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St. Brendan's Isle
The Maguire Brothers
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When I was a lad on the Emerald Isle
I heard many stories both lovely and wild
About the great dragons and monsters there be
That swallow the sailors alive on the sea
I was an artist with voice and with song
We sailed with Saint Brendan and his jolly throng
We bid the good people farewell for a while
As we sail for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle
We sail for Saint Brendan's fair isle
We'd been on the ocean for 95 days
When we came to a spot where the sea was ablaze
The demons from Hades were dancing with glee
And burning the sailors alive on the sea
Brendan walked out on those blistering waves
And threw all the demons back to their graves
And all of the saints wore a heavenly smile
As we sail for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle
We sail for Saint Brendan's fair isle
One night while the brethren were lying asleep
A great dragon came up from out of the deep
He thundered and light'nend and made a great din
He awakened Saint Brendan and all of his kin
The dragon came on with his mouth open wide
Brendan threw a right cross and the great dragon died
We skinned him and cooked him and feasted a while
As we sail for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle
We sail for Saint Brendan's fair isle
At last we came onto that far eastern land
We all went ashore and we walked on the strand
We took out longbows, killed one pig or two
And we roasted em' up in that hot barbecue
After a while we were singing this song
We noticed the island was rolling along
We ate and we drank and we rolled in high style
As we sail for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle
We sail for Saint Brendan's fair isle
Said Brendan My boys, it is much to my wish
For to ride on the back of the world's biggest fish
Hold fast to the rope that is pulling the ship
For we'll need it some day if this fish takes a dip
We sailed every ocean, we sailed every sea
We sailed every spot where a sailor could be
In 44 days we sailed 10 million miles
As we sail for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle
We sail for Saint Brendan's fair Isle
As we sail for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle
We sail for Saint Brendan's fair isle
As we sail for Saint Brendan's fair isle
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