The Irish Rover Lyrics by Dominic Behan
In the year of our Lord 1806
We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork
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In the year of our Lord 1806
We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork
Three months before the month of June
It was the month of March
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‘Twas by down the Anna Liffey one morning I did stray
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Ah now father dear I’m over here, on the banks of London town
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The midnight hags are shrieking ’round, the castle of Drumboe
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Sergeant William Bailey was a man of great renown
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I was born on a Dublin street where the loyal drums did beat