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 [00:09.95]Oh well who wouldn`t be a sailor lad a sailin` on the main [00:14.06]To gain the good will of his captain`s good name [00:18.04]He came ashore one evening for to be [00:22.26]And that was the beginning of my own true love and me [00:26.06]And it`s home boys home [00:29.20] [00:30.92]Home I`d like to be home for a while [00:34.65]In me own country [00:36.51]Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree [00:40.78]Are all a-growin` green in the old country [00:44.93] [00:45.76]Well I asked for a candle for to light me up to bed [00:50.13]And likewise for a handkerchief to tie around me head [00:54.17]She tended to me needs like a young maid ought to do [00:58.35]So then I says to her ""Now won`t you leap in with me too "" [01:02.41]It`s home boys home [01:05.33] [01:06.86]Home I`d like to be home for a while [01:10.72]In me own country [01:12.79]Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree [01:17.02]Are all a-growin` green in the old country [01:21.38]Well she jumped into bed making no alarm [01:26.21]Thinking a young sailor lad could do to her no harm [01:30.50]Well I hugged her and I kissed her the whole night long [01:34.42]Till she wished the short night had been seven years long [01:38.65]And it`s home boys home [01:41.43] [01:43.11]Home I`d like to be home for a while [01:46.87]In me own country [01:48.88]Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree [01:53.15]Are all a-growin` green in the old country [01:57.40] [01:57.98]Oh come all of you fair maidens a warning take by me [02:02.25] [02:02.76]Never let a sailor lad an inch above your knee [02:06.51] [02:07.35]He left me with a pair of twins to dangle on me knee [02:12.90] [02:14.66]And it`s home boys home [02:17.72] [02:19.36]Home I`d like to be home for a while [02:23.23]In me own country [02:25.09]Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree [02:29.40]Are all a-growin` green in the old country