[ti:The Croppy Boy]
[ar:The Clancy Brothers]
[al:Irish Folk & St. Patrick's Classics]
[by:]
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[00:00.00]The Croppy Boy - The Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem
[00:12.20]It was early early in the spring
[00:17.44]The birds did whistle and sweetly sing
[00:22.76]Changing their notes from tree to tree
[00:27.59]And the song they sang was Old Ireland free
[00:34.20]It was early early in the night
[00:38.55]The yeoman cavalry gave me a fright
[00:42.86]The yeoman cavalry was my downfall
[00:47.74]And taken was I by Lord Cornwall
[00:55.04]As I was walking up Wexford Hill
[00:59.82]Who could blame me to cry my fill
[01:04.70]I looked behind and I looked before
[01:09.74]But my aged mother I shall see no more
[01:18.46]As I was walking up Wexford Street
[01:23.32]My own first cousin I chanced to meet
[01:28.51]My own first cousin did me betray
[01:33.84]And for one bare guinea swore my life away
[01:41.96]As I was mounted on the platform high
[01:47.08]My aged father was standing by
[01:52.74]My aged father did me deny
[01:57.95]And the name he gave me was the Croppy Boy
[02:05.84]It was in Dungannon this young man died
[02:11.62]And in Dungannon his body lies
[02:17.53]So are good people who do pass by
[02:22.60]Oh shed a tear for the Croppy Boy