Anna Liffey Lyrics - Singles - Dubliners

Anna Liffey 

'Twas down by Anna Liffey 

My love and I did stray 

Where in the good old slushy mud 

The seagulls sport and play 

We've got the whiff of ray and chips 

And Mary softly sighed 

Oh John won't you come, 

For a wan and wan 

Down by the Liffey side 

Well up along by George's Street 

The loving pair did view 

And Mary swanked it like a queen 

In a skirt of navy blue 

Her hat was newly turned 

And her blouse was newly dyed 

So you couldn't bate her amber locks 

Down by the Liffey side 

And on her old melodeon 

How sweetly could she play 

She played goodbye and do not sigh 

And down by Texas Way 

And when she turned Sinn Feiner 

I nearly burst with pride 

For to hear her sing the 'Soldier's song' 

Down by the Liffey side 

On Sunday morning to Meath Street 

Together we will go 

And up to Father Murphy there 

We both will make our vow 

He'll join our hands in wedlock bands 

And soon we'll be outside 

For a whole afternoon on our honeymoon 

Down by the Liffey side