The Green Glens Of Antrim-The Dubliners

[ti:Donegal Danny] [ar:The Dubliners] [al:Definitive Pub Songs Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Green Glens Of Antrim - The Dubliners [00:08.79]I remember the night that he came in from the wintery [00:14.55]Cold and damp [00:15.95] [00:17.44]A giant of a man in an oilskin coat and a bundle that [00:22.81]Told he was a tramp [00:24.59] [00:25.75]He stood at the bar and he called a pint then turned [00:31.00]And gazed at the fire [00:33.19] [00:34.35]On a night like this to be save and dry is my one and [00:39.71]Only desire [00:41.54] [00:42.78]So here's to those that are dead and gone the friends [00:48.21]That I loved dear [00:50.10] [00:51.11]And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu sayin' [00:55.89]Donegal Danny's been here me boys [00:59.49] [00:59.99]Donegal Danny's been here [01:02.73] [01:04.29]Then in a voice that was hushed and low he said [01:08.41]Listen I'll tell you a tale [01:11.03] [01:12.44]How a man of the sea became a man of the road and never [01:17.01] [01:17.93]More will set sail [01:19.81] [01:20.95]I fished out of Howth and Killybegs Ardglass and [01:26.32]Baltimore [01:28.02] [01:29.44]But the cruel sea has beat'n me and I'll end my days on [01:35.94]The shore [01:36.87] [01:37.85]So here's to those that are dead and gone the friends [01:42.96]That I loved dear [01:45.25] [01:46.14]And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu sayin' [01:50.56]Donegal Danny's been here me boys [01:54.38] [01:54.91]Donegal Danny's been here [01:57.46] [01:58.69]One fateful night in the wind and the rain we set sail [02:04.06]From Killybegs town [02:05.78] [02:07.31]There were five of us from sweet Donegal and one from [02:12.75]County Down [02:14.22] [02:15.46]We were fishermen who worked the sea and never counted [02:21.91]The cost [02:22.57] [02:24.13]But I never thought 'ere that night was done that my [02:28.98]Fine friends would all be lost [02:31.16] [02:32.28]So here's to those that are dead and gone the friends [02:37.56]That I loved dear [02:39.48] [02:40.68]And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu sayin' [02:45.38]Donegal Danny's been here me boys [02:48.83] [02:49.42]Donegal Danny's been here [02:51.94] [02:53.11]Then the storm it broke and drove the boat to the [02:57.99]Rocks about ten miles from shore [03:00.27] [03:01.73]As we fought the tide we hoped inside to see our homes [03:07.94]Once more [03:08.94] [03:10.16]Then we struck a rock and holed the bow and all of us [03:15.46]Knew that she'd go down [03:17.35] [03:18.59]So we jumped right into the icy sea and prayed to God [03:24.63]We wouldn't drown [03:25.59] [03:27.23]But the ragin' sea was risin' still as we struck out [03:33.12]For the land [03:34.40] [03:35.86]And she fought with all her cruelty to claim that [03:40.80] [03:41.35]Gallant band [03:42.95] [03:44.28]By Saint John's point in the early dawn I dragged [03:49.54]Myself on the shore [03:51.65] [03:52.86]And I cursed the sea for what she'd done and vowed to [03:58.22]Sail her never more [03:59.95] [04:01.28]So here's to those that are dead and gone the friends [04:06.44]That I loved dear [04:08.55] [04:09.59]And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu sayin' [04:14.24]Donegal Danny's been here me boys [04:17.65] [04:18.29]Donegal Danny's been here [04:20.83] [04:22.27]Ever since that night I've been on the road [04:26.05] [04:26.69]Travelling and trying to forget [04:29.13] [04:30.57]That awful night I lost all my friends [04:34.29] [04:34.93]I see their faces yet [04:37.45] [04:39.04]And often at night when the sea is high [04:43.31]And the rain is tearing at my skin [04:46.05] [04:47.41]I hear the cries of drowning men [04:50.89] [04:51.88]Floating over on the wind [04:54.51] [04:55.19]So here's to those that are dead and gone [04:59.85]The friends that I loved dear [05:02.75] [05:03.49]And here's to you then I'll bid you adieu [05:07.85]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [05:12.27]Donegal Danny's been here [05:14.95] [05:15.95]So here's to those that are dead and gone [05:20.43]The friends that I loved dear [05:23.27] [05:24.24]And here's to you then I'll bid you adieu [05:28.45]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [05:32.49]Donegal Danny's been here