In the merry of june from me home I started Left the girls of tuam a-really Saluted dear, kissed me darlin' mother Drank a pint of beer, me grief and to smother off to reave the corn, leave where I was born With a stout blackthorn to ghosts and goblins, A pair of brogues, rattling o'er the bogs And all the dogs on 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
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 the paddy's cure, whene'er he's on for drinking See the lasses smile, laughing all the At me curious style, 'twould set heart a-bubbling ask me was I hired, the wages I required Till I was tired of the rocky road to dublin
One two three four five, hunt the hare and him Down the road, and all the way to dublin 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 it was stole 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 me connaught brogue much in vogue on the rocky road to dublin
One two four five, hunt the hare and turn him Down the rocky road, and all the way to Whack
From there I got away me spirits failing Landed on the quay just as the ship was The captain at me roared, said no room had he When I jumped aboard, a cabin for paddy Down among the pigs, I some bonny rigs Danced some jigs, the water round me bubblin' When off t'holyhead I wished was dead, Or far, instead, on the rocky 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, we safely landed Called a fool, I could no longer stand it Me blood to boil, temper I was losin' Poor old erin's they began abusin' "hurrah me soul!" sez i, I let fly Galway boys were nigh and saw I was a With a "hurrah," joinin' in the fray We quickly cleared the way for the rocky road to
One two three four five, hunt the and turn him Down the rocky road, and all the way to fol-lol-de-ra