In the merry month of june from me home I Left the girls of tuam a-really Saluted father dear, kissed me darlin' Drank a pint of beer, me and fears to smother off to reave the corn, leave where I was born With a blackthorn to banish ghosts and goblins, A bran'new pair of brogues, o'er the bogs And frightening all the dogs on the 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 mullingar that night I rested so weary by daylight next morning light and airy Took a drop of the pure to keep me heart from That's the cure, whene'er he's on for drinking See the lasses smile, all the while At me curious style, 'twould set your heart 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, the hare and turn him Down the road, and all the way to dublin Whack
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 crossed me mind, when I looked behind No bundle could I find upon me a-wobblin' Enquiring for the rogue, they me connaught brogue Wasn't much in vogue on the rocky road to
One two three four five, the hare and turn him Down the road, and all the way to dublin fol-lol-de-ra
From there I got me spirits never failing on the quay just as the ship was sailing The at me roared, said that no room had he When I jumped aboard, a cabin found for Down among the pigs, I played some bonny Danced some hearty jigs, the round me bubblin' When off I wished meself was dead, Or far, instead, on the rocky road to dublin
One two three four five, the hare and turn him Down the road, and all the way to dublin fol-lol-de-ra
The boys of liverpool, when we safely Called a fool, I could no longer stand it Me blood to boil, temper I was losin' Poor old isle they began abusin' "hurrah me soul!" sez i, I let fly Galway were nigh and saw I was a hobblin' With a loud "hurrah," in the fray We quickly cleared the way for the rocky road to
One two three four five, the hare and turn him the rocky road, and all the way to dublin Whack