Croppy Boy-The Dubliners

[ti:Croppy Boy] [ar:The Dubliners] [al:More of the Hard Stuff] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Croppy Boy - The Dubliners [00:15.60]It was early early all in the Spring [00:19.86] [00:21.40]When the birds did whistle and sweetly sing [00:25.50] [00:27.10]Changing their notes all from tree to tree [00:32.13] [00:32.95]And the song they sang was Old Ireland free [00:38.43] [00:39.67]Oh as I went walkin' up Wexford street [00:43.87] [00:45.11]Oh me own first cousin I changed to meet [00:49.12] [00:50.35]Well me own first cousin did me betray [00:55.36] [00:56.14]And for one bare guinnea sold me life away [01:01.56] [01:02.73]It was early early all in the night [01:06.90] [01:08.41]When the yeoman cavalry gave me a fright [01:12.03] [01:13.32]Well the yeoman cavalry was my downfall [01:17.73] [01:19.06]And taken was I by Lord Cornwall [01:24.58] [01:25.76]And as I went walking up Wexford Hill [01:29.90] [01:31.19]Now who could blame me to cry me fill [01:35.16] [01:36.45]I looked behind and I looked before [01:41.15] [01:41.97]And my aged mother I'll see no more [01:46.92] [01:48.41]And when I stood on the scaffold high [01:51.92] [01:53.22]My own dear father was standing by [01:57.41] [01:58.52]Well me own dear father did me deny [02:03.42] [02:04.29]And the name he gave me was the croppy boy [02:08.93] [02:10.39]In Dungannon town now this boy died [02:14.51] [02:15.58]In Dungannon town does his body lie [02:19.67] [02:21.10]So all you strangers that do pass by [02:26.08] [02:27.01]That's go shed a tear for the croppy boy