Spancil Hill
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1. Last night as I
lay dreaming of pleasant days gone by,
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my mind then went on rambling, to Ireland I
did fly.
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I stepped on board a vision and I followed
with a will,
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'till next I came to anchor at the cross on
Spancil Hill.
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2. It bein' on the
twenty-third of June, the day before the fair,
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when Ireland's sons and daughters and friends
assembled there.
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The young, the old, the brave and the bold
came their duty to fulfil,
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at the parish church in Clooney, a mile
from Spancil Hill.
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3. I went to see me
neighbours to see what they might say,
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the old ones were all dead and gone the young ones turning grey.
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But I met the tailor Quigley, he's as bald as
ever still,
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and he used to make me breeches when I
lived in Spancil Hill.
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4. I paid a flying
visit to my first and only love,
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she's as white as any lily and gentle as a
dove.
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And she threw her arms around me saying,
"Johnny I love you still !"
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Ah, she's Nell the farmer's daughter and
the pride of Spancil Hill.
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5. I dreamed I held
and kissed her as in the days of yore,
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ah, Johnny you're only joking as many's
the time before.
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Then the cock he crew in the morning he crowed
both loud and shrill,
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I awoke in California many miles from Spancil Hill.
(The Dubliners)