The Dubliners - Molly Bawn lyrics

[The Dubliners - Molly Bawn lyrics]

Oh come all ye late fellows
That follows the gun
Beware of night ramblin' by the
Setting of the sun
Beware of an accident as happened of late
It was Molly Bawn Leary and sad was her fate

She'd been gone to her uncle's when
A storm it came on
She drew under a green bush
The shower for to shun
With her white apron wrapped around
Her he took her for a swan
Took aim and alas it was his own Molly Bawn

Oh young Jimmy ran homeward with
His gun and his dog sayin' uncle, oh uncle
I have shot Molly Bawn
I have killed that fair female
The joy of my life
For I'd always intended that she


Would be my wife

Oh young Jimmy Ranlon, do not run away
Stay in your own country till
Your trial it comes on
For you'll never be convicted of
The shootin' of a swan

Well the night before Molly's funeral
Her ghost it did appear
Saying uncle, dearest uncle
Let young Jimmy run clear
It being late of an evening when
He took me for a swan
Took aim and alas he killed
His own Molly Bawn

Now all the girls of this country
They seem to be glad
Since the flower of Glen Ardagh
Molly Bawn she lies dead
Get all girls of this country
Stand them into a row
Molly Bawn would shine above them
Like a fountain of snow

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