[Refrain]
Tell me the legends of long ago
When the kings and queens would dance in the realm of the black rose
Play me their melodies, I want to know
So I can teach my children, oh
[Verse 1]
Pray, tell me the story of young Cú 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
[Verse 2]
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
[Bridge]
Where the mountains of Mourne come down to the sea
Will she no come back to me?
Will she no come back to me?
[Verse 3]
Oh, Shenandoah I hear you callin'
Far away, you rollin' river
All down the mountain side
All around the bloomin' heather
Go, Lassie, go
[Guitar Solo]
[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Solo]
Yeah
[Refrain]
Oh, tell me the legends of long ago
When the kings and queens would dance in the realms of the black rose
And play me their melodies so that I might know
So I can tell my children, oh
[Verse 4]
My róisín 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 goin' Wilde
Ah sure, Brendan where have you Behan?
Lookin' for a girl with green eyes
My dark Rosaleen is my cailín
That Georgie knows Best
But Van is the man
Starvation once again
Drinkin' 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
It's such a long, long way from Tipperary
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