The Kerry Dance-John McCormack

[ti:The Kerry Dance] [ar:John McCormack/Orchestra/Lawrance Collingwood] [al:John McCormack sings Popular Songs & Irish Ballads] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Kerry Dance - John McCormack [00:13.41]Oh the days of the Kerry dancing [00:15.17] [00:15.70]Oh the ring of the piper's tune [00:18.63]Oh for one of those hours of gladness [00:21.73]Gone alas like our youth too soon [00:27.34] [00:27.90]When the boys began to gather [00:30.16]In the glen of a summer's night [00:32.61]And the Kerry piper's tuning [00:35.20]Made us long with wild delight [00:39.96]Oh to think of It [00:42.35]Oh to dream of It [00:44.85]Fills my heart with tears [00:50.77] [00:51.88]Oh the days of the Kerry dancing [00:54.52]Oh the ring of the piper's tune [00:56.87] [00:57.42]Oh for one of those hours of gladness [01:00.67]Gone alas like our youth too soon [01:07.81] [01:13.09]Was there ever a sweeter colleen [01:15.39]In the dance than eily more [01:18.60]Or a prouder lad than thady [01:21.61]As he boldly took the floor [01:26.58]Lads and lasses to your places [01:28.84]Up the middle and down again [01:31.42]Ah the merry hear-ted laughter [01:34.32]Ringing through the happy glen [01:39.65]Oh to think of It [01:42.06]Oh to dream of It [01:44.58]Fills my heart with tears [01:50.77] [01:51.85]Oh the days of the Kerry dancing [01:54.59]Oh the ring of the piper's tune [01:57.54]Oh for one of those hours of gladness [02:00.79]Gone alas like our youth too soon [02:08.34] [02:09.25]Time goes on and the happy years are dead [02:17.38] [02:18.04]And one by one the merry hearts are fled [02:26.43] [02:27.48]Silent now Is the wild and lonely glen [02:35.02] [02:35.55]Where the bright glad laugh will echo ne'er again [02:45.29] [02:46.05]Only dreaming of days gone by In my heart I hear [02:56.83]Loving voices of old companions [03:00.83]Stealing out of the past once more [03:05.49]And the sound of the dear old music [03:09.22]Soft and sweet as In days of yore [03:16.59]When the boys began to gather [03:19.06]In the glen of a summer's night [03:21.27]And the Kerry piper's tuning [03:23.88]Made us long with wild delight [03:28.66]Oh to think of It [03:31.52]Oh to dream of It [03:34.37]Fills my heart with tears [03:41.84] [03:42.74]Oh the days of the Kerry dancing [03:45.23]Oh the ring of the piper's tune [03:48.17]Oh for one of those hours of gladness [03:52.51]Gone alas like our youth too soon