Name: Famous Streets of Dublin
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Famous Streets of Dublin

from Defend The Stout by Dublin Public

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Here I sit and I dwell
In my old rotting cell
All the things that I seen
Well these strings did the tell
An old busker I be
I lived my life on the streets
Play a song for a schillin’
That I used for the drink
Oh these streets they are cruel
But I got for you
A story or two

Down on the famous streets of Dublin
Down on the famous streets of Dublin
I love them

Down on Grafton Street
Many a busker you will meet
Like Glen & The Frames
Now Famous by name
Mic Christopher
Grew up around here
But he died from a fall
While out for some beers
Young Paddy Casey was discovered on Grafton
So you know that it happens

Down on the famous streets of Dublin
Down on the famous streets of Dublin
I love them

Now listen up here
About Mickey Beers
He plucked on his harp
For many a years
Round by the pub
You can find him all season
With a pint in his hand
He’s the king down on Leeson
His harp laid with gold
But after each show
He drinks all alone

Maggie Malone
Down on Henry she was known
With her fiddle in hand
She outshined her band
A pretty colleen
If I ever did see one
The lads lined the streets
But she teased them for fun
For this fiddle loved cats
Oh, fancy that!
Takes her business ‘round back

Down on the famous streets of Dublin
Down on the famous streets of Dublin

Well as for me
I grew old on these streets
These bricks & these stones
I’ve always called home
Playing my guitar loud
I would draw in the crowds
And I’d sing them a song
Of Ireland proud
But I never made it out
So they imprisoned me
But where I wanna be is

Down on the famous streets of Dublin
Down on the famous streets of Dublin

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from Defend The Stout, released September 12, 2015

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Dublin Public Long Beach, California

A blend of traditional Irish drinking songs and ballads from the likes of the Dubliners, Clancy Brothers, Great Big Sea, & Pogues with modern Irish styling’s borrowed from the likes of Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys, Mahones, LeperKhanz, & The Mighty Regis.

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