The Rocky Road to Dublin The Longest Johns

[Verse 1]
Well, in the merry month of June now from me home I started
Left the girls of Tuam and broken hearted
Saluted father dear, kissed me darling mother
Drank a pint of beer, me grief and tears to smother
Then off to reap the corn and leave where I was born
Cut a stout blackthorn to banish ghosts and goblins
Bought a new pair of brogues, rattlin' over bogs
Frightenin' all the dogs on the rocky road to Dublin

[Chorus]
One, two, three four, five
Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky road
And all the ways to Dublin, whack follol de rah

[Verse 2]
In Mullingar that night I rested limbs so weary
Started by daylight, my spirits bright and cheery
Took a drop of the pure to keep me heart from sinkin'
That's the Paddy's cure whene'er he's on for drinkin'
To see the lassies smile, laughin' all the while
At me curious style, would set your heart a bubblin'
They asked me was I hired and wages I required
Till I was almost tired on the rocky road to Dublin

[Chorus]
One, two, three four, five
Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky road
And all the ways to Dublin, whack follol de rah