Killybegs Lyrics - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

My heart was warm with family love as I slipped into a chair 

Beside my uncle john, my daughters 'cross the table there 

I'd walked the docks in misty rain, a pain was in my legs 

But I'd seen the dream of kinsmen in the boats of killybegs 

The banter of my uncle and my daughters filled the air and the gunning brothers? next to us were glad that we were there 

I was kind of quiet listening at the window ledge 

For the music of the harbor, the birds of killybegs 

Down the coast not far was galway land of joys and kinnamar? at their supper and asleep we would visit? there tomorrow 

I worried if my words would e'er be sung by irishmen 

Or out here on the docks? ? 

Like the fish of killybegs 

A radio was playing though we never heard a word 

But the rhythm of the music was familiar if absurd and harkning intensity? for silence did I beg 

Oh what a song was playing in the air of killybegs 

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I couldn't quite believe it for it sounded rather strange 

The instruments were different and the key had been changed 

I reached to turn the volume up then teetered on my legs 

A girl from tipperary sang my song in killybegs 

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