Waxies dargle - Rocky road to dublin lyrics

In the merry month of May 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 Then off to reap the corn, and leave where I was born I cut a stout blackthorn to banish ghost and goblin In a bran'new pair of brogues I rattled o'er the bogs And frightened all the dogs on the rocky road to Dublin Cho: One, two, three, four five, hunt the hare and turn her Down the rocky roaad, and all the ways to Dublin Whack fol-lol-de-ra In Mullingar 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 an frishman's cure, whene'er he's on for drinking To see the la**es smile, laughing all the while At my curious style, 'twould set your heart a-bubbling They ax'd if I was hired, the wages I required Till I was almost tired of the rocky road to Dublin In Dublin next arrived, I thought it such a pity To be so soon deprived a view of that fine city Then I took a stroll out among the quality My bundle it was stole in a neat locality; Something crossed my mind, then I looked behind No bundle could I find upon me stick a-wobblin' Enquiring for the rogue, they said my Connaught brogue Wasn't much in vogue on the rocky road to Dublin From there I got away my spirits never failing Landed on the quay as the 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 funny rigs Danced some hearty jigs, the water round me bubblin' When off to Holyhead I wished myself was dead Or better far, instead, on the rocky road to Dublin The bovs of Liverpool, when we safely landed Called myself a fool, I could no longer stand it; Blood began to boil, temper I was losin' Poor old Erin's isle they began abusin' "Hurrah my soul!" sez I, my shillelagh I let fly Some Galway boys were by, saw I was a hobble in Then with a loud Hurrah, they joined in the affray We quickly cleared the way, for the rocky road to Dublin