American Old Time Song Lyrics: 05 Kerry Dance
Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 5
KERRY DANCE.
Oh! the days of the Kerry dancing,
Oh! the ring of the piper's tune;
Oh! for one of those hours of gladness,
Gone-alas! like youth, too soon!
When the boys began to gather
In the glen of n Summer night,
And the Kerry piper's tuning.
Made us long with wild delight.
Chorus.
Oh! to think of it. oh! to dream of it,
Fills my heart with tears;
Oh! the days of Kerry dancing,
Oh! the ring of the piper's tune;
Oh! for one of those hours of gladness,
Gone-alas! like youth, too soon!
Chorus.
Time goes on, and the happy years are dead,
And one by one the merry hearts are fled;
Silent now is the wild and lonely glen.
Where the bright glad laugh Will echo ne'er again.
Only dreaming of days gone by, in my heart I hear
Loving voices of old companions.
Stealing out of the past once more-
And the sound of the dear old music,
Soft and sweet as in days of yore.
When the boys began to gather
In the glen of a Summer night,
And the Kerry piper's tuning,
Made us long with wild delight.-Chorus and refrain.
Was there ever a sweeter colleen
In the dance than Eily More?
Or a prouder lad than Thady,
As he boldly took the floor?
*' Lads and lasses to your places.
Up the middle down again,"
Ah! the merry-hearted laughter
Ringing through the happy glen.-Chorus and Refrain.