I'M ON MY WAY TO DUBLIN
(Stanley Murphy)


The Peerless Quartet - 1915
The Hayden Sisters - 1915




Michael Shea he marched away with the Dublin Fusiliers
And he left the town in cheers, but he left his girl in tears
But in the rattle of the battle, Michael stood his test
And he won a Sergeant's uniform and a medal on his chest
He got a two month's furlough and he started on his way
His Irish eyes a dancin' as the Boys heard him say


Goodbye! I'm on my way to dear old Dublin Bay
That's why I'm feelin' gay
For oh! I know sweet Molly-O
My colleen, fair to see, is waiting there for me
Her heart with love a bubblin'
On Dublin Bay


Michael Shea reached Dublin Bay when the spring was in the air
And he found his colleen fair, and he hugged her like a bear
He took her down to Dublin town and Father John Malloy
Tied a doublin' knot right on the spot for Molly and her boy
Then on an Irish jaunting car beside her bold gossoon
She learned to sing this chorus by the risin' o' the moon


Goodbye! I'm on my way to dear old Dublin Bay
That's why I'm feelin' gay
For oh! I know sweet Molly-O
My colleen, fair to see, is waiting there for me
Her heart with love a bubblin'
On Dublin Bay


Goodbye! I'm on my way to dear old Dublin Bay
That's why I'm feelin' gay
For oh! I know sweet Molly-O
My colleen, fair to see, is waiting there for me
Her heart with love a bubblin'
On Dublin Bay



(Contributed by  - July 2007)