Christy Moore - Lawless lyrics

He was Lawless by name, Lawless by nature, He was trouble right from the start. Hard as nails, runnin' wild through the streets He was breakin' his poor mother's heart. Nature played a trick on Lawless And the humour of nature is cruel. He grew up as we all had expected - Into a dangerous fool. He was a hard man, a man for all seasons, He was always out for a fight. He couldn't hold drink but still he'd get plastered In Clark's every Saturday night, Strip to the vest and challenge the best Until the guards they were called to come fast, And they'd lock him away for the rest of the day And let him out on the Sunday for ma**. Oh one night he went down To the Ring's End Regatta Where he met up with the (bold?) Dolly (Platts?) She wasn't exactly what you'd call beauty, But she was the belle of our flats. A whirlwind romance and Dolly took a (flier?) With Lawless she would settle down It was pure coincidence three months before There was a yankee destroyer in town. And the couple were blessed with one of god's miracles Before six months had elapsed Dolly gave birth to a nine-pound black baby And Lawless was fit to collapse She swore she'd never been touched by another And Lawless took her at her word, And the neighbours exclaimed, 'he's the spit of his father, and the cuckoo is a wonderful bird.' Oh now Lawless stays in and looks after his baby While Dolly goes out for the night. The old gossips all say she's free in her ways And their evil rumours ran rife. When Lawless heard this he waited for Dolly In the bridge where the river runs low. Noone will ever know what happened next, But Dolly drowned in the Dodder Below. Some say he's crazy and more say he's evil, Everyone says that he's mad. Noone will defend him, he was no angel, But I'll tell you he wasn't all bad. They've locked him away for the rest of his natural Never again will he see Down the back of Ring's End There's a lonely child playing Where the Liffey flows into the sea. CHRISTY'S COMMENT Barney Rush was home and we organised a sing-song in The Ferrryman.Barney brought Mick Curry who sang this song. He is a great song writer.We had a great night. Frank harte was there too.