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The Streets Of New York Lyrics: I was eighteen years old, when I went down to Dublin / With a fistful of money and a cartload of dreams / "Take your time", said me father, "Stop rushing...
Streets of New York Lyrics by Wolfe Tones from the The Anthology of Irish Song album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: I was eighteen years old When I went down to Dublin, With a fistfull of money And a cartload of dreams, Take your …
I was eighteen years old when I went down to DublinWith a fistfull of money and a cartload of dreamsTake your time said me father stop rushing like hellAnd r...
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Then I boarded a train and I caught me a plane, And I found myself back in the U.S. again. It's been twenty-two years since I set foot in Dublin. My kids know to use the correct knife and fork. But I'll never forget the green grass and the rivers, As I keep law and order in the streets of New York.
The Wolfe Tones - Streets of New York Lyrics. I was 18yrs old when I went down to Dublin with a fistful Of money and a cartload of dreams
An opportunity arose when his Uncle Benjy sent for him to join him as a police officer in Brooklyn, New York. On his way there he learned that his Uncle had been shot dead in the line of duty.
And while I was flying my wayto New York, Poor Benjy was lying in a cold city morgue. Well, I called up my old fella, told him the news. I could tell he could hardly stand up in his shoes. And he wept as he told me go ahead with the plan, And not to forget, be a proud Irish man.
