ROCKY ROAD FROM WBIR

The Rocky Road To Dublin

Song by The High Kings ‧ 2008

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In the merry month of June from me home I started

Left the girls of Tuam nearly broken hearted

Saluted Father dear, kissed me darling mother

Drank a pint of beer, me grief and tears to smother

Then off to reap the corn, leave where I was born

Cut a stout blackthorn to banish ghosts and goblins

A brand new pair of brogues, rattlin' o'er the bogs

Frightenin' all the dogs on the rocky road to Dublin

One two three four five

Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky road

And all the way to Dublin, Whack fol lol le rah!

In Mullingar that night I rested limbs so weary

Started by daylight me spirits bright and airy

Took a drop of the pure

Keep me heart from sinking

That's the Paddy's cure whenever he's on drinking

To see the lassies smile, laughing all the while

At me curious style, 'twould set your heart a bubblin'

An' asked if I was hired, wages I required

'Till I was nearly tired of the rocky road to Dublin

One two three four five

Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky road

And all the way to Dublin, Whack fol lol le rah!

In Dublin next arrived, I thought it such a pity

To be soon deprived a view of that fine city

Well then I took a stroll, all among the quality

Bundle it was stole, all in a neat locality

Something crossed me mind, when I looked behind

No bundle could I find upon me stick a wobblin'

Enquiring for the rogue, said me Connaught brogue

Wasn't much in vogue on the rocky road to Dublin

One two three four five

Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky road

And all the way to Dublin, Whack fol lol le rah!

From there I got away, me spirits never falling

Landed on the quay, just as the ship was sailing

The Captain at me roared, said that no room had he

When I jumped aboard, a cabin found for Paddy

Down among the pigs, played some funny rigs

Danced some hearty jigs, the water round me bubbling

When off Holyhead wished meself was dead

Or better far instead

On the rocky road to Dublin

One two three four five

Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky road

And all the way to Dublin, Whack fol lol le rah!

The boys of Liverpool, when we safely landed

Called meself a fool, I could no longer stand it

Blood began to boil, temper I was losing

Poor old Erin's isle they began abusing

"Hurrah me soul!" says I, me shillelagh I let fly

Some Galway boys were nigh and saw I was a hobble in

With a loud "Hurray!" joined in the affray

We quickly cleared the way for the rocky road to Dublin

One two three four five

Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky road

And all the way to Dublin, Whack fol lol le rah!

Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky road

And all the way to Dublin, Whack fol lol le rah!

Whack fol lol le rah!

Whack fol lol le rah!

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 5TH, 2025...

12.5.2025

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FIND YOUR PAIN AND LET IT ROLL YOU

DOWN THE ROCKY ROAD LET IT TROUBLE YOU NO MORE

FOR THOSE DAYS ARE DEAD

THE LORD HAS SEEN IT FIT TO TAKE YOU FROM THIS PLACE

WITH NOTHING MORE THAN PAIN ON THE FACE

SO DRY THOSE TEARS THEN CRY AGAIN 

CRY AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE IT

THE PAINS A FUGITIVE NO HARBORING 

JUST SOUND THE WHISTLE NOW

A ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE

THE PAIN SLICES ONE DEEP HE DOESNT SEEM TO BE ABLE TO STAND

FIND YOUR PAIN AND LET IT ROLL YOU...

DOWN THE ROCKY ROAD...

THE PAINS A GAME ONE MUST WIN...

IN ORDER TO ADVANCE...

SO TAKE THE DICE JUST ROLL THEM TWICE...

AND NOW SEE WHERE WE STAND...

FOR A MAN MUST MAKE A TRANCE...

SO MAN JUST TAKE THE CHANCE...

HOW MUCH WORST CAN IT GET IF ONE ALREADY TEARS UP EVERYDAY?

DEPRESSION AIMS TO TAKE A CLAIM...

FOR ITSELF IN THE FORM OF YOUR LIFE...

SO GENTLY ROW THE BOAT ALL THRU THIS MERRY STREAM...

DEPRESSIONS KNIFE 🗡️🔪 

WIELDS ITS WAY ACROSS MY BODY...

AND STILL I STAND AND BREATHE...

YOU'LL NEVER KNOW HOW TOUGH YOU WERE UNTIL THE PUNCHES CEASE...

THEY'RE STILL SWINGING I'M STILL DODGING...

ALL UNTIL THE WHISTLE'S COURTESY...

A ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE...

FOR SOON THE TEARS WILL DRY...

JUST BEAR THEM DOWN AND SHARE THEM OUT... 

RELEASING THEM FROM THEIR SPACE...

THEY'VE BEEN CRAWLING IN IN ORDER TO SAVE FACE...

THIS PAIN IS JUST A TEST...

CAN YOU PASS IT NO OR YES AT ONCE...

OR ARE YOU JUST THE DUNCE?

THAT SAW THE PAIN FOR WHAT IT'S NOT...

SOMETHING MEANT TO HURT...

MAYBE THAT'S JUST HOW SHE FLIRTS...

TIP YOUR HAT AND KINDLY BOW TO THE REASON YOU KNOW YOU'RE STRONG...

AND YES OF COURSE IT LASTS LONG OR THIS WOULD BE A FAST SONG...

THE CADENCE QUICKLY DRIFTING THRU THE TREES...

FOR I HEARD THEY WISHED FOR A BREEZE...

THE PAINS A MOUNTAIN 🏔️🌄 ONCE MUST CLIMB IF THEY WISH TO BREATHE...

THE THINNEST AIR THE WINNERS 🏆 CARE ONLY AFTER THEIR DUTY IS RELIEVED...

UNTIL THEN YOU'LL GET THRU IT BC THAT'S ALL YOU EVER DONE...

SO HONESTLY AND POMPOUSLY TELL ME...

HOW IS TODAY NOT THE SAME AS DAY ONE?

AS ALL THE DAYS YOU EVER CRIED YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO DIE...

A ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE...

THE PAINS MY FRIEND HE'S ALWAYS THERE HE VISITS PAST VISITING...

HOURS HE'S WITH ME IN THE SHOWER 🚿 EVEN WHEN ME HEAD LAYS DOWN...

HE COMES TO MY DREAM TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M SLEEP...

FOR IF I'M NOT THEN I'M SURELY GOING NOW...

IF THIS ISN'T THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT SUCH AN INSTANCE...

THEN IN AN INSTANT... WE'RE SURELY GOING DOWN... 👇 👎...

A ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE

One two three four five

Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky road

And all the way to Dublin, Whack fol lol le rah!

One two three four five

Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky road

And all the way to Dublin, Whack fol lol le rah!

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