Darling Girl From Clare-John McDermott/Anthony Kearns/Ronan Tynan/Finbar Wright

[ti:Darling Girl From Clare] [ar:John McDermott] [al:The Essential Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Darling Girl From Clare - John McDermott/Anthony Kearns/Ronan Tynan/Finbar Wright [00:01.23]We were sitting on the wall upon a Sunday [00:04.26]To watch the girls go by [00:06.65] [00:07.17]And thinking we'd be marrid to one one day [00:10.17]When a colleen caught our eye [00:11.87] [00:12.59]Oh man [00:13.44]She was the making of a fairy [00:15.47]She made each boy swear [00:17.80]There's not one girl in this wide wide world [00:20.64]Like the darling girl from Clare [00:22.58] [00:23.15]And every man has got the finest plan [00:26.25]You'd ever see now [00:27.88]Barring me now [00:29.08]Every day there's one of them will say [00:31.93]That she'll agree now [00:32.78] [00:33.34]Oh you'll see now [00:34.88]Each night they would fight [00:36.68]As to which of them was right [00:38.63]Bout the colour of her eyes or hair [00:43.16] [00:43.67]But not one word from me was ever heard [00:47.35]About the darling girl from Clare [00:49.63] [00:51.44]I never said a single word about her [00:54.30] [00:54.85]But I met that girl that day [00:57.75]And I told her that I couldn't live without her [01:00.71]And what had she for to say [01:03.52]She said that to go and ask her father [01:06.22]Which I did right then and there [01:09.30]And in less than an hour [01:10.89]We were fighting for the dower [01:12.52]Of the darling girl from Clare [01:14.75]So every man had got the finest plan [01:17.84]You'd ever see now [01:18.81] [01:19.43]Barring me now [01:20.35] [01:21.01]Every day there's one of them will say [01:24.03]That she'll agree now [01:25.42]You'll see now [01:26.05] [01:26.69]But late last night when the moon was bright [01:31.17]I asked her if she would share [01:36.57] [01:39.37]Me joy and me sorra [01:41.27]And begorrah on tomorra [01:42.79]I'll be married to the girl from Clare