The Darlin' Girl from Clare-John Roche

[ti:The Darlin' Girl from Clare] [ar:John Roche] [al:Songs of Percy French's Ireland] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.23]The Darlin' Girl from Clare - John Roche [00:01.00]Written by： Percy French [00:01.78] [00:06.15]We were sitting on the wall upon a Sunday [00:08.78]To watch the girls go by [00:11.95]And thinkin' we'd be marrit to one one day [00:14.24]When Kate Flynn caught our eye [00:17.19]Oh man she had the makin's of a fairy [00:19.76]And it made each boy'o swear [00:22.57]There's not one girl in the wide wide world [00:25.14]Like the girl from County Clare [00:27.87]And every man had got the finest plan [00:30.78]Ye ever see now barrin' me now [00:33.37] [00:33.89]Ev'ry day there's one of them would say [00:36.10]That she'll agree now you'll see now [00:38.81]All night they'd fight as to which o' them was right [00:41.48]In the colour of her eyes and hair [00:44.16]But not a word from me was ever heard [00:46.73]About the Darling Girl from Clare [00:49.55] [00:50.84]Says Sweeney she'll be coming to the shop here [00:53.41]To buy some sort of thing [00:56.19]I'll ax her if she has a mind to stop there [00:58.64]And should I buy the ring [01:01.40]An' whin she sees the curtains on the windas [01:03.84]An' the clock on the stair [01:06.71]Keepin' time to the minit [01:08.11]No one else will be in it [01:09.52]With the darlin' girl from Clare [01:11.90]And every man had got the finest plan [01:14.61]Ye ever see now barrin' me now [01:17.13] [01:17.80]Ev'ry day there's one of them would say [01:19.97]That she'll agree now you'll see now [01:22.57]All night they'd fight [01:23.85]As to which o' them was right [01:25.32]In the colour of her eyes and hair [01:27.91]But not a word from me was ever heard [01:30.60]About the darlin' girl from Clare [01:33.54] [01:34.88]I never said a single word about her [01:37.29]But I met that girl next day [01:40.05]I told her I could never live widout her [01:42.67]An' what had she to say [01:45.23]She said that I might go and see her father [01:47.66]I met him then and there [01:50.42]An' in less than an hour [01:51.76]We war fightin' for the dower [01:53.29]Of the darlin' girl from Clare [01:55.72]And ev'ry man had got the finest plan [01:58.70]Ye ever see now barrin' me now [02:01.20] [02:01.79]Ev'ry day there's one of them would say [02:03.85]That she'll agree now you'll see now [02:06.58]But late last night [02:07.79]When the moon was bright [02:09.08]I axed her if she'd share [02:12.66]Me joy an' me sorra' [02:14.55]An' begorra on to-morro' [02:17.39]I'll be married to the girl from Clare