In the merry of june from me home I started the girls of tuam a-really broken-hearted Saluted father dear, kissed me darlin' 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 pair of brogues, rattling o'er the bogs And frightening all the dogs on the rocky 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 mullingar that night I rested limbs so by daylight next morning light and airy Took a drop of the pure to keep me heart from the paddy's cure, whene'er he's 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 nearly of the rocky road to dublin
One two three four five, the hare and turn him Down the rocky road, and all the way to fol-lol-de-ra
In dublin next arrived, I thought it such a To be so soon deprived a view of that fine So then I a stroll all among the quality Me bundle it was in a neat locality Something crossed me mind, I looked behind No bundle could I find me stick a-wobblin' Enquiring for the rogue, they said me brogue Wasn't in vogue on the rocky road to dublin
One two four five, hunt the hare and turn him the rocky road, and all the way to dublin Whack
there I got away me spirits never failing Landed on the quay as the ship was sailing The captain at me roared, that no room had he When I jumped aboard, a found for paddy Down among the pigs, I played some bonny some hearty jigs, the water round me bubblin' When off t'holyhead I wished was dead, Or better far, instead, on the road to dublin
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 Called meself a fool, I could no stand it Me blood began to boil, temper I was Poor old erin's isle they abusin' "hurrah me soul!" sez i, I let fly Galway boys were nigh and saw I was a With a loud "hurrah," in the fray We quickly cleared the way for the rocky to dublin
One two three four five, hunt the hare and him Down the road, and all the way to dublin Whack