The Chieftains - k**ybegs lyrics

My heart was warm with family love, as I slipped into a chair Beside my Uncle John my daughters 'cross the table there I'd walked the docks in misty rain; a pain was in my legs But I'd seen the dream of kinsmen in the boats of k**ybegs The ban'er of my Uncle and my daughters filled the air And the Donegalers next to us were glad that we were there I was kind of quite listening out the window ledge For the music of the harbour, the birds of k**ybegs Down the coast not far was Galway, planned the joys from Connemara After supper and a sleep, we would be going there tomorra' I worried if my words would ere be sung by Irishmen Or rot here on the docks, like the fish of k**ybegs A radio was playin' though we never heard a word For the rhythm of the music was familiar if absurd A hearkening intensity for silence did I beg Oh what a song was playing in the air of k**ybegs I couldn't quite believe it for it sounded rather strange The instruments were different and the key had been changed I reached to turn the volume up, then teeter on my leg A girl from Tipperary sang my song in k**ybegs