The Dubliners - The Fields of Athenry/ Clancy Brother - Carrickfegus

WEDNESDAY CLUB

IRISH VILLAGE DUBAI

PADDY ON IRISH DRUM

 

THE DUBLINERS - The Fields of Athenry

We arrived in Dubai and were staying there foe a couple of nights before heading for Thailand. On the way back we would  'do Dubai'. Vist The Burj Khalifa, The Burj Al Arab and the Palms in the sea etc etc.

Shellhunter took us to her favorite watering hole The Irish Village which had just been voted the best Irish pub in the world. We sat outside in the shade and I was impressed with the statues of 3 Irish guys playing their instruments. I just had to join them and raise my glass. Here is what I wrote, it just had to be done.  I hope you are sitting down but the cost of a pint there was about £7. I nearly fell of my beer.

Over the next few weeks I will tell you about my adventures in Thailand, back to Dubai and finally to the amazing city of Barcelona. 

IRISH VILLAGE

The Irish village

oasis in the hot dessert sun

brick a brac, gifts, souvenirs

Molly Mcguire's knitting shop

I join the boys on the green

their stoney faces

will never change

the sounds of the Dubliners

Clancys, Planxty and all

are swirling round my head 

Father John with his music box

Donny boy played his banjo

with Paddy on Irish drum

The Irish Village

oasis in the hot dessert sun

a smile a pint of Guinness

it very near broke my bank

I'm with the boys on the green

their stony faces

will never change

Fields of Athenry, Carrifergus

Forty shades of green

are swirling round my head

Father John with his music box

Donny boy played his banjo

with Paddy on Irish drum

The Irish Village

laughter and craic was good

much of the black stuff flowing

little Ripley was jigging too

I joined a chorus with the boys

I'm sure I received

a sly little wink

the sounds of the Chieftains

Wolftones and Poges

are swirling round my head

Father John with his music box

Donny boy played his banjo

with Paddy on Irish drum

THE CLANCY BROTHERS - Carrickfergus