Rocky Road to Dublin Irish Descendants

In the merry month of june, from me home I started
Left the girls of Tuam, so sad and broken hearted
Saluted father dear, kissed me darlin' mother
Drank a pint of beer, me grief and tears to smother
Then off to reap the corn, leave where I was born
Cut a stout blackthorn to banish ghost an goblins
Bought a pair of brogues, rattlin' over the bogs
Frightened all the dogs, on the rocky road to Dublin

One two three four five
Hunt the hare and turn it down
The rocky road and all the way
To Dublin
Whack-fo-lol-le-ra

Well in Mullingar that night, I rested limbs so weary
Started by daylight, me spirits bright and cheery
Took a drop o' the pure that keeps me heart from sinkin'
That's the paddy's cure whenever he's on for drinking
See the Lassies smile, laughing all the while
At me curious style, 'twould set your heart a-bubbling
After a while was hired, wages I required 'til I was almost tired
Of the rocky road to Dublin

One two three four five
Hunt the hare and turn it down
The rocky road and all the way
To Dublin
Whack-fo-lol-le-ra