Song Selection May 2018

We'll drink a drink, a drink To Lily the Pink, the Pink, the Pink The saviour of the human race For she invented, medicinal compound Most efficacious in every case

Mr. Freers, had sticky out ears And it made him awful shy And so they gave him medicinal compound And now he's learning how to fly Brother Tony, was known to be bony He would never eat his meals And so they gave him medicinal compound Now they move him round on wheels

We'll drink a drink, a drink To Lily the Pink, the Pink, the Pink The saviour of the human race For she invented, medicinal compound Most efficacious in every case

Old Ebenezer thought he was Julius Caesar And so they put him in a home Where they gave him medicinal compound And now he's emperor of Rome Johnny Hammer, had a terrible st-st-st-st-stammer He could hardly s-s-say a word And so they gave him medicinal compound Now's he's seen, but never heard

We'll drink a drink, a drink To Lily the Pink, the Pink, the Pink The saviour of the human race For she invented, medicinal compound Most efficacious in every case

Aunty Milly, ran willy-nilly When her legs they did recede So they rubbed on medicinal compound Now they call her Milly Pede Jennifer Eccles, had terrible freckles And the boys all called her names But they gave her medicinal compound Now he joins in all the games

We'll drink a drink, a drink To Lily the Pink, the Pink, the Pink The saviour of the human race For she invented, medicinal compound Most efficacious in every case

Lily the Pink, she turned to drink She filled up with paraffin inside And despite her medicinal compound Sadly pickled Lily died Up to heaven her soul ascended All the church bells they did ring She took with her medicinal compound Hark the herald angels sing

We'll drink a drink, a drink To Lily the Pink, the Pink, the Pink The saviour of the human race For she invented, medicinal compound Most efficacious in every case

The Garden Song CHORUS Inch by inch, row by row gonna make this garden grow,  All it takes is a rake and a hoe, and a piece of fertile ground.  Inch by inch, row by row, someone bless these seeds I sow,  Someone warm them from below, 'till the rain comes tumblin' down. 

Pullin' weeds and pickin' stones, we are made of dreams and bones,  Feel the need to grow my own, for the time is close at hand.  Grain for grain, sun and rain, we are part of Nature's chain,  Tune my body and my brain to the music from the land. CHORUS

Plant your rows straight and long, temper them with prayer and song,  Mother Earth will make you strong, if you give her love and care.  An old crow watching hungrily, from his perch in yonder tree,  In my garden I'm as free as that feathered thief up there. CHORUS

Mo Ghile Mear Sé mo laoch mo Ghile Mear ‘Sé mo Shaesar, Ghile Mear, Suan ná séan ní bhfuaireas féin Ó chuaigh i gcéin mo Ghile Mear.

I'll tell me ma When I go home The boys won't leave The girls alone They pulled my hair They stole my comb But that's alright Til I go home She is handsome she is pretty She is the belle of Belfast city She is courting one, two, three Pray would you tell me who is she

Albert mooney says he loves her All the boys are fighting for her They knock at the door And they ring at the bell saying "oh, my true love are you well" Out she comes as white as snow With rings on her fingers And bells on her toes Ol' Johnny Murray says she'll die If she doesn't get the fellow with the She is courting one, two, three Pray would you tell me who is she……..

The Gypsy Rover CHORUS: Ah De Do Ah De Do Da Day, Ah De Do Ah De A He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang and he won the heart of a lady The Gypsy Rover came over the hill down through the valley so shady He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang  and he won the heart of a lady CHORUS

CHORUS: Ah De Do Ah De Do Da Day, Ah De Do Ah De A He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang and he won the heart of a lady She left her home her castle great she left her fair young lover she left her servants and her estate  to follow the Gypsy Rover

CHORUS: Ah De Do Ah De Do Da Day, Ah De Do Ah De A He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang and he won the heart of a lady Her father saddled up his fastest steed roamed the valleys all over sought his daughter at great speed and the whistlin' Gypsy Rover

CHORUS: Ah De Do Ah De Do Da Day, Ah De Do Ah De A He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang and he won the heart of a lady He came unto a mansion fine down by the river so shady and there was music and there was wine for the Gypsy and his lady

CHORUS: Ah De Do Ah De Do Da Day, Ah De Do Ah De A He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang and he won the heart of a lady "He is no gypsy my father." she said,  "But Lord of these lands all over. and I will stay till my dying day with my whistlin' Gypsy Rover"