[00:00.70]I was lured by the rocking horse
[00:04.26]Sweets and the bualadh bos
[00:05.63]Fifty wild boys to a room
[00:08.50]Sing lh, lh eile, the dish ran away with the spoon
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[00:14.11]Black shoes and stockings for those who say don't
[00:16.87]Blue is the colour outside
[00:18.92]
[00:19.68]God made the world
[00:20.86]The snake tempted Eve and she died
[00:22.86]
[00:25.03]Wild Christian brothers sharpening their leathers
[00:27.53]Learn it by heart, that's the rule
[00:29.73]
[00:30.47]All I remember is dreading September and school
[00:34.96]
[00:35.71]And they made me for better or worse
[00:38.89]The fool that I am or the wise man I'll be
[00:41.83]And they gave me their blessings or curse
[00:44.39]It wasn't their fault I was me ...
[00:46.69]
[00:47.70]Not the one that you see
[00:50.06]
[00:51.24]The priest in confession condemns my obsession
[00:54.00]With thoughts that I do not invite
[00:55.80]
[00:56.68]I mumble and stutter
[00:58.05]He slams down the shutter
[00:59.48]Goodnight - （Good night to you too, Father）
[01:02.04]Stainless as steel
[01:03.35]Lord, you know how I feel
[01:04.78]Someone shoot me while my soul is clear
[01:06.53]
[01:07.22]I don't think I'll last
[01:08.84]But my vow to abstain was sincere
[01:10.34]Arch-confraternity men to the fight
[01:15.33]
[01:15.90]Raise up your banners on high
[01:17.71]
[01:18.58]Searching for grace
[01:19.95]Securing my place
[01:21.14]When I die
[01:21.98]
[01:38.20]Oh God, he kept a very close eye on me
[01:40.64]Hung round my bed in the darkness, he spied on me
[01:43.57]Caught me in the long grass so often, he died on me....
[01:46.25]
[01:49.12]Ballrooms of romance in Salthill or Mallow
[01:51.68]I stood like John Wayne by the wall
[01:53.81]
[01:54.49]Lined up like cattle, we waited to do battle and fall
[01:58.79]
[01:59.67]You can't wine and dine her in an old Morris Minor
[02:02.67]So ask her before it's too late
[02:04.66]
[02:05.16]I danced on girls' toes - accepted rejection as my fate
[02:08.40]Drink was my saviour, it made me much braver
[02:13.71]But I couldn't hold it too well
[02:16.33]I slipped on the coach and ruined my approach as I fell