[ti:The Kerry Dance]
[ar:John McDermott]
[al:The Essential Collection]
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[00:00.00]The Kerry Dance - John McDermott/Anthony Kearns/Ronan Tynan/Finbar Wright
[00:11.74]Oh the days of the Kerry dancing
[00:13.85]Oh the ring of the piper's tune
[00:16.07]Oh for one of those hours of gladness
[00:18.64]Gone alas like our youth too soon
[00:24.82]When the boys began to gather
[00:26.86]In the glen of a summer's night
[00:29.11]And the Kerry piper's tuning
[00:32.21]Made us long with wild delight
[00:39.39]Oh to think of it
[00:41.83]Oh to dream of it
[00:43.12]Fills my heart with tears
[00:49.17]Oh the days of the Kerry dancing
[00:51.23]Oh the ring of the piper's tune
[00:53.65]Oh for one of those hours of gladness
[00:56.56]Gone alas like our youth too soon
[01:08.24]Was there ever a sweeter Colleen
[01:10.50]In the dance than Eily More
[01:12.68]Or a prouder lad than Thady
[01:14.95]As he boldly took the floor
[01:20.98]Lads and lasses to your places
[01:23.15]Up the middle and down again
[01:25.19]Ah the merry hearted laughter
[01:28.75]Ringing through the happy glen
[01:36.26]Oh to think of it
[01:38.57]Oh to dream of it
[01:40.53]Fills my heart with tears
[01:46.58]Oh the days of the Kerry dancing
[01:48.68]Oh the ring of the piper's tune
[01:51.08]Oh for one of those hours of gladness
[01:53.85]Gone alas like our youth too soon
[02:02.52]Time goes on and the happy years are dead
[02:12.97]And one by one the merry hearts are fled
[02:24.05]Silent now is the wild and lonely glen
[02:33.77]Where the bright glad laugh will echo ne'er again
[02:44.89]Only dreaming of days gone by in my heart I hear
[02:54.95]Loving voices of old companions
[02:59.93]Stealing out of the past once more
[03:05.53]And the sound of the dear old music
[03:11.15]Soft and sweet as in days of yore
[03:20.42]When the boys began to gather
[03:22.42]In the glen of a summer's night
[03:24.54]And the Kerry piper's tuning
[03:27.11]Made us long with wild delight
[03:35.28]Oh to think of it
[03:37.60]Oh to dream of it
[03:40.06]Fills my heart with tears
[03:46.10]Oh the days of the Kerry dancing
[03:48.41]Oh the ring of the piper's tune
[03:50.62]Oh for one of those hours of gladness
[03:53.60]Gone alas like our youth too soon