I into a corner bar, it says Lynch above the door I had just arrived in Miltown to there once more I see a Cavan man expatriot who now resides in old And he's holdin to an old friend's hand as his sings loud and slow
When done we reminisce on Shetland back in ninety seven Where we met aboard a ferry bound for five days of folk Siobahn and John start jiggin, push and pulls box and bow And reaches for his drum to punctuate the flow
And the tide flows Miltown, they come from far and near The tide flows Miltown, this time every year
I sit next to two known since I first came of age Each Tuesday night in Pigtown we'd from O'Niell's page We raise our jars, it's July fourth, so I they're Yankees still Though they've back to Cork now, up Military Hill
And the tide into Miltown, we come from far and near The tide flows into Miltown, this every year
I stayed this time on Spanish Point with a Nashville guy I You can swim in quiet water there, in the tide pools below But there too many toasts to raise, to many tunes to play I only saw that coast while walking in the dawning of the day
seen these folks in Donegal, New York and Tennessee Since a fleagh in six made a believer out of me James Kelly made a point then, said what's the point of sleepin, There'll be time for that when we get done with the we're keepin
And the tide flows into Miltown, we come far and near The tide into Miltown, this time every year And the tide flows into Miltown, of smiles and and tears The tide flows Miltown, bring the wife and kids next year