LYRICS FROM ALL OUR CDs
Below are the song tracks recorded on our three CD's to date. Click on any song title to display the lyrics to that song.
CD 01 "LIVE BY THE LIFFEY"
A Live recording of the Merry Ploughboys
Released
in January 1997, our first album is now part of CD collections all over
the world, from Akureyri in the north of Iceland to the sunnier climes
of Broome in Western Australia. It includes many of our favourite songs
from down through the years and still proves extremely popular.
20 McNamara's Band / Come into the Parlour / Irish Washerwoman
CD 02 "UNHARNESSED"
Our second album was recorded in the heart of Dublin's
Temple Bar, the symbol of Ireland's dramatic reawakening in the arts and
culture.
The album records for the first time two new songs written by Liam and Donal. For any of you unfamiliar with Dublin city, we recommend you take the "Dublin Pub Crawl" and you'll soon discover why James Joyce pondered if it were possible to cross Dublin without passing a pub!. If you want to really appreciate your leisurely pint, take it at rush hour when the capital's population succumbs to the newest invader, the "Celtic Tiger 'Flu".
01 The winds are singing freedom
04 Jigs - The orphan / The Kesh
CD 03 "MP3"
Twelve years, three albums, three weddings, two babies, our own gig
venue, new musicians and many new friends go to make up the Merry Ploughboys
scrapbook of memories.
So many faces, so many names, so many gigs, unpronounceable places, so many highlights, so many disappointments and so much forgotten. And yet they're still there, the great songs - unshakable - eternal - untainted. Would we do it all again? Ah go on out of that!
08 Reels - Tamlin/The mountail roads