The Kerry Dance-John McDermott/Anthony Kearns/Ronan Tynan/Finbar Wright

[ti:The Kerry Dance] [ar:John McDermott] [al:The Essential Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Kerry Dance - John McDermott/Anthony Kearns/Ronan Tynan/Finbar Wright [00:11.74]Oh the days of the Kerry dancing [00:13.85]Oh the ring of the piper's tune [00:16.07]Oh for one of those hours of gladness [00:18.64]Gone alas like our youth too soon [00:22.71] [00:24.82]When the boys began to gather [00:26.86]In the glen of a summer's night [00:29.11]And the Kerry piper's tuning [00:32.21]Made us long with wild delight [00:37.52] [00:39.39]Oh to think of it [00:41.83]Oh to dream of it [00:43.12]Fills my heart with tears [00:46.17] [00:49.17]Oh the days of the Kerry dancing [00:51.23]Oh the ring of the piper's tune [00:53.65]Oh for one of those hours of gladness [00:55.84] [00:56.56]Gone alas like our youth too soon [01:01.29] [01:08.24]Was there ever a sweeter Colleen [01:10.50]In the dance than Eily More [01:12.12] [01:12.68]Or a prouder lad than Thady [01:14.95]As he boldly took the floor [01:18.67] [01:20.98]Lads and lasses to your places [01:23.15]Up the middle and down again [01:25.19]Ah the merry hearted laughter [01:28.18] [01:28.75]Ringing through the happy glen [01:34.65] [01:36.26]Oh to think of it [01:38.57]Oh to dream of it [01:40.53]Fills my heart with tears [01:43.46] [01:46.58]Oh the days of the Kerry dancing [01:48.68]Oh the ring of the piper's tune [01:51.08]Oh for one of those hours of gladness [01:53.26] [01:53.85]Gone alas like our youth too soon [01:59.58] [02:02.52]Time goes on and the happy years are dead [02:11.99] [02:12.97]And one by one the merry hearts are fled [02:21.91] [02:24.05]Silent now is the wild and lonely glen [02:32.62] [02:33.77]Where the bright glad laugh will echo ne'er again [02:42.37] [02:44.89]Only dreaming of days gone by in my heart I hear [02:52.70] [02:54.95]Loving voices of old companions [02:59.30] [02:59.93]Stealing out of the past once more [03:04.40] [03:05.53]And the sound of the dear old music [03:10.62] [03:11.15]Soft and sweet as in days of yore [03:18.26] [03:20.42]When the boys began to gather [03:22.42]In the glen of a summer's night [03:24.54]And the Kerry piper's tuning [03:27.11]Made us long with wild delight [03:33.42] [03:35.28]Oh to think of it [03:37.60]Oh to dream of it [03:40.06]Fills my heart with tears [03:43.06] [03:46.10]Oh the days of the Kerry dancing [03:48.41]Oh the ring of the piper's tune [03:50.62]Oh for one of those hours of gladness [03:53.60]Gone alas like our youth too soon