Farewell To Dublin

Fare thee well until we meet again down by the Liffey water
I'll bid farewell to Dublin, and your streets of cobblestones
I'm going away to leave you, me friends and all the girls too
Till I return to see you, farewell old Dublin town

To the city of our fathers where friend and foe had gathered
Where the Norman, Dane, and Saxon had mingled with the Gael
Administer the kingdom but soon the Pale was reeling
To cradle Irish freedom in dear old Dublin town

Down by the river Poddle through whiskey, stout, and coddle
Its there with all the gentle folk we drank and laughed and sung
And courted with your daughters and swam around your waters
And seen your building slaughtered in dear old Dublin town

I remember in my childhood your mountains and your wild wood
I heard about your heroes in the classroom as a boy
Of Thomas Street where Emmet died,
in Sackville Place they fought with pride
Of the times when brave Wolfe Tone did ride in dear old Dublin town

For her poets they were many, her writers they were plenty
There was Swift with all his little folk and Joyce and Molly Bloom
Her characters an unsung gang there's Fortycoats and ole Bang bang
And Zozimus who always sang of dear old Dublin town

And now I'm standing on the quay, my destiny's uncertain
For fortunes have been lost and won with the dealing of a hand
The past it is a purple haze the future is an untold maze
And the present is another gaze at dear old Dublin town

Fare thee well until we meet again down by the Liffey water
I'll bid farewell to Dublin, and your streets of cobblestones
I'm going away to leave you, me friends and all the girls too
Till I return to see you, farewell old Dublin town