When the kings and queens would dance in the realm of the Black Rose
 Play me the melodies I want to know
 So I can teach my children, oh

 Pray tell me the story of young C? Chulainn
 How his eyes were dark his expression sullen
 And how he'd fight and always won
 And how they cried when he was fallen

 Oh tell me the story of the Queen of this land
 And how her sons died at her own hand
 And how fools obey commands
 Oh tell me the legends of long ago

 Where the mountains of Mourne come down to the sea
 Will she no come back to me
 Will she no come back to me

 Oh Shenandoah I hear you calling
 Far away you rolling river
 Roll down the mountain side
 On down on down go lassie go

 Oh Tell me the legends of long ago
 When the kings and queens would dance in the realms of the Black Rose
 Play me the melodies so I might know
 So I can tell my children, oh

 My Roisin Dubh is my one and only true love
 It was a joy that Joyce brought to me
 While William Butler waits
 And Oscar, he's going Wilde

 Ah sure, Brendan where have you Behan?
 Looking for a girl with green eyes
 My dark Rosaleen is my only colleen
 That Georgie knows Best

 But Van is the man
 Starvation once again
 Drinking whiskey in the jar-o
 Synge's Playboy of the Western World

 As Shaw, Sean I was born and reared there
 Where the Mountains of Mourne come down to the sea
 Is such a long, long way from Tipperary