Donegal Danny-The Tossers

[ti:Donegal Danny] [ar:The Tossers] [al:The First League Out From Land] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Donegal Danny - The Tossers [00:22.71]I remember the night that he came in [00:23.96]From the wintry cold and damp [00:25.21]A giant of a man in an oilskin coat [00:29.90]And the bundle that told he was a tramp [00:33.70]He stood at the bar and he called a pint [00:40.19]Then turned and gazed at the fire [00:50.91]On a night like this to be safe and dry [00:58.23]Is my one and only desire [01:01.65]So here's to those that are dead and gone [01:02.40]The friends that I loved dear [01:03.90]And here's to you then I'll bid you adieu [01:04.09]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [01:04.27]Donegal Danny's been here [01:04.33]Then in a voice that was hushed and low [01:05.64]He said: Listen I'll tell you a tale [01:08.01]How a man of the sea became a man of the roads [01:08.34]And never more will set sail [01:08.46]I've fished out of Howth and Killybegs [01:09.15]Ardglass and Baltimore [01:10.64]But the cruel sea has beaten me [01:14.39]And I'll end my days on the shore [01:21.50]So here's to those that are dead and gone [01:25.62]The friends that I loved dear [01:28.80]And here's to you then I'll bid you adieu [01:33.73]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [01:36.72]Donegal Danny's been here [01:39.91]One fateful night in the wind and the rain [01:45.53]We set sail from Killybegs town [01:47.34]There were five of us from sweet Donegal [01:49.89]And one from County Down [01:51.51]We were fishermen who worked the sea [01:53.57]And never counted the cost [01:54.13]But I never thought ere that night was done [01:54.63]That my fine friends would all be lost [01:56.57]So here's to those that are dead and gone [02:02.37]The friends that I loved dear [02:05.88]And here's to you then I'll bid you adieu [02:11.63]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [02:16.18]Donegal Danny's been here [02:17.37]Then the storm it broke and drove the boat [02:19.73]To the rocks about ten miles from shore [02:21.98]As we fought the tide we hoped inside [02:24.85]To see our homes once more [02:29.40]Then we struck a rock and holed the bow [02:32.52]And all of us knew that she'd go down [02:39.39]So we jumped right into the icy sea [02:45.57]And prayed to God we wouldn't drown [02:52.00]But the raging sea was rising still [02:57.61]As we struck out for the land [03:01.41]And she fought with all her cruelty [03:06.04]To claim that gallant band [03:07.59]By St John's Point in the early dawn [03:10.34]I dragged myself on the shore [03:13.21]And I cursed the sea for what she'd done [03:17.38]And vowed to sail her never more [03:22.01]So here's to those that are dead and gone [03:28.12]The friends that I loved dear [03:33.06]And here's to you then I'll bid you adieu [03:38.54]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [03:43.35]Donegal Danny's been here [03:44.78]Ever since that night I've been on the road [03:49.15]Travelling and trying to forget [03:53.20]That awful night I lost all my friends [03:57.53]I see their faces yet [04:03.02]And often at night when the sea is high [04:05.64]And the rain is tearing at my skin [04:07.89]I hear the cries of drowning men [04:10.39]Floating over on the wind [04:11.88]So here's to those that are dead and gone [04:14.07]The friends that I loved dear [04:19.62]And here's to you then I'll bid you adieu [04:22.38]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [04:24.50]Donegal Danny's been here [04:25.62]So here's to those that are dead and gone [04:27.24]The friends that I loved dear [04:28.99]And here's to you then I'll bid you adieu [04:31.49]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [04:33.36]Donegal Danny's been here