Tunnel Tigers Lyrics
Tunnel Tigers - Donal Lunny
Hares run free on the Wicklow mountains
Wild geese fly and the foxes play;
Sporting Wicklow boys are working
Driving a tunnel through the London clay
Up with the shields and jack it Ram it
Drive a tunnel through the London clay
Lough Derg trout grow fat and lazy
Salmon sport in Cushla bay;
And fishermen from Connemara
Drive a tunnel through the London clay
Up with the shields and jack it Ram it
Drive a tunnel through the London clay
Below Armagh the wild ducks breeding
Wild fowl gather on Loch Rea
The sporting boys of Longford County
Are digging a tunnel through the London clay
Up with the shields and jack it Ram it
Drive a tunnel through the London clay
The curragh rots on the Achill Island
Tourists walk on the Newport quay;
The Mayo boys have all gone roving
Drive a tunnel through the London clay
Up with the shields and jack it Ram it
Drive a tunnel through the London clay
The Carlow girls are fine and handsome
All decked out so neat and gay;
The Carlow boys don't come to court 'em
They're driving a tunnel through the London clay
Up with the shields and jack it Ram it
Drive a tunnel through the London clay
Down in the dark are the tunnel tigers
Far from the sun and the light of day;
Down in the land that the sea once buried
Driving a tunnel through the London clay
Up with the shields and jack it Ram it
Drive a tunnel through the London clay