Biddy Mulligan   (midi)

 

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    You may travel from Clare, to the county Kildare,

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    from Dublin right down to Macroom,

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    but where would you see a fine widow like me,

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    Biddy Mulligan, the pride of the Coombe.

 

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1. I'm a buxom fine widow that lives in a place,

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    in Dublin that's known as the Coombe.

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    My shop and my stall are laid out on the street,

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    and my palace consists of one room.

 

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2. By Patrick's street corner for 35 years,

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    I stood by my stall that's no lie.

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    And while I stood there, there was no one would dare

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    to say black was the white of me eye.

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    You may travel from Clare, to the county Kildare,

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    from Dublin right down to Macroom,

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    but where would you see a fine widow like me,

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    Biddy Mulligan, the pride of the Coombe.

 

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3. I sell apples and oranges, nuts and split peas,

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    bull's eyes and sugar stick sweet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    On a Saturday night I sell second hand clothes,

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    from my stall on the floor of the street.

 

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4. Now I have a son Mick and he plays on the pipe,

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    he belongs to the Longford Street Band.

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    It would do your heart good just to see them march out,

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    on a Sunday to Sandymount Strand.

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    You may travel from Clare, to the county Kildare,

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    from Dublin right down to Macroom,

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    but where would you see a fine widow like me,

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    Biddy Mulligan, the pride of the Coombe.

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    Biddy Mulligan the pride of the Coombe.

 

    (Dubliners)