When the Boys Come Rolling Home

When the Boys Come Rolling Home - The Dubliners/Ronnie Drew

I always will remember well the day we went away

Sailing out of dublin in the morning

Our hopes were on tomorrow as we kissed the girls

Farewell

And our dreams were on the day of our returning

There'll be dancin romancin and never more we'll

Roam

There'll be rollin in the hay there'll be whiskey in

The tay when the boys come rolling home

We safely reached the other side in new york city fair

In spite of wind and rain and stormy weather

We all sat down and drank a glass and wished each

Other well

And we said that we'd be back going together

There'll be dancin romancin and never more we'll

Roam

There'll be rollin in the hay there'll be whiskey in

The tay when the boys come rolling home

Now del went up to boston and sam to buffalo

And joe went down as far as californie

I used to get some letters then but that was long ago

And they always spoke of ireland and returning

There'll be dancin romancin and never more we'll

Roam

There'll be rollin in the hay there'll be whiskey in

The tay when the boys come rolling home

Well i'm well over eighty now my grandson's by my

And here i'm in chicago and still scheming

He says he'll take me back again to rest my weary head

And i'll leave him a legacy of dreaming

There'll be dancin romancin and never more we'll

Roam

There'll be rollin in the hay there'll be whiskey in

The tay when the boys come rolling home

There'll be dancin romancin and never more we'll

Roam

There'll be rollin in the hay there'll be whiskey in

The tay when the boys come rolling home