Mountains of Mourne (midi)
1. Oh, Mary, this
London's a wonderful sight
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with people here working by day and by
night.
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They don't sow potatoes nor barley nor
wheat,
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but there's gangs of them diggin' for gold
in the street.
At
least when I asked them, that's what I was told,
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so I
just took a hand at this diggin' for gold.
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But for all that I've found there, I might
as well be,
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in the place where the dark Mourne sweeps
down to the sea.
2. I believe that when writin' a wish you
expressed,
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as to
how the fine ladies in London were dressed.
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But if you'll believe me, when asked to a
ball,
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they
don't wear no tops to their dresses at all.
Oh,
I've seen them myself and you could not in truth,
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tell if they were bound for a ball or a
bath.
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Don't be startin' them fashions now, Mary
McRee,
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in the place where the dark Mourne sweeps
down to the sea.
3. There's beautiful
girls here, oh, never you mind,
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beautiful shapes nature never designed.
Lovely complexions of roses and cream,
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but let me remark with regard to the same.
That
if at those roses you ventured to sip,
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the colors might all come away on your lip.
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So
I'll wait for the wild rose that's waitin' for me,
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in the place where the dark Mourne sweeps
down to the sea.
4. You remember young
Danny McClaren, of course,
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but he's over here with the rest of the
force.
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I saw him one day as he stood on the Strand,
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stopped all the traffic with a wave of his
hand.
And
as we were talking of days that are gone,
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the whole town of London stood there to
look on.
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But for all his great powers, he's wishful
like me,
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to be back where the dark Mourne sweeps
down to the sea.