I'm walkin' down Roppongi The night is hot and smoggy I drink a little coffee A sake and a beer I run into a ginja man He speaks but I don't understand
Near Banbridge Town in the County Down One morning last July A boreen green came a sweet colleen And she smiled as she passed me by She looked so sweet
The sun slips through the broken blinds Through the dusty panes And casts a shadow across the bed Where you and I once lay Your perfume lingers though
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I've seen those signs a million times, the chill that clouds your eyes The light that shines black as a coal, deep down in the mind And I'm hungry, and
Now brave boys, we're on the march Off to Portugal and Spain Drums are beating, banners flying The Devil at home will come tonight So it's go, fare thee
Thanks and praises, thanks to Jesus I bet on the bottle of smoke I went to hell and to the races To bet on the bottle of smoke The day being clear, the
It was Christmas eve, babe In the drunk tank An old man said to me Won't see another one Then he sang a song The rare 'Old Mountain Dew' I turned my
The last time I saw you was down at the Greeks There was whiskey on Sunday and tears on our cheeks You sang me a song that was pure as the breeze On a
I've been loving you a long time Down all the years, down all the days And I've cried for all your troubles Smiled at your funny little ways We watched
Oh the time will come up when the winds will stop And the breeze will cease to be breathin' Like the stillness in the wind 'fore the hurricane begins
In South Australia I was born Heave away, haul away In South Australia, 'round Cape Horn We're bound for South Australia Haul away your rolling king
I am francisco vasquez garcia I am welcome to almeria We have sin gas and con leche We have fiesta and feria We have the song of the cochona We have brandy
Says my aul' wan to your aul' wan "Will ye go to the Waxies Dargle?" Says your aul' wan to my aul' wan "I haven't got a farthing I went up to Monto town
Sometimes I wonder who's makin' love to you now Now that it's been so long Yes, sometimes I wonder who's makin' love to you now Now that it's been so
Let grasses grow and waters flow In a free and easy way, But give me enough of the rare old stuff That's made near Galway Bay, Come gangers all from Donegal
Here a tower shinning bright Once stood gleaming in the night Where now there's just the rubble in the hole Here the paddies and the frogs Came to gamble