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lyrics
Hares run free on the Wicklow mountains,
Wild geese fly and the foxes play,
Sporting Wicklow boys are working,
Driving a tunnel through the London clay.
Up with the shields and jack it! Ram it!
Drive a tunnel through the London clay.
Lough Derg trout grow fat and lazy,
Salmon sport in Cushla bay;
And fishermen from Connemara
Drive a tunnel through the London clay.
Chorus
The curragh rots on the Achill Island,
Tourists walk on the Newport quay;
The Mayo boys have all gone roving,
Digging a tunnel through the London clay.
Chorus
The Carlow girls are fine and handsome,
All decked out so neat and gay;
The Carlow boys don't come to court 'em
They're driving a tunnel through the London clay.
Chorus
Down in the dark are the tunnel tigers
Far from the sun and the light of day;
Down in the land that the sea once buried,
Driving a tunnel through the London clay.
Chorus x2
credits
from Mossy Nolan,
track released March 3, 2012
Written by Ewan McColl *Arrangement by Mossy Nolan
Published by Harmony Music Ltd.
Engineered by Mossy Nolan & Colm mcgowan
at StableSounds, Daars, Sallins, Co. Kildare
Acoustic guitar & Vocals by Mossy Nolan
Bodhrán by Philip King
Upright Bass by Cian Murphy
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