Spancil Hill-Shannon Singers

[ti:Spancil Hill] [ar:Shannon Singers] [al:40 Irish Folk Ballads] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Spancil Hill - Shannon Singers [00:12.02]Last night as I lay dreamin' [00:16.41]Of pleasant days gone by [00:21.02]Me mind bein' bent on travelin' [00:25.39]To Ireland I did fly [00:29.92]I stepped aboard a vision [00:34.53]And followed with my will [00:38.96]'Til next I came to anchor [00:42.42]At the cross near Spancil Hill [00:50.31]It being the 23rd of June [00:54.75]The day before the fair [00:59.30]Where Ireland's sons [01:01.50]And daughters [01:03.66]In crowds assembled there [01:06.36] [01:08.24]The young the old [01:10.17]The brave and the bold [01:12.81]Their duties to fulfill [01:17.19]At the parish church in Clooney [01:21.62]A mile from Spancil Hill [01:28.53]I went to see my neighbors [01:33.04]To hear what they might say [01:37.34]The old ones were all dead [01:40.73]And gone the young ones turning grey [01:46.38]I met old Tailor Quigley [01:50.05]He's as bold as ever still [01:55.38]He used to mend my britches [01:59.29]When I lived at Spancil Hill [02:06.67]I paid a flying visit to [02:10.17] [02:11.36]Me first and only love [02:15.57]She's as young as any [02:18.19]Lily and as gentle as a dove [02:24.67]She threw her arms around me [02:28.34]Saying 'Johnny I love you still' [02:33.65]She's Ned the farmer's daughter [02:37.43]And the pride of Spancil Hill [02:45.12]I dreamt I held and kissed [02:48.84]Her as in the days of yore [02:53.81]She said " you're [02:55.59]Only joking as many the time before" [03:02.77]The cock crewed in the morning [03:07.35]He crew both loud and shrill [03:11.85]And I woke in California [03:16.45]Many miles from Spancil Hill