Merry month of June
And from my home I started
Left the girls of Tuam
Nearly broken hearted
Saluted father dear
Kissed my darlin' mother
Drank a pint of beer
My grief and tears to smother
Off to reap the corn
Leave where I was born
Cut a stout blackthorn
To banish ghosts and goblins
In a brand new pair of brogues
I rattled o'er the bogs
Frightened all the dogs
On the rocky road to Dublin
Chorus: One two three four five
Hunt the hare and turn her
Down the rocky road
All the way to Dublin
One two three four five
In Mulingar that night
I rested limbs so weary
Started by daylight
Next morning, light and airy
Took a drop of the pure
To keep my heart from sinking
That's a Paddy's cure
Whenever he's for drinking
See the la**ies smile
Laughing all the while
At my daring style
'Twould set your heart a-bubblin'
They asked if I was hired
Wages I required
'Til I was almost tired
Of the rocky road to Dublin
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In Dublin next arrived
And thought it such a pity
To be so soon deprived
A view of that fine city
When I took a stroll
All among the quality
My bundle it was stole
In that neat locality
Something crossed my mind
Then I looked behind
No bundle I could find
Upon my stick a-wobblin'
Enquiring for the rogue
They said my Connaught brogue
Wasn't much in vogue
On the rocky road to Dublin
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Then the following day
Spirits never failing
I landed on the quay
Just as a ship was sailing
Captain at me roared
Said that no room had he
When I jumped aboard
A cabin found for Paddy
Down among the pigs
I played some merry rigs
I danced some hearty jigs
The water 'round me bubblin'
When off Holyhead
I wished meself was dead
Or better far instead
On the rocky road to Dublin
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The boys of Liverpool
When we safely landed
Called meself a fool
I could no longer stand it
Blood began to boil
Me temper it was risin'
For old Erin's isle
They began abusing
"Hurrah, me soul!" said I
Me shillelagh I let fly
Some Galway boys were by
They saw I was a-hobblin'
With a loud Hurray
They joined in the affray
We quickly cleared the way
For the rocky road to Dublin
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