Spancil Hill-The Wolfe Tones

[ti:Spancil Hill] [ar:The Wolfe Tones] [al:Across The Broad Atlantic] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.12]Spancil Hill - The Wolfe Tones [00:00.79]Written by：Trad Arr Byrne/Nagle/Warfield [00:01.26] [00:02.27]Last night as I lay dreamin' [00:06.69]Of pleasant days gone by [00:11.10]Me mind bein' bent on travelin' [00:15.48]To ireland I did fly [00:19.98]I stepped aboard a vision [00:23.67]And followed with my will [00:27.44] [00:28.18]'Til next I came to anchor [00:31.05]At the cross near spancil hill [00:36.98]Delighted by the novelty [00:41.98]Enchanted with the scene [00:46.13]Where ireland's sons and daughters [00:50.40]In crowds assembled there [00:54.74]The young the old the brave and the bold [00:58.79]They came for sport and kill [01:03.18]There were jovial conversations [01:07.95]At the cross near spancil hill [01:11.51] [01:12.10]I went to see my neighbours [01:16.75]To hear what they might say [01:21.16]The old ones were all dead and gone [01:25.62]The others turning grey [01:29.89]I met with tailor quigley [01:34.10]He's as bold as ever still [01:38.50]Sure he used to make my britches [01:42.44]When I lived in spancil hill [01:47.40] [01:56.08]I paid a flying visit [02:00.56]To my first and only love [02:05.03]She's white as any lily [02:09.52]And gentle as a dove [02:13.83]She threw her arms around me [02:17.86]Saying johnny I love you still [02:22.44]She's meg the farmers daughter [02:27.17]And the pride of spancil hill [02:31.31]I dreamt I stooped and kissed her [02:36.08]As in the day of 'ore [02:40.41]She said johnny you're only joking [02:44.77]As many the times before [02:48.87]The cock crew in the morn' [02:53.22]He crew both loud and shrill [02:57.37]And I woke in california [03:02.22]Many miles from spancil hill