Off To Dublin In The Green-The Dubliners/Tommy Makem/Peg Clancy Power

[ti:Off To Dublin In The Green] [ar:The Dubliners] [al:A Change For St. Paddy's Day: An Irish Celebration] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.36]I am a merry plough boy [00:04.22] [00:05.00]And I plough the fields all day [00:08.18] [00:09.31]'Til a sudden thought came to my head [00:12.97] [00:13.58]That I shoulda roam away [00:16.36] [00:17.44]But I'm sick and tired of slavery [00:21.30]Since the day that I was born [00:24.40] [00:25.42]And I'm off to join the I R A [00:29.46]And I'm off tomorrow mornin' [00:32.20] [00:33.24]And we're all off to Dublin in the green [00:36.08]In the green [00:37.37]Where the helmets glisten in the sun [00:40.20] [00:41.08]Where the bayonets flash and the rifles crash [00:45.09]To the rattle of the Thompson Gun [00:47.83] [00:49.07]I'll leave aside me pick and spade [00:52.95]I'll leave aside a me plough [00:55.80] [00:56.81]I'll leave aside me horse and dear [01:00.28] [01:00.85]I no longer have need them now [01:03.29] [01:04.64]I'll leave aside me Mary [01:07.69] [01:08.21]She's the girl that I adore [01:11.08] [01:12.03]And I wonder if she'll think of me [01:16.04]When she hears the rifles roar [01:18.92] [01:19.85]And we're all off to Dublin in the green [01:22.71]In the green [01:23.96]Where the helmets glisten in the sun [01:26.70] [01:27.41]Where the bayonets flash and the rifles crash [01:31.53]To the rattle of the Thompson Gun [01:34.13] [01:35.63]And when the war is over and dear [01:40.27]Old Ireland is free [01:42.09] [01:43.08]I will take her to the church to wed [01:46.88]And a rebel's a-wife she'll be [01:49.62] [01:50.75]While some men fight for silver [01:53.55] [01:54.55]And some men fight for gold [01:57.23] [01:58.18]But the I R A are fighting for the land [02:02.89]That the Saxon stole [02:04.79] [02:05.70]And we're all off to Dublin in the green [02:08.30]In the green [02:09.60]Where the helmets glisten in the sun [02:12.40] [02:13.18]Where the bayonets flash and the rifles crash [02:16.99]To the rattle of the Thompson Gun [02:19.82]Off To Dublin In The Green - The Dubliners