Off To Dublin in the Green

Off To Dublin in the Green - The Dubliners

Written by：Traditional/Ciaron Bourke/Ronnie Drew/Barney McKenna/John Sheahan/Bobby Lynch

Oh I am a merry plough boy

And I plough the fields all day

'Til a sudden thought came to my head

That I shoulda roam away

But I'm sick and tired of slavery

Since the day that I was born

And I'm off to join the ira

And I'm off tomorrow mornin'

And we're all off to dublin in the green in the green

Where the helmets glisten in the sun

Where the bayonets flash and the rifles crash

To the rattle of the thompson gun

I'll leave aside me pick and spade

I'll leave aside a me plough

I'll leave aside me horse and dear

I no longer have need them now

I'll leave aside me Mary

She's the girl that I adore

And I wonder if she'll think of me

When she hears the rifles roar

And we're all off to dublin in the green in the green

Where the helmets glisten in the sun

Where the bayonets flash and the rifles crash

To the rattle of the thompson gun

And when the war is over

And dear old ireland is free

I will take her to the church to wed

And a rebel's a wife she'll be

While some men fight for silver

And some men fight for gold

But the ira are fighting for

The land that the saxon stole

And we're all off to dublin in the green in the green

Where the helmets glisten in the sun

Where the bayonets flash and the rifles crash

To the rattle of the thompson gun