From the breast of Anna Liffey
 And the ferrymen are stranded on the quay
 The Dublin docks are dying
 And a way of life is gone
 And Molly it was part of you and me

 Where the strawberry beds
 Sweep down to the Liffey
 You?ll kiss away the worries from my brow
 I love you well today
 And I?ll love you more tomorrow
 If you ever loved me Molly love me now

 ?Twas the only job I knew
 It was hard but never lonely
 The Liffey Ferry made a man of me
 Now it?s gone without a whisper
 Forgotten even now
 Sure it?s over Molly over can?t you see

 Well now I spin my yarns
 And spend my days in talking
 I hear them whisper Charley?s on the dole
 But Molly we?re still living
 And Darling we?re still young
 And the river never ruled my heart or soul