American Old Time Song Lyrics: 05 Kerry Dance

Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 5

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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.
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