The Kerry Dances-Shannon Singers

[ti:The Kerry Dances] [ar:Shannon Singers] [al:The Songs Of John McCormack] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Kerry Dances - Shannon Singers [00:10.68]Oh the days of the Kerry dancing [00:12.60]Oh the ring of the piper's tune [00:15.02]Oh for one of those hours of gladness [00:17.18]Gone alas like our youth too soon [00:19.71]When the boys began to gather [00:21.88]In the glen of a summer's night [00:24.23]And the Kerry piper's tuning [00:26.51]Made us long with wild delight [00:28.94]Oh to think of it [00:30.37]Oh to dream of it [00:31.70]Fills my heart with tears [00:34.97]Oh the days of the Kerry dancing [00:37.05]Oh the ring of the piper's tune [00:39.64]Oh for one of those hours of gladness [00:41.84]Gone alas like our youth too soon [00:53.59]Was there ever a sweeter Colleen [00:55.64]In the dance than Eily More [00:58.12]Or a prouder lad than Thady [01:00.34]As he boldly took the floor [01:02.76]Lads and lasses to your places [01:05.02]Up the middle and down again [01:07.32]Ah the merry hearted laughter [01:09.73]Ringing through the happy glen [01:12.12]Oh to think of it [01:13.69]Oh to dream of it [01:14.91]Fills my heart with tears [01:18.03]Oh the days of the Kerry dancing [01:20.26]Oh the ring of the piper's tune [01:22.72]Oh for one of those hours of gladness [01:25.07]Gone alas like our youth too soon [01:27.86]Time goes on and the happy [01:31.77]Years are dead [01:34.11]And one by one the merry hearts are fled [01:40.71]Silent now is the wild and [01:44.57]Lonely glen [01:46.85]Where the bright glad laugh [01:49.78]Will echo ne'er again [01:53.63]Only dreaming of days gone [01:56.46]By in my heart I hear [02:02.08]Loving voices of old companions [02:04.12]Stealing out of the past once more [02:06.52]And the sound of the dear old music [02:08.78]Soft and sweet as in days of yore [02:11.20]When the boys began to gather [02:13.45]In the glen of a summer's night [02:15.74]And the Kerry piper's tuning [02:18.11]Made us long with wild delight [02:20.59]Oh to think of it [02:21.89]Oh to dream of it [02:23.40]Fills my heart with tears [02:26.56]Oh the days of the Kerry dancing [02:28.65]Oh the ring of the piper's tune [02:30.96]Oh for one of those hours of gladness [02:33.32]Gone alas like our youth too soon