Dublin Gulch

Lyrics

Sarah Daly 
 
O’Brien was a Cavan man, Magee from County Clare
And never in the union breathed such a motley pair.
They worked deep in the Neversweat, dug copper for their pay
Ate hardrock dust for dinner and scorned the light of day-day, scorned the light of day
 
Now, there lived a fair young maiden at the bottom of the mine
Her name was Sarah Daly and the boys thought her so fine.
Her eyes were of the deepest brown with lashes long and fair
Her legs were long and slender and chestnut was her hair-hair and chestnut was her hair
 
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Jack straw knack-a-daw, it’s down into the mine
Once more for Sarah Daly where the sun don’t ever shine
Once more for Sarah Daly where the sun don't ever shine
 
O’Brien wooed the sweet, young lass with tasty sugar lumps
Magee would often pass her by and pinch her on the rump.
The miners sure were smitten with this beautiful colleen
And tied silk ribbons in her hair, red, yellow, blue, and green-green-red, yellow, blue, and green
 
One day, there was a fire, 900 feet below
“Get out,” the foreman shouted and up the men did go.
There were but two that stayed behind, midst timbers and debris
“We’ve got to get our Sarah out,” cried O’Brien and Magee-Magee, cried O’Brien and Magee
 
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At the bottom of the head frame, the miners scrambled free
They hollered out but found no sign of O’Brien and Magee
Through smoke so thick and sooty, they searched the crowd in vain
“They’re lost, they’re lost,” the foreman cried,
“We’ll not see them again-again, we’ll not see them again.”
 
Now,the fellows all concluded sure as the sun above
Magee and Paddy O’Brien were victims of their love
But when the dust had settled, stood a pair of Irish fools
O’Brien and Magee with arms wrapped ‘round a ribboned mule-mule, wrapped ‘round a ribboned mule
 
CHORUS
Jack straw knack-a-daw, it’s down into the mine
Once more for Sarah Daly where the sun don’t ever shine
Once more for Sarah Daly where the sun don't ever shine