Medley: Dublin/Nelson's Farewell-The Dubliners

[ti:Medley: Dublin/Nelson's Farewell] [ar:The Dubliners] [al:Originals] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Medley: Dublin/Nelson's Farewell - The Dubliners [00:13.95]Oh poor old Admiral Nelson is no longer in the air [00:18.06] [00:19.56]Toora loora loora loora loo [00:22.01] [00:23.88]On the eighth day of March in Dublin City fair [00:27.69] [00:29.17]Toora loora loora loora loo [00:31.17] [00:33.51]From his stand of stones and mortar [00:35.30] [00:36.02]He fell crashing through the quarter [00:37.58] [00:38.42]Where once he stood so stiff and proud and rude [00:41.39] [00:43.13]So let's sing our celebration [00:44.58] [00:45.59]It's a service to the nation [00:46.91] [00:47.97]So poor old Admiral Nelson toora loo [00:50.87] [00:52.80]Oh fifty pounds of gelignite it sped him on his way [00:56.56] [00:57.54]Toora loora loora loora loo [00:59.08] [01:02.24]And the lad that laid the charge we're in debt to him today [01:05.72] [01:06.85]Toora loora loora loora loo [01:08.20] [01:11.36]In Trafalgar Square it might be fair [01:14.18]To leave old Nelson standing there [01:16.43]But no one tells the Irish what they'll view [01:18.66] [01:20.70]Now the Dublin Corporation [01:21.77] [01:23.24]Can stop deliberation [01:23.94] [01:25.44]For the boys of Ireland showed them what to do [01:28.18] [01:30.15]For a hundred and fifty-seven years it stood up there in state [01:33.68] [01:34.74]Toora loora loora loora loo [01:36.43] [01:39.37]To mark old Nelson's victory o'er the French and Spanish fleet [01:43.13] [01:44.03]Toora loora loora loora loo [01:45.22] [01:48.36]But one-thirty in the morning [01:49.62] [01:50.80]Without a bit of warning [01:51.95] [01:52.98]Old Nelson took a powder and he blew [01:55.35] [01:57.36]Now at last the Irish nation [01:58.90] [01:59.69]Has Parnell in higher station [02:00.93] [02:01.90]Than poor old Admiral Nelson toora loo [02:04.22] [02:06.38]Oh the Russians and the Yanks with lunar probes they play [02:09.65] [02:10.87]Toora loora loora loora loo [02:12.48] [02:15.27]And I hear the French are trying hard to make up lost headway [02:18.66] [02:19.67]Toora loora loora loora loo [02:20.82] [02:24.08]But now the Irish join the race [02:25.74] [02:26.33]We have an astronaut in space [02:27.64] [02:28.47]Ireland boys is now a world power too [02:30.56] [02:32.51]So let's sing our celebration [02:33.78] [02:34.79]It's a service to the nation [02:36.21] [02:37.05]So poor old Admiral Nelson toora loo