Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Mountains O'Mourne, artist - The Kingston Trio.
Date of issue: 05.11.2019
Song language: English
The Mountains O'Mourne |
Oh, Mary, this London’s a wonderful sight with people here working by day and |
by night |
They don’t sow potatoes nor barley nor wheat but there’s gangs of them diggin' |
for gold in the street |
At least when I asked them that’s what I was told so I just took a hand at this |
diggin' for gold |
But for all that I found there I might as well be where the Mountains O’Mourne |
sweep down to the sea |
I believe that when writing a wish you expressed as to how the fine ladies in |
London were dressed |
Well, if you’ll believe me when asked to a ball, they don’t wear no top to |
their dresses at all |
Oh, I’ve seen them meself and you could not in truth say that if they were |
bound for a ball or a bath |
Don’t be startin' them fashions, now, Mary McCree, where the Mountains O’Mourne |
sweep down to the sea |
There’s beautiful girls here, oh, never you mind, with beautiful shapes nature |
never designed |
And lovely complexions, all roses and cream but let me remark with regard to |
the same |
That if at those roses you venture to sip, the colors might all come away on |
your lip |
So, I’ll wait for the wild rose that’s waitin' for me in the place where the |
dark Mourne sweeps down to the sea |