Home Boys Home-Shannon Singers

[ti:Home Boys Home] [ar:Shannon Singers] [al:40 Irish Folk Ballads] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Home Boys Home - Shannon Singers [00:11.73]Oh well who wouldn`t be a sailor lad a sailin` on the main [00:15.84]To gain the good will of his captain`s good name [00:19.82]He came ashore one evening for to be [00:24.04]And that was the beginning of my own true love and me [00:27.84]And it`s home boys home [00:30.98] [00:32.70]Home I`d like to be home for a while [00:36.43]In me own country [00:38.29]Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree [00:42.56]Are all a-growin` green in the old country [00:46.71] [00:47.54]Well I asked for a candle for to light me up to bed [00:51.91]And likewise for a handkerchief to tie around me head [00:55.96]She tended to me needs like a young maid ought to do [01:00.14]So then I says to her ""Now won`t you leap in with me too "" [01:04.20]It`s home boys home [01:07.12] [01:08.65]Home I`d like to be home for a while [01:12.51]In me own country [01:14.58]Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree [01:18.81]Are all a-growin` green in the old country [01:23.17]Well she jumped into bed making no alarm [01:28.00]Thinking a young sailor lad could do to her no harm [01:32.29]Well I hugged her and I kissed her the whole night long [01:36.21]Till she wished the short night had been seven years long [01:40.44]And it`s home boys home [01:43.22] [01:44.90]Home I`d like to be home for a while [01:48.66]In me own country [01:50.67]Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree [01:54.94]Are all a-growin` green in the old country [01:59.19] [01:59.77]Oh come all of you fair maidens a warning take by me [02:04.04] [02:04.54]Never let a sailor lad an inch above your knee [02:08.29] [02:09.13]He left me with a pair of twins to dangle on me knee [02:14.68] [02:16.44]And it`s home boys home [02:19.50] [02:21.14]Home I`d like to be home for a while [02:25.01]In me own country [02:26.87]Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree [02:31.18]Are all a-growin` green in the old country