Celtic Thunder Lyrics: May 2024

Voyage II (2012)

Voyage Opening lyrics - Celtic Thunder

(Instrumental)

To Where You Are lyrics - Celtic Thunder

Who can say for certain

Maybe you're still here

I feel you all around me

Your memory's so clear

Deep in the stillness

I can hear you speak

You're still an inspiration

Can it be

That you are mine

Forever love

And you are watching over me from up above

Fly me up to where you are

Beyond the distant star

I wish upon tonight

To see you smile

If only for awhile to know you're there

A breath away's not far

To where you are

Are you gently sleeping

Here inside my dream

And isn't faith believing

All power can't be seen

As my heart holds you

Just one beat away

I cherish all you gave me everyday

'Cause you are my

Forever love

Watching me from up above

And I believe

That angels breathe

And that love will live on and never leave

Fly me up

To where you are

Beyond the distant star

I wish upon tonight

To see you smile

If only for awhile

To know you're there

A breath away's not far

To where you are

I know you're there

A breath away's not far

To where you are

Danny Boy lyrics - Celtic Thunder

Oh, Danny boy

The pipes, the pipes are calling

From glen to glen and down the mountain side

The summer's gone

And all the roses falling

Tis you, tis you must go and I must bide

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow

Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow

Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow

Oh, Danny boy, oh, Danny boy I love you so

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow

Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow

Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow

Oh, Danny boy, oh, Danny boy I love you so

Oh, Danny boy, oh, Danny boy I love you so

Ride On lyrics - Celtic Thunder

True you ride the finest horse I've ever seen

Standing 16' one or two, with eyes wild and green

You ride the horse so well, hands light to the touch

I could never go with you no matter how I wanted to

Ride on, see you

I could never go with you no matter how I wanted to

Ride on, see you, I could never go with you no matter how I wanted to

When you ride into the night, without a trace behind

Run your claw along my gut, one last time

I turn to face an empty space, where you used to lie

I look for the spark that lights the night

Through a teardrop in your eye

Ride on, see you, I could never go with you no matter how I wanted to

Ride on, see you, I could never go with you no matter how I wanted to

Ride on, see you, I could never go with you no matter how I wanted to

Ride on, see you, I could never go with you no

matter how I wanted to

I could never go with you no matter how I wanted to

I could never go with you no matter how I wanted to

Lagan Love lyrics - Celtic Thunder

Love, my Lagan love,

My Lagan love.

Where Lagan stream sing lullaby,

There blows a lily fair.

The twilight gleam is in her eye,

The night is on her hair.

And like a love-sick lennan-shee

She hath my heart in thrall

No life have I, no liberty

For love is lord of all

My Lagan love.

And sometimes when the beetles horn

Hath lulled the eve to sleep

I steal unto her shieling low

And through her dooreen peep

There on the cricket's singing stone

She stirs the bog wood fire

And hums in soft sweet undertones

The song of heart's desire

The song of heart's desire

The Dutchman lyrics - Celtic Thunder

The Dutchman's not the kind of man

Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam

That holds his dreams in,

But that's a secret that only Margaret knows.

When Amsterdam is golden in the summer,

Margaret brings him breakfast,

She believes him.

He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow.

He's mad as he can be, but Margaret only sees that sometimes,

Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes.

Let us go to the banks of the ocean

Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee.

Long ago, I used to be a young man

And dear Margaret remembers that for me.

The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes,

His cap and coat are patched with the love

That Margaret sewed there.

Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam.

And he watches the tug-boats down canals

An' calls out to them when he thinks he knows the Captain.

Till Margaret comes

To take him home again

Through unforgiving streets that trip him, though she holds his arm,

Sometimes he thinks he's alone and he calls her name.

Let us go to the banks of the ocean

Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee.

Long ago, I used to be a young man

And dear Margaret remembers that for me.

The winters whirl the windmills 'round

She winds his muffler tighter

And they sit in the kitchen.

Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew.

And he sees her for a moment, calls her name,

She makes the bed up singing some old love song,

A song Margaret learned

When it was very new.

He hums a line or two, they sing together in the dark.

The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out.

Let us go to the banks of the ocean

Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee.

Long ago, I used to be a young man

And dear Margaret remembers that for me.

Desperado lyrics - Celtic Thunder

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?

You been out ridin' fences for so long now

Oh, you're a hard one

And I know that you've got your reasons

These things that are pleasin' you

Hurt you somehow

Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy

She'll beat you if she's able

You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet

Now it seems to me, that some fine things

Have been laid upon your table

But you only want the ones that you can't get

Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger

Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home

And freedom, oh freedom, that's just some people talkin'

Your prison is walking through this world all alone

Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?

The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine

It's hard to tell the night time from the day

Well you're losin' all your highs and lows

Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?

Come down from your fences, open the gate

It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you

You better let somebody love you,

You better let somebody love you, before it's too late

It's too late

Hallelujah lyrics - Celtic Thunder

(originally by Leonard Cohen)

Now I've heard there was a secret chord

That David played, and it pleased the Lord

But you don't really care for music, do you?

It goes like this

The fourth, the fifth

The minor fall, the major lift

The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Well your faith was strong but you needed proof

You saw her bathing on the roof

Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you

She tied you to her kitchen chair

She broke your throne, and she cut your hair

And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Maybe there's a God above

But all I've ever learned from love

Was how to shoot somebody who out drew ya

It's not a cry that you hear at night

It's not someone who has seen the light

It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

You've Got A Friend In Me lyrics - Celtic Thunder

You’ve got a friend in me

You’ve got a friend in me

When the road looks rough ahead

And you’re miles and miles from your nice warm bed

You just remember what your old pal said

Boy, you’ve got a friend in me

Yeah, you’ve got a friend in me

You’ve got a friend in me

You’ve got a friend in me

You’ve got troubles, well, I’ve got ‘em too

There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you

We stick together and we see it through

‘Cause you’ve got a friend in me

Yeah, you’ve got a friend in me

Some other folks might be a little bit smarter than I am

Bigger and stronger, too, maybe

But none of them will ever love you

The way I do.

It’s me and you, boy!

And as the years go by

Our friendship will never die

You’re gonna see

It’s our destiny

You’ve got a friend in me

Oh boy!

Yeah, you’ve got a friend in me

That’s right!

Yeah, you’ve got a friend in me

Girls, Girls, Girls lyrics - Celtic Thunder

Girls, girls, girls

Girls, girls, girls

Girls, girls, girls

Girls, girls, girls

Well, yellow, red, black or white

Add a little bit of moonlight

For this intercontinental romance

Shy girls, sexy girls

they all like that fancy world

Champagne, a gentle song, a slow dance

Who makes it fun to spend your money?

Who calls you honey most every day?

Girls, girls, girls

Girls, girls, girls

Well, they made ‘em up in Hollywood

And put ‘em into the movies

Those lovely photographic splendors

In and out of magazines

Miss World and beauty queens

Falling in love with the real big spenders.

But although their world may be frantic

They’re still romantic in their own way

So hop on, the world is swinging

Don’t sit and twiddle your thumbs

Get up and meet those pretty girls, girls, girls

Step on, the world keeps swinging

Put on the dazzling charm

Get up and find those pretty girls!

Don’t rush, keep it nice and gentle

And sentimental for that certain moment

Moonlit oceans, girls full of emotions

Stepping on that slow boat to China

And next door in Japan, they know how to please a man

Calling in for tea with my geisha

They’ve got that old-fashioned feeling

When it comes to pleasing, they know their way

So hop on, the world is swinging

Don’t sit and twiddle your thumbs

Get up and meet those pretty girls, girls, girls

Step on, the world keeps swinging

Put on the dazzling charm

Get up and find those pretty girls!

Don’t rush, keep it nice and gentle

And sentimental for that certain moment when you draw back the curtain

So hop on, the world is swinging

Don’t sit and twiddle your thumbs

Get up and meet those pretty girls

Ooh, forever

Girls, girls, girls

Girls, girls, girls

Girls, girls, girls, girls, girls

Red Rose Café lyrics - Celtic Thunder

They come from the farms and the factories too

And they all soon forget who they are.

The cares of today are soon washed away

As they sit at a stool by the bar.

The girl with green eyes in the Rolling Stones shirt

Doesn't look like she works on the land.

The man at the end, he's a very good friend

Of a man who sells cars second hand.

Down at the Red Rose Café in the Harbour

There by the port just outside Amsterdam.

Everyone shares in the songs and the laughter.

Everyone there is so happy to be there.

The salesmen relax with a few pints of beer

As they try not to speak about trade.

The poet won't write any verses tonight.

He may sing a sweet serenade.

So pull up a chair and forget about life.

It's a good thing to do now and then

And if you like it here I have an idea

Tomorrow let's all meet again.

Clancy Brothers Medley (I'll Tell Me Ma / Courtin' In The Kitchen / Irish Rover) lyrics - Celtic Thunder

I'll tell me ma when I get home

The boys won't leave the girls alone

They pull my hair and stole my comb

But that's all right till I get home

She is handsome, she is pretty

She is the belle of Belfast city

She is courting one, two, three

Please, won't you tell me, who is she?

Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high

The snow come tumbling from the sky

She's as sweet as apple pie

She'll get her own lad by and by

When she gets a lad of her own

She won't tell her ma when she gets home

Let them all come as they will

For it's Albert Mooney she loves still

Come single belle and beau unto me pay attention

Don't ever fall in love it's the Devil's own invention

For once I fell in love with lady so bewitchin'

Miss Henrietta Bell down in Captain Kelly's kitchen

With me too-ra-loo-ra-lie and me too-ra-loo-ra-laddie

And me too-ra-loo-ra-lie and me too-ra-loo-ra-laddie

She slipped up to her room, I said: "Good Lord Almighty!"

She came back down the stairs wearing nothing but her nighty!

With her arms around me waist she slyly hinted marriage

When to the door in haste came Captain Kelly's carriage!

Sing too-ra-loo-ra-lie and me too-ra-loo-ra-laddie

And me too-ra-loo-ra-lie and me too-ra-loo-ra-laddie

On the 4th of July, 1806

We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork

We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks

For the Grand City Hall in New York

T'was a wonderful craft, she was rigged fore and aft

And oh, how the wild winds drove her

She got several blasts, she got twenty seven masts

And they called her The Irish Rover

We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out

And the ship lost its way in the fog

And that whale of a crew was reduced down to two

Just meself and the Captain's old dog

Then the ship struck a rock, oh Lord, what a shock

The bulkhead was turned right over

Turned nine times around and the poor old dog was drowned

I'm the last of The Irish Rover

My Irish Molly O lyrics - Celtic Thunder

Molly dear now did you hear, the news that's goin' round?

Down in a corner of my heart, a love is what you've found.

And every time I look into your eyes of Irish blue.

You seem to whisper in my ear 'My love is all for you.' Oh,

Molly, my Irish Molly, my sweet acushla dear,

I'm fairly off my trolley, my Irish Molly, When you are near.

Springtime, is only 'ringtime', Come dear now don't be slow,

Change your name, go on your game, Begora wouldn't I do the same

My Irish Molly O!

Molly dear now did you hear I furnished up the flat.

Three little cosy rooms 'n a bed 'n a 'welcome' on the mat.

It's five pounds down and two a week, she'll soon be out of debt.

It's all complete except, they haven't brought the cradle yet.

Molly, my Irish Molly, my sweet acushla dear,

I'm fairly off my trolley, my Irish Molly, When you are near.

Springtime, is only 'ringtime', Come dear now don't be slow,

Change your name, go on your game, Begora wouldn't I do the same

My Irish Molly O!

Molly dear, and did you hear what all the neighbours say.

About those hundred sovereigns you have safely stowed away.

They say that's why I love you. Ah but Molly, that's a shame,

If you had only ninety-nine I'd love you just the same.

Ohhhh!

Molly, my Irish Molly, my sweet acushla dear,

I'm fairly off my trolley, my Irish Molly, When you are near.

Springtime, is only 'ringtime', Come dear now don't be slow,

Change your name, go on your game, Begora wouldn't I do the same

My Irish Molly O!

Change your name, go on your game, Begora wouldn't I do the same

My Irish Molly O!

A Place In The Choir lyrics - Celtic Thunder

All God's creatures got a place in the choir

Some sing low and some sing higher,

Some sing out loud on a telephone wire,

Some just clap their hands, or paws, or anything they've got now

All God's creatures got a place in the choir

Some sing low and some sing higher,

Some sing out loud on a telephone wire,

Some just clap their hands, or paws, or anything they've got now

Listen to the top where the little bird sings

On the melodies and the high notes ringing,

And the hoot owl cries over everything

And the blackbird disagrees.

Singing in the night time, singing in the day,

When little duck quacks, and he's on his way.

And the otter hasn't got much to say

And the porcupine talks to himself

All God's creatures got a place in the choir

Some sing low and some sing higher,

Some sing out loud on a telephone wire,

Some just clap their hands, or paws, or anything they've got now

The dogs and the cats they take up the middle

While the honeybee hums and the cricket fiddles,

The donkey brays and the pony neighs

And the old gray badger sighs...

Listen to the bass, it's the one on the bottom

Where the bullfrog croaks and the hippopotamus

Moans and groans with a big t'do

And the old cow just goes moo.

All God's creatures got a place in the choir

Some sing low and some sing higher,

Some sing out loud on a telephone wire,

Some just clap their hands, or paws, or anything they've got now

It's a simple song a little song everywhere

By the ox and the fox and the grizzly bear,

The dopey alligator and the the hawk above,

The sly old weasel and the turtle dove.

All God's creatures got a place in the choir

Some sing low and some sing higher,

Some sing out loud on a telephone wire,

Some just clap their hands, or paws, or anything they've got now

All God's creatures got a place in the choir

Some sing low and some sing higher,

Some sing out loud on a telephone wire,

Some just clap their hands, or paws, or anything they've got now

All God's creatures got a place in the choir

Some sing low and some sing higher,

Some sing out loud on a telephone wire,

Some just clap their hands, or paws, or anything they've got now

All God's creatures got a place in the choir.

Dream-Teller / Fantasy lyrics - Celtic Thunder

(Instrumental)

Ireland's Call lyrics - Celtic Thunder

Ireland, Ireland

Side by side, we stand like brothers

One for all and all together

We will stay united through darker days

And we'll be unbeatable forever

Ireland, Ireland,

Together standing tall

Shoulder to shoulder

We'll answer Ireland's call

Come the day and come the hour

Some will live in song and story

We were born to follow our guiding star

And to meet our destiny with glory

Ireland, Ireland,

Together standing tall

Shoulder to shoulder

We'll answer Ireland's call

Hearts of steel and heads unbowing

Vowing never to be broken

We will fight until we can fight no more

Till our final requiem is spoken

Ireland, Ireland,

Together standing tall

Shoulder to shoulder

We'll answer Ireland's call

Ireland, Ireland,

Together standing tall

Shoulder to shoulder

We'll answer Ireland's call

We'll answer Ireland's call

Black Velvet Band lyrics - Celtic Thunder

In a neat little town they call Belfast

Apprentice to trade I was bound

And many an hour sweet happiness

I spent in that neat little town

Till a sad misfortune came over me

Which caused me to stray from this land

Far away from me friends and relations

Betrayed by the black velvet band

I took a stroll with that pretty fair maid

When a gentleman passes me by

I knew that she had the doing in him

By that look in her rovish black eye

A gold watch she took from his pocket

And placed it right into my hand

The very next thing I said was

Bad luck to the black velvet band

Her eyes they shown like diamonds

I thought her the queen of the land

And her hair hung over her shoulders

Tied up with a black velvet band

Before the judge and the jury

Next morning I had to appear

The judge he said to me

Young lad, your case it is proven clear

We'll give you seven years penal servitude

And take you away from this land

Far away from me friends and relations

Betrayed by the black velvet band

Her eyes they shown like diamonds

I thought her the queen of the land

And her hair hung over her shoulders

Tied up with a black velvet band

So come all ye jolly young fellas

Who warning, take by me

When you are out in the town, me lads

Be aware of them pretty colleens

For they'll feed you with strong drink me lads

Till you are unable to stand

And the very next thing you know is that

You've landed in Van Diemen's land

Her eyes they shown like diamonds

I thought her the queen of the land

And her hair hung over her shoulders

Tied up with a black velvet band

Her eyes they shown like diamonds

I thought her the queen of the land

And her hair hung over her shoulders

Tied up with a black velvet band

Both Sides Now lyrics - Celtic Thunder (feat. George Donaldson)

(originally by Joni Mitchell)

Rows and floes of angel hair

And ice cream castles in the air

And feather canyons everywhere

I've looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun

They rain and snow on everyone

So many things I would have done

But clouds got in my way

I've looked at clouds from both sides now

From up and down, and still somehow

It's cloud illusions I recall

I really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels

The dizzy dancing way you feel

As every fairy tale comes real

I've looked at love that way

But now it's just another show

You leave 'em laughing when you go

And if you care, don't let them know

Don't give yourself away

I've looked at love from both sides now

From give and take, and still somehow

It's love's illusions I recall

I really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud

To say "I love you" right out loud

Dreams and schemes and circus crowds

I've looked at life that way

But now old friends are acting strange

They shake their heads, they say I've changed

Well something's lost, but something's gained

In living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now

From win and lose and still somehow

It's life's illusions I recall

I really don't know life at all

The Star Of The County Down lyrics - Celtic Thunder

In Banbridge Town in the County Down

One morning last July

By a bóithrín green met a sweet cailín

She smiled as she passed me by

She looked so sweet from her two bare feet

To the sheen of her nut-brown hair

Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself

To see I was really there

From Bantry Bay up to Derry's Quay

From Galway to Dublin Town

No maid I've seen like the fair cailín

That I met in the County Down

As she onward sped, sure I scratched me head

And I looked with a feelin' rare

And I said, says I, to a passer-by

"Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair"?

He smiled at me and he said to thee:

"She's the gem of Ireland's crown

Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann

She's the star of the County Down"

From Bantry Bay up to Derry's Quay

From Galway to Dublin Town

No maid I've seen like the fair cailín

That I met in the County Down

I've travelled a bit, but never was smit

Since my roving career began

But fair and square I surrendered there

To the charms of Rosie McCann

I'd a heart to let and no tenant yet

Had her met in a shawl or gown

But in she went and I asked no rent

From the star of the County Down

From Bantry Bay up to Derry's Quay

From Galway to Dublin Town

No maid I've seen like the fair cailín

That I met in the County Down

At the Harvest Fair she'll be surely there

And I'll dress in me Sunday clothes

With me shoes shone bright and me hat cocked right

For a smile from the nut brown rose

No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke

Till my plough is a rust colored brown

Till a smiling bride by me own fireside

Sits the star of the County Down

From Bantry Bay up to Derry's Quay

From Galway to Dublin Town

No maid I've seen like the fair cailín

That I met in the County Down

From Bantry Bay up to Derry's Quay

From Galway to Dublin Town

No maid I've seen like the fair cailín

That I met in the County Down

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