The Reason I Left Mullingar-The Fureys/Davey Arthur

[ti:The Reason I Left Mullingar] [ar:The Fureys] [al:Songs Through the Years] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Reason I Left Mullingar - The Fureys/Davey Arthur [00:15.75]I walked to your city a stranger [00:20.33] [00:21.26]In a land i can never call home [00:25.63] [00:26.67]And i cursed the sad notion that caused me [00:32.01]In search of my fortune to rome [00:35.84] [00:36.98]I'm weary of working and drinking [00:41.61] [00:42.47]A week's wages just left in the bar [00:47.02] [00:47.60]And gods it's a shame for to use a friends name [00:52.41] [00:53.19]To beg for the price of a jar [00:57.19] [00:58.03]I remember that bright april morning [01:02.75] [01:03.47]When i left home to travel a far [01:07.92] [01:08.74]For to work till your dead for a room and a bed [01:13.37] [01:13.99]It's not the reason i left mullingar [01:17.70] [01:19.17]Oh this london's a city of heartbreak [01:23.81] [01:24.81]On friday there's friends by the score [01:29.10] [01:29.88]But when the pay's finished on monday [01:34.47] [01:35.44]A friend's not your friend anymore [01:38.95] [01:40.49]For a working day seems never ending [01:45.19] [01:45.98]From a shovel and pick there's no break [01:50.61] [01:51.13]And when your not working your spending [01:55.90] [01:56.75]That fortune you left home to make [02:00.94] [02:01.67]I remember that bright april morning [02:06.30] [02:07.05]When i left home to travel a far [02:11.49] [02:12.23]For to work till your dead for a room and a bed [02:16.95] [02:17.51]It's not the reason i left mullingar [02:21.51] [02:33.02]And for everyone here that finds fortune [02:38.11] [02:39.10]And comes home to tell of the tale [02:43.31] [02:44.19]Each morning the broadway are crowed [02:48.60] [02:49.66]With many's the thousant that failed [02:53.97] [02:54.58]So young men of ireland take warning [02:59.29] [03:00.19]In london you never will find [03:04.50] [03:05.14]The gold at the end of the rainbow [03:09.66] [03:10.50]For you might just have left it behind [03:14.33] [03:15.77]I remember that bright april morning [03:20.36] [03:21.16]When i left home to travel a far [03:25.58] [03:26.35]For to work till your dead for a room and a bed [03:31.09] [03:31.70]It's not the reason i left mullingar