An Cat Dubh - Spancil Hill lyrics

A G e D a Last night as I lay dreaming, of pleasant days gone by A C G My mind being bent on rambling to Ireland I did fly A C G I stepped on board a vision and I followed with the wind A G e D a And I shortly came to anchor at the cross of Spancil Hill It being on the 23rd June the day before the fair When Ireland's sons and daughters and friends a**embled there The young and the old, the brave and the bold came their duty to fulfil At the parish church near Cluny a mile from Spancil Hill I went to see my neighbours to hear what they might say The old ones were all dead and gone and the young one's turning grey I met with the tailor Quigley, he's a bold as ever still Sure he used to make my breeches when I lived in Spancil Hill I paid a flying visit to my first and only love She's as white as any lily and as gentle as a dove She threw her arms around me saying ""Johnny I love you still"" Oh she's Ned the farmers daughter and the pride of Spancil HiII I dreamt I held and kissed her as in the days of yore She said, ""Johnny you're only joking like many a time before"" The co*k he crew in the morning he crew both loud and shrill And I awoke in California, many miles from Spancil Hill