In the merry of june from me home I started Left the girls of tuam a-really father dear, kissed me darlin' mother Drank a pint of beer, me and fears to smother Then off to the corn, leave where I was born a stout blackthorn to banish ghosts and goblins, A bran'new of brogues, rattling o'er the bogs And frightening all the dogs on the rocky road to
One two four five, hunt the hare and turn him Down the rocky road, and all the way to Whack
In mullingar that night I rested limbs so Started by daylight next morning light and Took a drop of the pure to keep me heart from That's the paddy's cure, whene'er on for drinking See the smile, laughing all the while At me style, 'twould set your heart a-bubbling They'd ask me was I hired, the I required Till I was tired of the rocky road to dublin
One two three four five, hunt the and turn him Down the rocky road, and all the way to fol-lol-de-ra
In dublin next arrived, I it such a pity To be so deprived a view of that fine city So then I a stroll all among the quality Me bundle it was in a neat locality Something crossed me mind, when I behind No bundle could I find me stick a-wobblin' for the rogue, they said me connaught brogue Wasn't much in vogue on the road to dublin
One two three five, hunt the hare and turn him Down the road, and all the way to dublin Whack
From there I got away me spirits never Landed on the quay as the ship was sailing The captain at me roared, said that no had he When I jumped aboard, a found for paddy Down among the pigs, I some bonny rigs Danced some hearty jigs, the round me bubblin' off t'holyhead I wished meself was dead, Or better far, instead, on the rocky road to
One two three five, hunt the hare and turn him Down the road, and all the way to dublin fol-lol-de-ra
The boys of liverpool, when we landed meself a fool, I could no longer stand it Me blood to boil, temper I was losin' Poor old erin's isle they began "hurrah me soul!" sez i, I let fly boys were nigh and saw I was a hobblin' With a loud "hurrah," joinin' in the We cleared the way for the rocky road to dublin
One two three four five, the hare and turn him the rocky road, and all the way to dublin Whack