Fish and Chips

          as recorded by James J. Mullan

(Traditional song also known as Anna Liffey and Down By The Liffeyside)

'Twas down by Anna Liffey, me love and I did stray

Amidst the good old slushy mud where sea gulls sport and play

We got a whiff of fish and chips and Mary softly cried

Arrah, John, have a wan and wan down by the Liffeyside

Then off to Moriarity's the pair of us did go

And rapture there that thrilled her so, no poets could endow

We filled ourselves with double wans and Mary softly sighed

I'd live forever, eatin' chips down by the Liffeyside

And on her old melodeon how merrily she'd play

The latest jazz and Yankee tunes that came from Ameri-kay

But when she turned Sinn Feiner I nearly burst with pride

To hear her on the Soldier's Song down by the Liffeyside

Then on some Sunday morning, to Eringale we'll go,

And to our Father Murphy we'll pledge our solemn vow

He'll join our hands in wedlock bands and soon we'll be soon outside

With the whole afternoon for a honeymoon down by the Liffeyside

Then we'll have little children and we'll rear them neat and clean

To stand by dear old Ireland and to rally 'round Sinn Fein

They'll emulate their old man, who England's power defy

Let them all take guns against the Black and Tan down by the Liffeyside