Lullaby
Let me tell ya a story you've never heard before
it was at an old time when men were shipping for gold
mighty seas and piracy gallions and navy
and men who left behind them a broken family
In the Boston port (WHERE?) in a dirty tavern
he was sitting at the bar and was looking so haggard
he drowned himself in whisky his mind had gone away
but the barmaid came round and asked him to pay
When his friends were drunk they used to see the eyes of their wives
the only thing he saw was his face reflected in his glass
when the morning came he left the pub whithout his crew
and he yelled on the docks the only song he knew
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
He came from Cork, but forgot how long it'd been
he used to be a sailor and the captain of a brick
his ship was now a tavern his fellows were drunkards
and he'd follow suit till he went to rest in the graveyard
when he thought about the past there was a big black hole
he only cared to pay his fuckin alcohol
the only thing he remembered was an old song
that he kept singing on the docks alone
Miles and miles away a young boy sat on a fish case
was looking sadly at the sea waiting for a ship that will never come
he took a deep breath eyes full of tears, heart full of anger
and he yelled the lullaby that used to sing his father
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
it was at an old time when men were shipping for gold
mighty seas and piracy gallions and navy
and men who left behind them a broken family
In the Boston port (WHERE?) in a dirty tavern
he was sitting at the bar and was looking so haggard
he drowned himself in whisky his mind had gone away
but the barmaid came round and asked him to pay
When his friends were drunk they used to see the eyes of their wives
the only thing he saw was his face reflected in his glass
when the morning came he left the pub whithout his crew
and he yelled on the docks the only song he knew
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
He came from Cork, but forgot how long it'd been
he used to be a sailor and the captain of a brick
his ship was now a tavern his fellows were drunkards
and he'd follow suit till he went to rest in the graveyard
when he thought about the past there was a big black hole
he only cared to pay his fuckin alcohol
the only thing he remembered was an old song
that he kept singing on the docks alone
Miles and miles away a young boy sat on a fish case
was looking sadly at the sea waiting for a ship that will never come
he took a deep breath eyes full of tears, heart full of anger
and he yelled the lullaby that used to sing his father
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Credits
Writer(s): Louis Rampal
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