a popular song from 1915
words and music by Stanley Murphy
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Michael Shea he marched away
With the Dublin Fusiliers
An’ he left the town in cheers
But he left his girl in tears
But in the rattle of the battle
Michael stood his test
An’ he won a “Sargent’s” uniform
An’ a medal on his chest
He got a two month’s furlough
An’ he started on his way
His Irish eyes a dancin’
As the Boys all heard him say
Chorus
Goodbye! I’m on my way
to dear old Dublin Bay
That’s why I’m feelin’ gay
For oh! I know sweet Molly O.
My colleen, fair to see
Is waitin’ there for me
Her heart with love a bubble-in’
On Dublin Bay
- Michael Shea reached Dublin Bay
When the spring was in the air
An’ he found his colleen fair
An’ he hugged her like a bear
He took her down to Dublin town
An’ Father John Malloy
Tied a double-in know right on the spot
For Molly and her boy
Then on an Irish jauntin’ car
Beside her bold gossoon
She learned to sing this chorus
By the risin’ o’ the moon
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: