Oh, the lights shone down on Broadway. They lit up old Times Square. When we waltzed like Fred and Ginger. All along the great White Way. . But you never said that ultimately.
Oh, I see you lookin' from the corner of your eye. As I put on me make-up, hoist me skirt up high. I won't be comin' home tonight, just so as you know.
If it's all so far behind me why does it seem like yesterday. The lark in the morning, your auld lad tossin' hay. The ferry in the harbor dancing jigs upon the waves.
I don't know why it all fell apart. I was too young, you were too smart. I guess you knew. It was goin' nowhere right from the start. . But your memory brings a smile.
Oh, me name, it is Sam Hall, chimney sweep, chimney sweep. Oh, me name, it is Sam Hall, chimney sweep. Oh, me name, it is Sam Hall and I hate you one and all.
Another sleepless night. On a foreign shore. Candle flickers by my bed. Locks bolt my door. . I drink too much wine. But it gives my brain relief. Stops the meanderings.
One starry night as I lay sleepin'. One starry night as I lay in bed. Dreamed I heard wagon wheels a'creakin'. When I awoke, love, found you had fled.
One evening while out strollin' a friend. I chanced to see. He was begging behind a bottle. On Spring and Bowery. . He said, "I got some news for you.
Izzy was a tailor down the lower east side. The very man to top you off with dignity and pride. His mother wanted him to marry a Katz from Houston Street.
She fell hard for a Celtic rocker. Turned her whole life upside down. Her old man don't know what to do with her. Out drinkin' Guinness, buyin' her own round.
I stole some butter to put on my bread. A crime against God, king and parliament. No fancy lawyer to defend my case. So I was sentenced at the Mayo Assizes.