The Kerry Dance Songtext
von Finbar Wright

Oh the days of the Kerry dancing
Oh the ring of the piper′s tune
Oh for one of those hours of gladness
Gone alas like our youth too soon
When the boys began to gather
In the glen of a summer night
And the Kerry pipers' tuning
Made us long with wild delight

Oh to think of it
Oh to dream of it
Fills my heart with tears
Oh the days of the Kerry dancing
Oh the ring of the piper′s tune
Oh for one of those hours of gladness
Gone alas like our youth too soon


Was there ever a sweeter colleen
In the dance that I before
Or a prouder lad than Kady
As he boldly took the floor
Lads and lassies to your places
Up the middle and down again
And the merry hearted laughter
Ringing through all the happy glen

Oh to think of it
Oh to dream of it
Fills my heart with tears
Oh the days of the Kerry dancing
Oh the ring of the piper's tune
Oh for one of those hours of gladness
Gone alas like our youth too soon

Time goes on
And the happy years are dead
And one by one
The merry hearts are fled
Silent now
Is the wild and lonely glen
Where the bright glad laugh
Will echo ne'er again


Only dreaming of days gone by
In my heart I hear
Loving voices of old companions
Stealing out of the past once more
And the sound of the dear old music
Soft and sweet as in days of yore
When the boys began to gather
In the glen of a summer night
And the Kerry pipers′ tuning
Made us long with wild delight

Oh to think of it
Oh to dream of it
Fills my heart with tears
Oh the days of the Kerry dancing
Oh the ring of the piper′s tune
Oh for one of those hours of gladness
Gone alas like our youth too soon