard John McCormack Sing From Hawkfield and Kilbelin, Chinatown and Rosy's Lane Scattered round the world we dreamt of coming homе again From the Rocks of Sydney Harbour, the Bronx and Birmingham To thе Sandy Hills, the Seven Springs, The waters of the Fen Walking down the Moorefield Road my father tellin me Of the Corbally eviction back in 1953 The story of Clongorey, the hunger and despair Gone but not forgotten in the history of Kildare To stand upon the Gibbet Rath I walked along the Plains By Donnelly's Hollow heard the keening of the Curragh Wrens Black & Tans in The Barracks as young rebels crossed the fields From the back lanes and the boreens came Sheahans and O'Neills Here comes Darky Prendergast and Mrs Charlie Weld The Halfords and The Edderys, the Brabazons and the Bells The Owners and The Trainers, stallions and brood mares Fillies, colts and yearlings on the gallops of Kildare The Roo, The Goo and Gandy, every nickname brings a smile Tell Fid, Conks and Corney I'll be home in a little while As the sun goes down behind the Town we'll gather on the strand Dance to Jimmy Dunny's orchestra, Tom Wilmot's Ceili band
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