




LYRICS - DIFFERENT - 14 SONGS
(1) I'm Going To Set You Free (John Spillane)
If you did, if you did, even if you did
Been where you shouldn't have been
Seen what you shouldn't have seen
Dreamed what you shouldn't have dreamed
That doesn't mean you have to be locked up here forever
I'm going to set you free
And if you did, if you did, even if you did
Done what you shouldn't have done
Run when you shouldn't have run
Lost when you shouldn't have won
That doesn't mean you have to be paying the price forever
I'm going to set you free
And if you did, if you did, only if you did
Strayed from the beaten track
Maybe you never got back
Went in off the black
That doesn't mean you have to be lying around here forever
I'm going to set you free
Ah if you did, if you did, even if you did
Suffered from a broken heart
Got off to a poor start
Maybe you fell apart
That doesn't mean you have to be paying the price forever
I'm going to set you free
And if you did, if you did, even if you did
Known what you shouldn't have known
Shown what you shouldn't have shown
Thrown what you shouldn't have thrown
That doesn't mean you have to be lying around here forever
I'm going to set you free
Ah if you did, if you did, even if you did
Been where you shouldn't have been
Seen what you shouldn't have seen
Dreamed what you shouldn't have dreamed
That doesn't mean you have to be locked up here forever
I'm going to set you free
(2) Different (John Hoban)
We scattered the ashes of Michael Patrick Gorman
To the four winds around the bay today
The music man had moved in to another classroom
I was never of this world he used to say
He celebrated life with an innocent abandon
Of a child with a truth he couldn’t hide
His scars were his glory as he walked and sung and told his story
From day one he was different down the line
Nora Kilmurray couldn’t stand the pressure of
pretending to be precious all the time
She had six brothers, her mother, her father was a dealer
She was tired of saying that everything was fine
She jumped the boat to Scotland got lost upon
the Highlands wrote poetry and plays to beat the band
Her scars were her glory as she walked and sung her story
From day one she was different down the line
Exile or the big house were given as the answer for the
strange ones who wouldn’t toe the line
They sent away the sinners, the artists and the dreamers
To wander in the desert and to pine
A little bit of loving, a biteen of compassion
A chance to stand up and say, I am
Their scars were their glory and they walkrd and sung their story
From day one they were different down the line
Their scars were their glory as they walked and sung their story
From day one just suffering down the line
(3) Up Mayo (Pádraig Stevens)
In ainm an Athar, In ainm Dé, something is starting in the same old way
So welcome to Connaught, awe wouldn’t you know
That you’d be going someplace special, when you going
Up Mayo, where ever you go, Up Mayo
For the Sweeny’s, for the Welsh’s, for the Langan’s and Devine’s
In every town land and village and all the Parish lies
From Balla to Ballyhaunis and Charlestown to Tuam
It’s so peaceful back from Partry where your heart can find some room
A new king comes to Connaught, ah wouldn’t you know
That you’d be going someplace special when you're going, Up Mayo
Where ever you go, Up Mayo
Oh the lads are still out working while the farmer are on the dole
Drive the tractor through the rushes, topping thistles as she goes
You’d miss her in the evening since Mary went away
She got that big job in Dublin it’s going grand they say
A new king comes to Connaught, awe wouldn’t you know
That you’d be going someplace special when you're going, Up Mayo
Where ever you go, Up Mayo
I fell in love going up Croagh Patrick with a girl who comes from Boyle
I got shot at in Claremorris where I sang in the Savoy
And just in case this is the only chance I get to say
Send the footballers to Jarlath’s, the goldminer’s far away
A new king comes to Connaught, awe wouldn’t you know
That you’d be going someplace special when you're going, Up Mayo
Where ever you go, Up Mayo
(5) The Curragh Of Kildare (Trad)
The winter it has passed
And the summer's come at last
And the small birds are singing in the trees
Oh their little hearts are glad
But mine is very sad
For my true love is far away from me
And straight I will repair
To the Curragh of Kildare
For it's there I'll finds tidings of my dear
The rose upon the briar
And the water’s running clear
It brings joy to the linnet and the bee
Oh their little hearts are blessed
But mine can know no rest
For my true love is far away from me
And straight I will repair
To the Curragh of Kildare
For it's there I'll finds tidings of my dear
A Livery I'll wear and I'll comb back my hair
In velvet so green I will appear
And it's straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare
For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear
All you that are in love and cannot it remove
I pity the pain that you endure
For experience lets me know
That your hearts are full of woe
A woe that no mortal can cure
And straight I will repair to the Curragh of Killdare
For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear
And straight I will repair t the Curragh of Kildare
For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear
(4) Peata Beag Do Mháthair (Trad)
Is trua gan peata'n mhaoir agam
Is trua gan peata'n mhaoir agam
Is na caoirigh beaga bána
Curfá:
Is ó gairm, gairm thú
Is grá mo chroí gan chealg thú
Is ó gairm, gairm thú
Is tú peata beag do mháthair
Is trua gan maoinín bhán agam
Is trua gan maoinín bhán agam
Is trua gan maoinín bhán agam
Is fáilte ó mo ghrá geal
Is trua gan bólacht bainne agam
Is trua gan bólacht bainne agam
Is trua gan bólacht bainne agam
Is caitín ó mo mháthair
Is trua gan gabhairín bhuí agam
Is trua gan gabhairín bhuí agam
Is trua gan gabhairín bhuí agam
Is thabharfainn do mo stór í
Peata Beag (English Translation)
'Tis a pity I haven't the Steward's pet
'Tis a pity I haven't the Steward's pet
'Tis a pity I haven't the Steward's pet
And the little white sheep
Chorus
And oh I call, I call you
You are my heart's love without deceit
And oh I call, I call you
You are your mother's little pet
'Tis a pity I haven't a little white calf
'Tis a pity I haven't a little white calf
'Tis a pity I haven't a little white calf
And welcome from by fair love
'Tis a pity I haven't a milking herd
'Tis a pity I haven't a milking herd
'Tis a pity I haven't a milking herd
And a kitten from my mother
'Tis a pity I haven't a little tan goat
'Tis a pity I haven't a little tan goat
'Tis a pity I haven't a little tan goat
I would give it to my darling
(6) Brave Bold Donnelly (Trad)
There was a pretty maiden
She was going to a ball
She saw a jolly tinker hammering tins against the wall
Musha Brave Bold Donnelly
Good enough says she
There's good blood in young Donnelly
He's the boy for me
He sauntered through the kitchen
And he sauntered through the hall
He sauntered through the parlor over knights and ladies all
Musha Brave Bold Donnelly
Good enough says she
There's good blood in young Donnelly
He's the boy for me
She then went up the stairs
To dress and make the bed
In two steps he was after her and he knocked her on the bed
Musha Brave Bold Donnelly
Good enough says she
There's good blood in young Donnelly
He's the boy for me
She then came down the stairs
To bolt and lock the door
In two ticks he was after her and he knocked her on the floor
Musha Brave Bold Donnelly
Good enough says she
There's good blood in young Donnelly
He's the boy for me
She then took out her whistle
And she blew it loud and shrill
And eighteen of the old police came galloping over the hill
Musha Brave Bold Donnelly
Good enough says she
There's good blood in young Donnelly
He's the boy for me
She then got him arrested
And he got nine months in jail
She went out behind his back with another one out on bail
Musha Brave Bold Donnelly
Good enough says she
There's good blood in young Donnelly
He's the boy for me
(7) I Got To Dance With The Rose of Tralee (Vince Keehan)
The room is all empty the band has gone home
There’s no use complaining the last bus has gone
But me I’m in heaven the reason you see
I got to dance with The Rose of Tralee
Foxtrots and waltz’s I held her hand
Around and around till no longer could stand
I know that he beauty is for all there to see
I got to dance with The Rose of Tralee
The morning comes early there’s no one around
The dogs are all silent the mice make no sound
But me I’m in Heaven the reason you see
I got to dance with The Rose of Tralee
Foxtrots and waltz’s I held her hand
Around and around till no longer could stand
I know that he beauty is for all there to see
I got to dance with The Rose of Tralee
A Vauxhall pulls over I jump on in
We talk of the weather and places we’ve been
But when I tell him my story he’s wishing like me
That he got to dance with The Rose of Tralee
Foxtrots and waltz’s I held her hand
Around and around till no longer could stand
I know that he beauty is for all there to see
I got to dance with The Rose of Tralee
Now I am sleeping at home in my bed
The six o‘clock news the Angelus bell
But I am dreaming of a day soon to be
When I’ll walk up the isle with The Rose of Tralee
Foxtrots and waltz’s I held her hand
Around and around till no longer could stand
I know that he beauty is for all there to see
I got to dance with The Rose of Tralee
Foxtrots and waltz’s I held her hand
Around and around till no longer could stand
I know that he beauty is for all there to see
I got to dance with The Rose of Tralee
(8) If I Needed You (Townes Van Zant)
If I needed you
Would you come to me
Would you come to me
And ease my pain
If you needed me
I would come to you
I'd swim the seas
For to ease your pain
In the night forlorn
The morning's born
And the morning shines
With the lights of love
You will miss sunrise
If you close your eyes
That would break
My heart in two
If I needed you
Would you come to me,
Would you come to me,
And ease my pain?
If you needed me
I would come to you
I'd swim the seas
For to ease your pain
The lady's with me now
Since I showed her how
To lay her lily
Hand in mine
Loop and Lil agree
She's a sight to see
And a treasure for
The poor to find
If I needed you
Would you come to me
Would you come to me
And ease my pain
If you needed me
I would come to you
I'd swim the seas
For to ease your pain
(9) Forth Worth Blues (Steve Earle)
In Ft. Worth all the neon's burnin' bright
Pretty lights red and blue
But they'd shut down all the honky tonks tonight
And say a prayer or two
If they only knew
You used to say the highway was your home
But we both know that ain't true
It's just the only place a man can go
When he don't know where he's travelin' to
But Colorado's always clean and healin'
And Tennessee in Spring is green and cool
It never really was your kind of town
But you went around with the Ft. Worth Blues
Somewhere up beyond the great divide
Where the sky is wide and the clouds are few
A man can see his way clear to the light
Just hold on tight
That's all you gotta do
And they say Texas weather's always changin'
And one thing change'll bring is somethin' new
And Houston really ain't that bad a town
So you hang around with the Ft. Worth Blues
There's a full moon over Galway Bay tonight
Silver light over green and blue
And every place I travel through, I find
Some kinda sign that you've been through
(10) Ride On (Jimmy McCarthy)
True you ride the finest horse
I have ever seen
Standing sixteen one or two with eyes wild and green
And you ride the horse so well
Hands light to the touch
I could never go with you no matter how I wanted to
Ride on, see you, I could never go with you
No matter how I wanted to
Ride on, see you, I could never go with you
No matter how I wanted to
When you ride into the night without a trace behind
Run the claw along my gut one last time
l turn to face an empty space where you used to lie
And smile for the spark that lights the night
Through a teardrop in my eye
Ride on, see you, I could never go with you
No matter how I wanted to
Ride on, see you, I could never go with you
No matter how I wanted to
(11) Costafine Town (Purvis/Elliot)
Dirty old hole in the side of the road for the man who cleans the streets
Open pub doors where the working class goes at night
Written on walls where the cats never crawl for the glass along the top
Man, I was born there, I'm gonna walk right back
Costafine Town, it's a fine town, I'm coming home
I feel so lonely, I've been too long away
Costafine Town, it's a fine town, I'm coming home
I wish I'd never made up my mind to stray
Nobody owns all the dirty old clothes that are lying in the lane
Whistling loud, the four-thirty shift has gone
Little old man with a pole in his hand lighting lamps along the way
Hurry me back there, I wish I'd never gone
Costafine Town, it's a fine town, I'm coming home
I feel so lonely, I've been too long away
Costafine Town, it's a fine town, I'm coming home
I wish I'd never made up my mind to stray
Costafine Town, it's a fine town, I'm coming home
I feel so lonely, I've been too long away
Costafine Town, it's a fine town, I'm coming home
I wish I'd never made up my mind to stray
Costafine Town, it's a fine town, I'm coming home
I feel so lonely, I've been too long away
Costafine Town, it's a fine town, I'm coming home
I wish I'd never made up my mind to stray
Costafine Town, it's a fine town, I'm coming home...
(12) Tipping It Up To Nancy (Trad)
Oh, there's been a woman in our town
A woman you ought know well
She loved her husband dearly
And another man twice as well
With me right finnickineerio
Me tip finnick a wall
With me right finnickineerio
We're tipping it up to Nancy
She went down to the chemist shop
Some remedies for to find
Have you anything in your chemist shop
To make me old man blind
With me right finnickineerio
Me tip finnick a wall
With me right finnickineerio
We're tipping it up to Nancy
Give him eggs and marrowbones
And make him suck them all
Before he sucks the last
Sure he won't see you at all
With me right finnickineerio
Me tip finnick a wall
With me right finnickineerio
We're tipping it up to Nancy
She gave him eggs and marrowbones
And made him suck them all
Before he sucked the last one
He couldn't see her at all
With me right finnickineerio
Me tip finnick a wall
With me right finnickineerio
We're tipping it up to Nancy
I
If in this world I cannot see
Ti’s here I cannot stay
I'd rather go and drown myself
"Come on" says she
"And I'll show you the way"
With me right finnickineerio
Me tip finnick a wall
With me right finnickineerio
We're tipping it up to Nancy
She took him to the river
She took him to the brim
But sly of old Martin
It was him that pushed her in
With me right finnickineerio
Me tip finnick a wall
With me right finnickineerio
We're tipping it up to Nancy
She swam through the river
She swam through the brine
"Oh Martin, oh Martin
Don't leave me behind
"Yerra shut up outa that ye silly aul fool
Poor Martin is blind"
With me right finnickineerio
We're tipping it up to Nancy
There's nine in me family
And none of them is my own
I wish that each and every man
Would come and claim his own
With me right finnickineerio
Me tip finnick a wall
With me right finnickineerio
We're tipping it up to Nancy
With me right finnickineerio
Me tip finnick a wall
With me right finnickineerio
We're tipping it up to Nancy
(13) Run For Home (Alan Hull)
I've traveled the land
With a guitar in my hand
And an eye ever open for some fun
I've made some mistakes
Had my share of the breaks
Seen the boys on the make and on the bum
Run for home run as fast as I can
Oh-oh running man running for home
Run for home run as fast as I can
Oh-oh running man running for home
Run for home run as fast as I can
Oh-oh running man running for home
Run for home run as fast as I can
Oh-oh running man running for home
I've seen all the frowns
On the faces of the clowns
And the downs that they take just to be free
And I've seen all the girls
In their pretty frocks and curls
But it don't mean a lot to me
Run for home run as fast as I can
Oh-oh running man running for home
Run for home run as fast as I can
Oh-oh running man running for home
Run for home run as fast as I can
Oh-oh running man running for home
Run for home run as fast as I can
Oh-oh running man running for home
And I've been to the places in town
Where the faces hang round
Just to stare at each other
I've looned with them screamed at the moon
Behaved like a buffoon but I soon discovered
Run for home run as fast as I can
Oh-oh running man running for home
Run for home run as fast as I can
Oh-oh running man running for home
Run for home run as fast as I can
Oh-oh running man running for home
Run for home run as fast as I can
Oh-oh running man running for home
(14) The Moment We're All Waiting For (Cormac Gannon)
Well here we are and here we’ve been so many times before
Knock, knock, knock, knock knocking at the door
We want to get our hands on the prized cup Sam Maguire
And take it back to Mayo before we all expire
So here’s to all the Mayo teams who never ever give up
We’re with you boys all the way, we’ll help you raise the cup
From Shrule to San Francisco, Brisbane to Belmullet
We’ll sing the songs, we’ll fly the flag with green and red upon it
Now since the year of fifty one, patiently we’ve waited
Countless journeys to Croke Park on the Sunday Game debated
But Mayo’s fighting spirit and their sheer determination
Makes us proud to shout out loud “Up Mayo” across every nation
So here’s to all the Mayo teams who never ever give up
We’re with you boys all the way, we’ll help you raise the cup
From Shrule to San Francisco, and from Brisbane to Belmullet
We’ll sing the songs, we’ll fly the flag with green and red upon it
Well we have to take our hats off to all the great supporters
For years and years they’ve traveled miles and put up with all sorts
The sheer jubilation, every victory is so sweet
Makes everyone the old the young united all for one sir
So here’s to all the Mayo teams who never ever give up
We’re with you boys all the way, we’ll help you raise the cup
From Shrule to San Francisco, and from Brisbane to Belmullet
We’ll sing the songs, we’ll fly the flag with green and red upon it
Well now its time to say goodbye but please, please do remember
All the lads who work so hard for the big days in September (and October)
We give our love and thanks and pray you gifts will be rewarded
With Cup in hand, so proud you’ll stand
The moment we are all waiting for
So here’s to all the Mayo teams who never ever give up
We’re with you boys all the way, we’ll help you raise the cup
From Shrule to San Francisco, and from Brisbane to Belmullet
We’ll sing the songs, we’ll fly the flag with green and red upon it