Fiddler of Dooney
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When I play on my fiddle in Dooney
Folk dance like a wave on the sea
My cousin is priest in Kilbarnet
My brother in Maughrabwee
I passed my brother and cousin
They read in their books of prayer
Ah, but I, I read in my book of songs
That I got at the Sligo fair
When we come to the end of our time
To Saint Peter all sitting in state
He will smile on these three old spirits
But pass me first through the gate
For the good are always the merry
Saved by an evil chance
And the merry love the fiddle, aye
And the merry love to dance
So when all the folk up there spy me
They will all come and gather 'round me
Saying "Here is the fiddler of Dooney"
They'll dance like a wave on the sea
Oh, the good are always the merry
Saved by an evil chance
And the merry love the fiddle, aye
And the merry love to dance
And when all the folk up there spy me
They will all come and gather 'round me
Saying "Here is the fiddler of Dooney"
They'll dance like a wave on the sea
They'll dance like a wave on the sea