《Rose of Tralee》歌词

[00:13:17] Listen for a while,

[00:13:17] And I'll tell you the story,

[00:13:17] Of How I fell in love with The Rose Of Tralee,,

[00:13:17] It was about five o'clock in the morning,

[00:13:17] I was only after gettin' off the mail boat.,

[00:13:17] I was walking down the North Wall,

[00:13:17] Minding me own business,

[00:13:17] With me suitcase under me arm,

[00:13:17] Sitting down every minute,

[00:13:17] 'Til a voice behind me went,

[00:13:17] Hello, hello, hello,

[00:13:17] Where do you think you're going,

[00:13:17] At this hour of the morning?,,

[00:13:17] I turned around,

[00:13:17] And who do you think was standin' behind me,

[00:13:17] Only the Rose of Tralee,

[00:13:17] And she wearin' a grand new blue Ban Garda铆's uniform,

[00:13:17] I thought she was a super,

[00:13:17] How's it going there Rose,

[00:13:17] Jasus girleen the last time I saw you,

[00:13:17] Was down below there in The Dome,

[00:13:17] Upstairs in the tent with Gaybo in the Pretty Polly,

[00:13:17] Tights,

[00:13:17] And all them beauty queens from,

[00:13:17] Tashkent, Istanbul, Bangkok and Liverpool,

[00:13:17] And... ,

[00:13:17] How's she cuttin there Rose... ,

[00:13:17] Can you account for your movements sez she,

[00:13:17] Ah Rose, there's no need to be like that,

[00:13:17] But I can give you all the movements you want,

[00:13:17] You'd better sharpen your pencil,

[00:13:17] You're goin' to be busy little woman,

[00:13:17] Christy's got a memory like a super-grass,

[00:13:17] I can remember things that never happened at all, ,,

[00:13:17] The first thing I can remember,

[00:13:17] Is the 7th of May 1945,

[00:13:17] At the back of Donnelly's Hollow,

[00:13:17] The night before,

[00:13:17] Pa Connolly drove the Roadstone lorry,

[00:13:17] Into the Seven Springs,

[00:13:17] And St. Brigid started rollin' out the Tintawn,

[00:13:17] Across the Curragh of Kildare,

[00:13:17] Then I woke up one morning,

[00:13:17] It was after gettin conscripted into the altar boys,

[00:13:17] I was ringin the bells and swingin the thurible,

[00:13:17] Sure the smell of the incense,

[00:13:17] Would remind you of the inside of an Arab's tent,

[00:13:17] And no sign of Ghaddafi nowhere,

[00:13:17] In those days Down in Newbridge Co. Kildare,

[00:13:17] An altar boy would get a pound for a funeral,

[00:13:17] Two pound for a wedding,

[00:13:17] And a good kick up in the arse,

[00:13:17] If he didn't put enough wine in the chaliceAt he early,

[00:13:17] Mass.,

[00:13:17] Ah!"Ita Missa Est" says Rose,

[00:13:17] "Gloria Tibi Domine" says I,

[00:13:17] I didn't know you had to have the Latin,

[00:13:17] To get into Templemore,

[00:13:17] I love to hear the old bit of Latin,

[00:13:17] The old Tridentine,

[00:13:17] "Kyrie Eleison",

[00:13:17] I can't stand them Folk Masses,

[00:13:17] All them trendy priestsTrippin' over each other,

[00:13:17] To sing balladsAt half time in the Bingo,

[00:13:17] Sure the Nine First FridaysNever killed anyone,,

[00:13:17] Well! The next thing I knew, Rose,

[00:13:17] I was servin' me time to be,

[00:13:17] A corner boy up in the Curragh Camp,

[00:13:17] I was trying to teach the sheep how to talk Irish,

[00:13:17] Then I got a job selling lambs balls to mushroom,

[00:13:17] Farmers,

[00:13:17] That couldn't afford horseshite,

[00:13:17] One day I was walkin' across the Curragh of Kildare,

[00:13:17] And I fell into an officer's mess,

[00:13:17] I ended up in the F.C.A.,

[00:13:17] Squarebashin' around the wet canteen,

[00:13:17] Until the commanding officer heard,

[00:13:17] That me Granny once confessed,

[00:13:17] To a fellow whose Sister's brother in law was,

[00:13:17] Married to a man whoseFirst cousin used to fill,

[00:13:17] Hot water bottles for Patrick SarsfieldBefore the,

[00:13:17] Battle of Clongorey,

[00:13:17] I had to go on the run.,,

[00:13:17] Gubu Gubu *Gubu Gubu,,

[00:13:17] I ran so fast thatI ended up in Paddington,

[00:13:17] A million miles away from The Land Of saints and,

[00:13:17] Scholars,

[00:13:17] I was,,

[00:13:17] Diggin' Footins Scrapin' Pots,

[00:13:17] Pullin' cable Startin' Drotts,

[00:13:17] Boilin' Kettles Makin' Tea,

[00:13:17] Diggin' Deep Rose and Thrown Away,,

[00:13:17] I was a disposable PaddyServin' me time to be a,

[00:13:17] Co-Pilot on a kango hammer in Shepherd's Bush,

[00:13:17] Doin' 86 MPH on a JCB down the Kilburn High Road,

[00:13:17] When the SPG flagged me down and held me under the PTA,

[00:13:17] Until I got away and went underground with the Green,

[00:13:17] Murphy,

[00:13:17] One Thursday night I was headin' down the Hammersmith,

[00:13:17] Broadway,

[00:13:17] I met a friend of mine from Ballaghadereenin the Co.,

[00:13:17] Roscommon,

[00:13:17] Who was a demolition expert - Georgian houses were his,

[00:13:17] Speciality,

[00:13:17] Any chance for a start?What would you know about,

[00:13:17] Demolition? (I've been well known to demolish a rake of,

[00:13:17] Large bottles),

[00:13:17] Well, Monday mornin' came,

[00:13:17] Myself, Roger Sherlock, Liam Farrell, Martin Byrnes, ,,

[00:13:17] Raymond Roland Tony Rohr,

[00:13:17] We was paintin' a door,

[00:13:17] We gave her six coats and three coats more- that was,

[00:13:17] Just the undercoat,

[00:13:17] The ganger was fond of a tune-thursday never came too,

[00:13:17] Soon,

[00:13:17] We were gettin' five pounds a day and all we could ate,

[00:13:17] But it's an awful job Tryin' to eat all day,

[00:13:17] To make a long story short, Rose,

[00:13:17] I went lookin' for digs,

[00:13:17] I went up and knocked at the door, this big English,

[00:13:17] Woman comes out,

[00:13:17] Took one look at me and she went,

[00:13:17] Get away from my door sez she,

[00:13:17] There'll be absolutely no blacks nor paddies gettin' in,

[00:13:17] Here.',

[00:13:17] So I let on I was a white South African,

[00:13:17] And I tried to join the British Army to better myself,

[00:13:17] I volunteered as sub-contractor buildin' houses with no,

[00:13:17] Doors nor handles on them,

[00:13:17] The recruiting officer says to me,

[00:13:17] 'What ye bin doin' lately then, Paddy?,,

[00:13:17] I was helpin' O'Brien to shift it Sir says I,

[00:13:17] Before that I was spreadin' the toxic all over the,

[00:13:17] Golden Vale,

[00:13:17] Helpin' Mr. Gallagher cover Stephen's Green in concrete,

[00:13:17] Sir,

[00:13:17] Helpin' Sam Stevenson block all the daylight out of,

[00:13:17] Dublin,

[00:13:17] Helpin' Dr. Smurfit relocate the Liffey,

[00:13:17] Helpin' Lord O'Reilly to count the golden beans,

[00:13:17] I was dolin' out the Diddly-Eye for Dr. Darragh,

[00:13:17] Puttin in the bugs for Cathaoirleach,

[00:13:17] Vacuum packin' T-Bone steaks for Larry Maith an Fear,

[00:13:17] Seekin' out the heart of the Green Core.,

[00:13:17] Bejasus Paddy you're overqualified for the British Army,

[00:13:17] I'm afraid I'll have to deport you out of England.,

[00:13:17] And he did... Total Exclusion,,,

[00:13:17] Here I am, RoseAr ais ar铆s,

[00:13:17] This is some welcome for a returned emmigrant,

[00:13:17] C茅ad M铆le F谩ilte my arse,

[00:13:17] With your pioneer pin and your f谩inneAnd your white,

[00:13:17] Star for not cursing,

[00:13:17] Jaysus, it would be more in your line togive me a lift,

[00:13:17] In the squad car into town,

[00:13:17] And she did.,,

[00:13:17] There wew were Cruisin' down Capel Street in the White,

[00:13:17] Squad,

[00:13:17] Looking for the Early Morning House,

[00:13:17] Will ye look Rose There's Paddy Slattery.,

[00:13:17] 'You're welcome home, Christy', says Paddy,

[00:13:17] Big Slate! ,

[00:13:17] 'I suppose you and your girlfriend are looking for a,

[00:13:17] Drink',

[00:13:17] Well, off came the cap. She flung it into the back seat,

[00:13:17] Of the squad,

[00:13:17] And in with her like a bat out a hell (left right, left,

[00:13:17] Right),

[00:13:17] 'I'll have a Brandy with a small drop of Port I never,

[00:13:17] Drink pints when I'm on duty',

[00:13:17] Brandy and Port! ,

[00:13:17] T'was like throwin' water into a barrel of sawdust,

[00:13:17] She lowered it up andof course... No wallet,

[00:13:17] Roll on the Holy Hour', says I,

[00:13:17] I'll see you tonight sez she 'twill be my twist',,

[00:13:17] Ladies and Gentlemen there I was outside the GPO waitin,

[00:13:17] For The most beautiful Kerry woman in the whole wide,

[00:13:17] World,

[00:13:17] Here she comes, Holy Mother of Sweet Divine Jesus in,

[00:13:17] Heaven would you ever look... Sashaying down,

[00:13:17] The Boulevardin her Doc's and her 501's,

[00:13:17] Hey Rose!... Over here... ,

[00:13:17] 'What's on your mind big fellah' says she to me,

[00:13:17] (I was wearin me platforms),

[00:13:17] I wouldn't mind a bit of a dance, Rose,

[00:13:17] She took me to a discoin the Gardai club in Harcourt,

[00:13:17] Street,

[00:13:17] Le Baton Rouge... A tidy little spot up Harcourt,

[00:13:17] Street,

[00:13:17] Watch out for the quadruple parking, bald tyres and no,

[00:13:17] Tax discs,

[00:13:17] In there... Wall to wall moustaches, gay bikers on acid,

[00:13:17] Myself and the Rose of Tralee danced the night away,

[00:13:17] Until about five O'clock in the morning when says she,

[00:13:17] To me,

[00:13:17] 'Fancy comin' back to my place then Lofty?',

[00:13:17] Does a bear shite in the woods?,

[00:13:17] Away with us, me hangin out of her on the back of the,

[00:13:17] Honda50,

[00:13:17] Up through Rathmines and Rathgar into Ranelagh, ,,

[00:13:17] Pullin into the 24-7 open 9-11, 6 days a week,

[00:13:17] Two donor kebabs and the Leinster Leader,

[00:13:17] Up to her place thenTwo up, two down, ,

[00:13:17] She pulled the cork out of the Blue Nun,

[00:13:17] And I got sick all over the Rottweiler,

[00:13:17] And she put some music onLovely new CD.,,, Daniel,

[00:13:17] "Oh then fare thee well sweet Donegal,

[00:13:17] The Roses and Gweedore",

[00:13:17] Oh Rose. Oh Daniel,

[00:13:17] Ah Here, I suppose a rasher sandwichis out of the,

[00:13:17] Question?,,

[00:13:17] That's how I met up with The Roseof Tralee