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When the sun goes down o'er Dublin town, the colors last for hours, oh,
The lights come on, the night's a song and the streets all turn to gold;
A gentle mist all heaven kissed, like teardrops off an angel's wing,
Don't you know you'll cleanse your soul with a walk in the Irish rain.
Oh, Katherine, take my hand, I've got three pounds and change,
And I'll sing you songs of love again, and when I get too drunk to sing,
We'll walk in the Irish rain.
Forever more I've stepped ashore, my sailing days are over, oh,
Through time and tide and by your side together we'll grow old;
I threw my sea bag in the bin and brought these pretty flowers home,
Kiss me Kate, we'll celebrate before the bloom is gone.
Oh, Katherine, take my hand, I've got three pounds and change,
And I'll sing you songs of love again, and when I get too drunk to sing,
We'll walk in the Irish rain.
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A tinker and a tailor and a drunken old sailor,
They all get together and they start to play;
Time stands still while they sing their fill,
They'll shout till the break of day.
A sweet little lady with a glass of stout,
Sippin' it down till the foam runs out,
She'll help her old man home again with a walk in the Irish rain.
Oh, Katherine, take my hand, I've got three pounds and change,
And I'll sing you songs of love again, and when I get too drunk to sing,
We'll walk in the Irish rain.
Oh, Katherine, take my hand, I've got three pounds and change,
And I'll sing you songs of love again, and when I get too drunk to sing,
We'll walk in the Irish rain. We'll walk in the Irish rain.
Arranged and recorded by the Irish Descendants (Gypsies & Lovers / the Irish Descendants, trk#13, 1994, WEA, Scarborough, Ontario, Distributed by Warner Music Canada); and (So Far So Good: the best of the Irish Descendants, trk#9, 1999, WEA, Scarborough, Ontario, Distributed by Warner Music Canada); and (We Are The Irish Descendants, trk#2, 2004, Kells Music, Green Island, New York).
