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When The Boys Come Rolling Home
Golden Bough
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I always will remember well the day we went away
Sailing out of Belfast in the morning
Our hopes were on tomorrow as we kissed the girls farewell
Our dreams were on the days of our returning
There'll be dancing, romancing
Never more we roam
There'll be rolling in the hay
Whiskey in the tay
When the boys come rolling home
We safely reached the other side to New York City fair
In spite of wind and rain and stormy weather
We all sat down to have a drink and wish each other well
Swore that we would all return together
There'll be dancing, romancing
Never more we roam
There'll be rolling in the hay
Whiskey in the tay
When the boys come rolling home
Well Paddy went to Boston, Bill to Buffalo
Jim he went as far as California
They used to write me letters then but that was long ago
They always spoke of Ireland and returning
There'll be dancing, romancing
Never more we roam
There'll be rolling in the hay
Whiskey in the tay
When the boys come rolling home
I must be nearly ninety now, my grandson's by my bed
Here I'm in Chicago and still scheming
He says he'll take me home again to rest my weary head
But I'll leave him a legacy of dreaming
There'll be dancing, romancing
Never more we roam
There'll be rolling in the hay
Whiskey in the tay
When the boys come rolling home
There'll be dancing, romancing
Never more we roam
There'll be rolling in the hay
Whiskey in the tay
When the boys come rolling home