Donegal Danny-Waxies Dargle

[ti:Donegal Danny] [ar:Waxies Dargle] [al:Irish Pub Songs Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Donegal Danny - Waxies Dargle [00:04.62]I remember the night that he came in [00:08.64]From the wintry cold and damp [00:11.74] [00:13.28]A giant of a man in an oilskin coat [00:16.89] [00:17.83]Bundle that told he was a tramp [00:20.21] [00:21.68]When he stood at the bar and he called a pint [00:25.81] [00:26.49]Turned and gazed at the fire [00:28.93] [00:30.48]On a night like this to be safe and warn [00:34.78]Is my one and only desire [00:37.83] [00:39.27]And here's to those that are dead and gone [00:43.61]The friends that I loved dear [00:46.57] [00:47.85]And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu [00:52.25]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [00:56.11] [00:56.76]Donegal Danny's been here [00:59.76] [01:02.91]Oh then in a voice that hushed and low [01:06.96]He said listen I'll tell you a tale [01:10.01] [01:11.39]How a man of the sea became a man of the roads [01:15.62] [01:16.51]Never more will set sail [01:18.56] [01:20.21]I've fished out of Howth of Killybegs [01:24.45]Ardglass and Baltimore [01:27.24] [01:28.58]But the cruel sea has beaten me [01:32.96]Now I'll end my days on the shore [01:35.79] [01:37.35]And here's to those that are dead and gone [01:41.11] [01:41.63]The friends that I loved dear [01:45.09] [01:45.99]And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu [01:49.65] [01:50.19]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [01:54.06] [01:54.67]Donegal Danny's been here [01:57.91] [02:00.97]One fateful night in the wind and the rain [02:05.27]Set sail from Killybegs town [02:08.04] [02:09.44]There were five of us from sweet Donegal [02:13.55] [02:14.36]One from County Down [02:16.70] [02:18.17]We were fishermen who worked the sea [02:21.93] [02:22.45]And never counted the cost [02:25.27] [02:26.59]But I never thought ere that night was done [02:30.59] [02:31.63]Why fine friends would all be lost [02:33.94] [02:35.32]And here's to those that are dead and gone [02:39.09] [02:39.65]The friends that I loved dear [02:43.12] [02:43.93]And here's to you then I'll bid you adieu [02:48.16]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [02:52.09] [02:52.61]Donegal Danny's been here [02:55.78] [02:58.52]While the storm it broke and drove the boat [03:02.37] [03:03.01]And the rocks about ten miles from shore [03:05.88] [03:07.22]As we fought the tide while we hoped inside [03:11.35] [03:12.32]To see our homes once more [03:14.57] [03:15.91]Then we struck a rock and holed the bow [03:20.17]All of us knew that she'd go down [03:22.97] [03:24.53]So we jumped right into the icy sea [03:28.43] [03:29.88]Prayed to God we wouldn't drown [03:31.79] [03:33.12]But the raging sea was rising still [03:36.99] [03:37.67]When we struck out for the land [03:40.52] [03:42.43]Fought with all her cruelty [03:45.97] [03:46.95]To claim that gallant band [03:49.09] [03:50.56]By St John's Point in the early dawn [03:54.29] [03:54.86]I dragged myself on the shore [03:57.93] [03:58.99]And I cursed the sea for what she'd done [04:03.43]And I vowed I sail her never more [04:06.78] [04:07.91]And here's to those that are dead and gone [04:11.62] [04:12.19]The friends that I loved dear [04:15.65] [04:16.51]And here's to you then I'll bid you adieu [04:20.75]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [04:24.65] [04:25.24]Donegal Danny's been here [04:28.37] [04:31.82]While ever since that night I've been on the road [04:35.18] [04:36.16]Travelling and trying to forget [04:38.49] [04:40.20]That awful night I lost all my friends [04:44.31] [04:45.30]I see their faces yet [04:47.62] [04:49.11]And often at night when the sea is high [04:53.48]And the rain is tearing at my skin [04:56.21] [04:58.06]I hear the cries of drowning men [05:01.70] [05:02.74]Floating over on the wind [05:04.88] [05:06.59]And here's to those that are dead and gone [05:10.29] [05:10.83]The friends that I loved dear [05:14.27] [05:15.09]And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu [05:18.77] [05:19.32]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [05:23.28] [05:23.86]Donegal Danny's been here [05:27.15] [05:28.27]Here's to those that are dead and gone [05:32.68]The friends that I loved dear [05:36.48] [05:37.79]Here's to you and I'll bid you adieu [05:41.73] [05:42.30]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [05:46.91] [05:48.08]Donegal Danny's been here