Donegal Danny-The Dubliners/Ronnie Drew

[ti:Donegal Danny] [ar:The Dubliners] [al:Definitive Pub Songs Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Donegal Danny - The Dubliners/Ronnie Drew [00:08.74]I remember the night that he came in from the wintery [00:14.51]Cold and damp [00:15.90] [00:17.40]A giant of a man in an oilskin coat and a bundle that [00:22.76]Told he was a tramp [00:24.55] [00:25.70]He stood at the bar and he called a pint then turned [00:30.95]And gazed at the fire [00:33.15] [00:34.30]On a night like this to be save and dry is my one and [00:39.67]Only desire [00:41.49] [00:42.74]So here's to those that are dead and gone the friends [00:48.17]That I loved dear [00:50.05] [00:51.07]And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu sayin' [00:55.84]Donegal Danny's been here me boys [00:59.44] [00:59.94]Donegal Danny's been here [01:02.68] [01:04.25]Then in a voice that was hushed and low he said [01:08.36]Listen I'll tell you a tale [01:10.99] [01:12.40]How a man of the sea became a man of the road and never [01:16.97] [01:17.89]More will set sail [01:19.76] [01:20.90]I fished out of Howth and Killybegs Ardglass and [01:26.28]Baltimore [01:27.98] [01:29.40]But the cruel sea has beat'n me and I'll end my days on [01:35.90]The shore [01:36.82] [01:37.81]So here's to those that are dead and gone the friends [01:42.92]That I loved dear [01:45.20] [01:46.09]And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu sayin' [01:50.52]Donegal Danny's been here me boys [01:54.33] [01:54.86]Donegal Danny's been here [01:57.41] [01:58.65]One fateful night in the wind and the rain we set sail [02:04.02]From Killybegs town [02:05.74] [02:07.27]There were five of us from sweet Donegal and one from [02:12.71]County Down [02:14.18] [02:15.41]We were fishermen who worked the sea and never counted [02:21.87]The cost [02:22.52] [02:24.09]But I never thought 'ere that night was done that my [02:28.93]Fine friends would all be lost [02:31.11] [02:32.24]So here's to those that are dead and gone the friends [02:37.52]That I loved dear [02:39.43] [02:40.64]And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu sayin' [02:45.34]Donegal Danny's been here me boys [02:48.78] [02:49.37]Donegal Danny's been here [02:51.89] [02:53.06]Then the storm it broke and drove the boat to the [02:57.95]Rocks about ten miles from shore [03:00.22] [03:01.69]As we fought the tide we hoped inside to see our homes [03:07.90]Once more [03:08.90] [03:10.11]Then we struck a rock and holed the bow and all of us [03:15.42]Knew that she'd go down [03:17.31] [03:18.54]So we jumped right into the icy sea and prayed to God [03:24.59]We wouldn't drown [03:25.54] [03:27.18]But the ragin' sea was risin' still as we struck out [03:33.08]For the land [03:34.36] [03:35.81]And she fought with all her cruelty to claim that [03:40.76] [03:41.31]Gallant band [03:42.91] [03:44.23]By Saint John's point in the early dawn I dragged [03:49.50]Myself on the shore [03:51.61] [03:52.81]And I cursed the sea for what she'd done and vowed to [03:58.17]Sail her never more [03:59.91] [04:01.23]So here's to those that are dead and gone the friends [04:06.39]That I loved dear [04:08.50] [04:09.55]And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu sayin' [04:14.20]Donegal Danny's been here me boys [04:17.61] [04:18.25]Donegal Danny's been here [04:20.79] [04:22.23]Ever since that night I've been on the road [04:26.00] [04:26.64]Travelling and trying to forget [04:29.09] [04:30.52]That awful night I lost all my friends [04:34.24] [04:34.89]I see their faces yet [04:37.40] [04:38.99]And often at night when the sea is high [04:43.27]And the rain is tearing at my skin [04:46.01] [04:47.37]I hear the cries of drowning men [04:50.85] [04:51.83]Floating over on the wind [04:54.46] [04:55.15]So here's to those that are dead and gone [04:59.80]The friends that I loved dear [05:02.71] [05:03.44]And here's to you then I'll bid you adieu [05:07.81]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [05:12.23]Donegal Danny's been here [05:14.90] [05:15.90]So here's to those that are dead and gone [05:20.38]The friends that I loved dear [05:23.23] [05:24.20]And here's to you then I'll bid you adieu [05:28.41]Saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys [05:32.44]Donegal Danny's been here