Sunday, May 17, 2009

Colcannon

Well did you ever make colcannon,
made with lovely pickled cream
With the greens & scallions mingled
like a pitcher in a dream
Did you ever make a hole on top
to hold the melting flake
Or the creamy flavored butter
that our mother's used to make

Chorus 

  • Oh you did , so you did 
  •  so did he and so did I
  • And the more I think about it
  • sure the nearer  I'm to cry 
  • Oh weren't them the happy days 
  • when troubles we knew not 
  • And our Mother made Colcannon 
  • in the little skillet pot 
Well , did you ever take potato cake 
and boxty to the school 
Tucked underneath your oxter with 
your books , your slate and rule
And when teacher "Muinteoir "
wasn't looking 
sure a great big bite you'd take
of the creamy flavored soft and melting 
sweet potato cake 

Chorus 
when the evening sun went down 
Well did you ever go a courting boys
when the evening sun went down
And the moon began a peeping 
from behind the hill O Down
And you wandered down the boreen 
Where the Clurachan was seen
And you whispered lovin ' praises to
your own dear sweet Cailin 




Se mo laoch 
He my Hero
The Castle Ceili Band 
Mick O Connor 




 


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