Women of Ireland (Barry Lindon) Songtext
von Carlos Núñez

There′s a woman in Erin who'd give me shelter and my fill of ale;
There′s a woman in Ireland who'd prefer my strains to strings being played;
There's a woman in Eirinn and nothing would please her more
Than to see me burning or in a grave lying cold.


There′s a woman in Eirinn who′d be mad with envy if I was kissed
By another on fair-day, they have strange ways, but I love them all;
There are women I'll always adore, battalions of women and more
And there′s this sensuous beauty and she shackled to an ugly boar.

There's a woman who promised if I′d wander with her I'd find some gold
A woman in night dress with a loveliness worth more than the woman
Who vexed Ballymoyer and the plain of Tyrone;
And the only cure for my pain I′m sure is the ale-house down the road.