THE DONOVAN'S
From the film "Top O' The Morning"
(Francis Fahy / Alicia Adelaide Needham)

Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald & Ann Blyth (Film Soundtrack) - 1949
Bing Crosby - 1949



Well if you would like to see
The height of hospitality
The cream of kindly welcome
And the core of cordiality
The joys of all the olden times
You're wishin' to recall again
Come down to Donovan's
And there you'll meet them all again

Oh, céad mile fáilte
They'll greet you down at Donovan's
As cheery as the springtime
As Irish as the conovan
The wish of my heart is
If ever I had anyone
That ev'ry luck that lightens life
May light upon the Donovan

As soon as e're you lift the latch
The little ones are meetin' you
And as soon as you're beneath the thatch
Kindly looks are greetin' you
Scarcely are you ready
To be holdin' out the ??????????
When down by the fireside
You're sittin' in the midst of them

(Oh, céad mile fáilte)
(They greet you at Donovan's)
As cheery as the springtime
As Irish as the conovan
(The wish of my heart is)
(If ever I had anyone)
That ev'ry luck that lightens life
May light upon the Donovan

(Hey!)

(Hey! Hey!)

(Hey!)

(Donovan's!)

Well, then when you rise to go it's
"Hah, hah, hah, now then, sit down again"
"Isn't it a haste you're in" and
"Won't you soon come round again, hmmmm"
Your cobeen and your overcoat
You'd better pull it stray from them
T'will take you all your time to try
And tear yourself away from them

Oh, céad mile fáilte
They'll greet you down at Donovan's
As cheery as the springtime
As Irish as the conovan
The wish of my heart is
If ever I had anyone
That ev'ry luck that lightens life
May light upon the Donovan

That ev'ry luck that lightens life
May light upon the Donovan

(Hey!)

Donovan's!



(Transcribed by Kitty & Mel Priddle - August 2006)