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the man who came in from the dark - john spillane lyrics

[verse 1]
john reilly was a traveling man from round the town of boyle
he chanted a store of ancient song of lords and ladies royal
a milk*white steed in the smoky firelight
went a*galloping away with a golden spark

[refrain]
“the raggle*taggle gypsy” sang john reilly
the man who came in from the dark
ring a dum a dero, ring dum a didero
ring a dum a dero, ring a dum doh

[verse 2]
john reilly was a travelin’ man
he mended the kettle and he mended the pan
he chanted the tale of old lord baker
who sailed away to turkеy land
the well below thе valley o
he chanted as clear as the morning lark

[refrain]
“the raggle*taggle gypsy” sang john reilly
the man who came in from the dark
ring a dum a dero, ring dum a didero
ring a dum a dero, ring a dum doh
[verse 3]
well the scholars and the song collectors
they could scarce believe their ears
to hear john reilly chanting ballads
that they thought had long since disappeared
the golden treasure of the traveling people
around the campfire glows a spark

[refrain]
“i’m a raggle*taggle gypsy” says john reilly
the man who came in from the dark
ring a dum a dero, ring dum a didero
ring a dum a dero, ring a dum doh

[chorus]
with your rí rá ruaille, mainistir na búile
dream tincéiri, dream tincéirí
mise ‘gus a tusa ‘gus a ruball na muice
rí rá ruaille, mainistir na búile
fíon agus beoir for the feen and the beour
the coonya, the soobla, the rí rá ruaille
mainistir na búile

[verse 4]
john reilly made a famous record
a famous record called “the bonny green tree”
all annotated and collated
by a lovely man called tom munnelly
young christy moore he came down hunting
and a hungry hunter for a ballad was he
recorded the songs of ol’ john reilly
with a raggle*taggle band that they call planxty
[refrain]
ring a dum a dero, ring dum a didero
ring a dum a dero, ring a dum doh

[verse 5]
here’s a health to the people of old roscommon
no finer folk will you anywhere find
to the grehan sisters and the old sheepstealers
for they treated him well and they treated him kind
here’s a health to the songs of old john reilly
the man who came in from the dark
to the milk*white steed in the smoky firelight
galloping away with a golden spark

[refrain]
ring a dum a dero, ring dum a didero
ring a dum a dero, ring a dum doh
ring a dum a dero, ring dum a didero
ring a dum a dero, ring a dum doh

- john spillane lyrics

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