The Bard of Armagh-The Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem

[ti:The Bard Of Armargh] [ar:The Clancy Brothers] [al:Classic Irish Folk Songs, Rebel Songs And Drinking Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Bard of Armagh - The Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem [00:04.03]Oh list to the lay of a poor Irish harper [00:13.03] [00:13.86]And scorn not the strains of his old withered hands [00:21.18] [00:22.05]But remember his fingers they once could move sharper [00:31.76] [00:32.39]To raise up the memory of his dear native land [00:41.02] [00:42.58]At a fair or a wake I could twist my shillelagh [00:50.77]Or trip through a jig with my brogues bound with straw [00:56.70] [00:57.52]And all the pretty colleens around me assembled [01:06.77] [01:07.46]Loved their bold Phelim Brady the bard of Armagh [01:16.77] [01:18.70]Oh how I long to muse on the days of my boyhood [01:28.03] [01:28.97]But four score and three years have flitted since then [01:36.68] [01:38.05]But they bring sweet reflections as every young joy should [01:47.05] [01:47.86]For the merry hearted boys makes the best of old men [01:56.77] [01:58.21]And when sergeant death in his cold arms shall embrace me [02:08.62] [02:09.25]And lull me to sleep with sweet Erin go bragh [02:17.44] [02:18.44]By the side of my Kathleen my young wife then place me [02:29.31] [02:30.81]Then forget Phelim Brady the bard of Armagh