In the month of june from me home I started Left the girls of a-really broken-hearted father dear, kissed me darlin' mother Drank a pint of beer, me grief and to smother Then off to the corn, leave where I was born With a blackthorn to banish ghosts and goblins, A bran'new of brogues, rattling o'er the bogs And all the dogs 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
In that night I rested limbs so weary Started by next morning light and airy a drop of the pure to keep me heart from sinking That's the paddy's cure, whene'er on for drinking See the lasses smile, laughing all the At me curious style, 'twould set 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, 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 soon deprived a of that fine city So I took a stroll all among the quality Me bundle it was stole in a locality Something me mind, when I looked behind No bundle could I find upon me a-wobblin' Enquiring for the rogue, they said me connaught Wasn't much in on the rocky road to dublin
One two three four five, hunt the and turn him Down the road, and all the way to dublin Whack
From there I got away me never failing Landed on the quay just as the ship was The captain at me roared, that no room had he When I aboard, a cabin found for paddy Down among the pigs, I some bonny rigs some hearty jigs, the water round me bubblin' When off t'holyhead I meself was dead, Or better far, instead, on the rocky to dublin
One two three four five, hunt the and turn him the rocky road, and all the way to dublin Whack
The boys of liverpool, when we landed Called meself a fool, I no longer stand it Me blood began to boil, temper I was Poor old erin's they began abusin' "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 quickly cleared the way for the rocky to dublin
One two three four five, hunt the hare and him the rocky road, and all the way to dublin Whack