Lyrics Danny Farewell - The Dubliners
I
knew
Danny
Farrell
when
his
football
was
a
can.
In
his
hand
me
down's
and
wellers
and
sandwiches
of
grand,
But
now
this
pave
ment
pesent,
is
a
full
grown
bitter
man,
With
all
his
trials
and
troubles,
of
hes
travelling
people's
clan
He's
a
looser
a
boozer,
me
and
you
user,
A
rater
a
traitor,
peoples
police
hater,
So
lonely
and
only,
what
you
call
a
gurrier,
Still
now,
Danny
Farrell
he's
a
man.
I
knew
Danny
Farrell
when
he
joined
the
national
school,
He
was
lousy
at
the
gaelic,
called
him
amadan
and
fool
He
was
briliant
at
the
toss
school
Or
traiding
objects
in
the
pown
By
the
time
he
was
an
adult
all
his
charming
ways
were
gone.
He's
a
looser
a
boozer,
me
and
you
user,
A
rater
a
traitor,
peoples
police
hater,
So
lonely
and
only,
what
you
call
a
gurrier,
Still
now,
Danny
Farrell
he's
a
man.
I
knew
Dannd
Farrell
when
he
queued
up
for
the
dole,
And
he
tried
to
hide
his
loss
of
pride,
That
eats
away
the
soul,
Mending
pots
and
kettles,
is
a
trade
lost
in
the
past.
Theres
no
hand
out's
here
for
tinkeres
was
the
answer
when
he
asked.
He's
a
looser
a
boozer,
me
and
you
user,
A
rater
a
traitor,
peoples
police
hater,
So
lonely
and
only,
what
you
call
a
gurrier,
Still
now,
Danny
Farrell
he's
a
man.
I
still
know
Danny
Farrell,
saw
him
just
there
yesterday,
Drinking
methylated
spirits,
with
some
winos
on
the
quay,
Now
he's
fourty
going
on
eighty,
with
his
eyes
of
hope
bereft,
And
he
told
me
this
for
certain,
theres
not
many
of
us
left,
He's
a
looser
a
boozer,
me
and
you
user,
A
rater
a
traitor,
peoples
police
hater,
So
lonely
and
only,
what
you
call
a
gurrier,
Still
now,
Danny
Farrell
he's
a
man.
1 Danny Farewell
2 Weile, Weile, Weile
3 The Waterford Boys
4 Button Pusher
5 Hey Johnny McGorry
6 For What Died the Song of Roisin?
7 Holy Ground
8 Saxon Shilling
9 Finegan's Wake
10 Avondale
11 Spanish Lady
12 James Larkin
13 Peat Bog Soldiers
14 Free the People
15 Home Boys Home
16 Schooldays Over
17 The Old Triangle
18 Fiddler's Green
19 The Gentleman Soldier
20 The Newry Highway Man
21 The West's Awake
22 Queens of the Fair
23 McAlpine's Fusilers
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