Donnegal Danny-Waxies Dargle

[ti:Donegal Danny] [ar:Waxies Dargle] [al:Irish Pub Songs Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Donnegal Danny - Waxies Dargle [00:04.47]I remember the night that he came in [00:08.50]From the wintry cold and damp [00:11.60] [00:13.14]A giant of a man in an oilskin coat [00:16.75] [00:17.69]Bundle that told he was a tramp [00:20.07] [00:21.54]When he stood at the bar and he called a pint [00:25.67] [00:26.35]Turned and gazed at the fire [00:28.79] [00:30.34]On a night like this to be safe and warn [00:34.64]Is my one and only desire [00:37.69] [00:39.13]And here's to those that are dead and gone [00:43.47]The friends that I loved dear [00:46.42] [00:47.70]And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu [00:52.10]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [00:55.96] [00:56.61]Donegal Danny's been here [00:59.61] [01:02.76]Oh then in a voice that hushed and low [01:06.81]He said listen I'll tell you a tale [01:09.86] [01:11.24]How a man of the sea became a man of the roads [01:15.47] [01:16.36]Never more will set sail [01:18.42] [01:20.07]I've fished out of Howth of Killybegs [01:24.31]Ardglass and Baltimore [01:27.10] [01:28.44]But the cruel sea has beaten me [01:32.82]Now I'll end my days on the shore [01:35.65] [01:37.21]And here's to those that are dead and gone [01:40.97] [01:41.49]The friends that I loved dear [01:44.95] [01:45.85]And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu [01:49.51] [01:50.05]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [01:53.92] [01:54.53]Donegal Danny's been here [01:57.77] [02:00.83]One fateful night in the wind and the rain [02:05.13]Set sail from Killybegs town [02:07.90] [02:09.30]There were five of us from sweet Donegal [02:13.41] [02:14.22]One from County Down [02:16.56] [02:18.03]We were fishermen who worked the sea [02:21.79] [02:22.31]And never counted the cost [02:25.13] [02:26.45]But I never thought ere that night was done [02:30.44] [02:31.48]Why fine friends would all be lost [02:33.79] [02:35.17]And here's to those that are dead and gone [02:38.94] [02:39.50]The friends that I loved dear [02:42.97] [02:43.78]And here's to you then I'll bid you adieu [02:48.01]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [02:51.94] [02:52.46]Donegal Danny's been here [02:55.63] [02:58.37]While the storm it broke and drove the boat [03:02.22] [03:02.86]And the rocks about ten miles from shore [03:05.74] [03:07.08]As we fought the tide while we hoped inside [03:11.21] [03:12.18]To see our homes once more [03:14.43] [03:15.77]Then we struck a rock and holed the bow [03:20.03]All of us knew that she'd go down [03:22.83] [03:24.39]So we jumped right into the icy sea [03:28.29] [03:29.74]Prayed to God we wouldn't drown [03:31.65] [03:32.98]But the raging sea was rising still [03:36.85] [03:37.53]When we struck out for the land [03:40.38] [03:42.29]Fought with all her cruelty [03:45.83] [03:46.81]To claim that gallant band [03:48.95] [03:50.42]By St John's Point in the early dawn [03:54.15] [03:54.72]I dragged myself on the shore [03:57.79] [03:58.85]And I cursed the sea for what she'd done [04:03.28]And I vowed I sail her never more [04:06.63] [04:07.76]And here's to those that are dead and gone [04:11.47] [04:12.04]The friends that I loved dear [04:15.50] [04:16.36]And here's to you then I'll bid you adieu [04:20.60]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [04:24.50] [04:25.09]Donegal Danny's been here [04:28.22] [04:31.67]While ever since that night I've been on the road [04:35.03] [04:36.01]Travelling and trying to forget [04:38.34] [04:40.05]That awful night I lost all my friends [04:44.16] [04:45.15]I see their faces yet [04:47.47] [04:48.96]And often at night when the sea is high [04:53.33]And the rain is tearing at my skin [04:56.06] [04:57.91]I hear the cries of drowning men [05:01.55] [05:02.59]Floating over on the wind [05:04.73] [05:06.44]And here's to those that are dead and gone [05:10.14] [05:10.68]The friends that I loved dear [05:14.12] [05:14.94]And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu [05:18.62] [05:19.17]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [05:23.13] [05:23.71]Donegal Danny's been here [05:27.00] [05:28.12]Here's to those that are dead and gone [05:32.53]The friends that I loved dear [05:36.34] [05:37.65]Here's to you and I'll bid you adieu [05:41.59] [05:42.16]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [05:46.77] [05:47.94]Donegal Danny's been here