Lyrics
O
a
comical
genius
was
thinking
one
day
How
he′d
jack
up
his
job
and
receive
handy
pay
He
did
not
like
begging
and
work
was
too
hard
So
he
got
a
bright
notion
to
join
up
the
guard
Diddly-i-dum
diidly-i-dum
diddly-i-dum
dum
day
Well
he
went
up
to
Dublin,
to
the
depot
went
in
Got
a
new
suit
of
blue
as
bright
as
new
pins
They
drilt
him,
they
drilt
him,
they
drilt
him
so
hard
The
old
sergeant
proclaimed
him
a
full
fledged
guard
Diddly-i-dum
diidly-i-dum
diddly-i-dum
dum
day
He
was
stationed
somewhere
near
the
town
of
Athy
On
the
roads
of
the
district
he
kept
a
close
eye
The
girls
they
admired
him
as
all
brassers
do
Fell
in
love
with
the
guard
and
his
new
suit
of
blue
Diddly-i-dum
diidly-i-dum
diddly-i-dum
dum
day
Well
the
girls
they
would
wink
and
they'd
nod
as
he
passed
O
but
this
itchy
guard
had
his
eye
on
one
lass
And
this
little
colleen,
she
being
a
die-hard
She
made
it
quite
clear
that
she
wanted
no
guard
Diddly-i-dum
diidly-i-dum
diddly-i-dum
dum
day
Well
one
time
while
on
duty
on
a
cold
winter′s
night
Sure
he
caught
her
out
cycling
without
any
light
Where's
your
light,
miss?
says
he;
for
an
answer
says
she
It's
next
to
me
liver,
where
you′ll
never
be
Diddly-i-dum
diidly-i-dum
diddly-i-dum
dum
day
1 Fiddler's Green
2 Killieburn Brae
3 Smith of Bristol
4 The Saxon Shilling
5 Spancil Hill
6 Biddy Mulligan
7 The Rare Old Times
8 Joe Hill
9 The Molly Maguires
10 Champion at Keeping Them Rolling
11 Seven Drunken Nights
12 Three Lovely Lassies from Kimmage
13 Donegal Danny
14 Finnegan's Wake
15 The Thirty Foot Trailer
16 Johnston's Motorcar
17 All for Me Grog
18 The Wild Rover
19 The Hen's March to the Midden
20 The Downfall of Paris
21 Whiskey in the Jar
22 Lord Inchiquin
23 The Newry Highway Man
24 Springhill Mining Disaster
25 The Lowlands of Holland
26 Dirty Old Town
27 The Unquiet Grave
28 A Gentleman Soldier
29 The Parting Glass
30 Building Up And Tearing England Down
31 Kelly the Boy From Killane
32 Home Boys Home
33 Mcalpine's Fusiliers
34 Sam Hall
35 Hand Me Down Me Bible
36 Alabama '58
37 The Waterford Boys / The Humours Of Scariff / The Flannel Jacket
38 The Old Triangle
39 The Lark in the Morning
40 Boulavogue
41 My Darling Asleep / Paddy In London / an T-Athair Jack Walsh
42 The Town I Loved so Well
43 The Musical Priest / the Blackthorn Stick
44 Free the People
45 The Greenland White Fisheries
46 The Lord of the Dance
47 Skibbereen
48 The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
49 The Louse House of Kilkenny
50 Avondale
51 The Prodigal Son
52 Scorn Not His Simplicity
53 The Spanish Lady
54 Ojos Negros
55 Drops of Brandy / Lady Carberry
56 Cúnla
57 Molly Malone
58 Song For Ireland
59 Matt Hyland
60 Doherty's Reel / Down the Broom
61 The Captains and the Kings
62 The Night Visiting Song
63 The Jail of Cluain Meala
64 Down by the Glenside
65 Farewell to Carlingford
66 The Gartan Mother's Lullaby
67 The Bonny Boy
68 High Germany
69 The Ploughboy Lads
70 Last Night's Fun / the Congress Reel
71 God Save Ireland
72 The Fermoy Lassies / Sporting Paddy
73 The Black Velvet Band
74 Belfast Hornpipe / Tim Maloney
75 Take It Down From the Mast
76 The Comical Genius
77 The Four Poster Bed / Colonel Rodney
78 Blue Mountain Rag
79 The Holy Ground
80 Monto
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