Celtic Thunder

[fox69]

"Ave Maria"

"Ave Maria"


Ave Maria
Gratia plena
Dominus tecum

Benedicta tu in mulieribus
Et benedictus fructus ventris
Tui, Jesus
Sancta Maria

Mater Dei
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus
Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae
Amen

 

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"Away In A Manger"

"Away In A Manger"


Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus lay His sweet head
The stars in the bright sky looked down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay

The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes
But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes
I love thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky
And stay by my side until morning is nigh

Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask thee to stay
Close by me forever and love me, I pray
Bless all the dear children in thy tender care
And fill us forever to live with thee there

 

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"Baby, It's Cold Outside"

"Baby, It's Cold Outside"


I really can't stay
Baby, it's cold outside
I've got to go away
Baby, it's cold outside

This evening has been
Been hoping that you'd drop in
So very nice
I'll hold your hands, they're just like ice

My mother will start to worry
Beautiful words you're humming
And father will be pacing the floor
Listen to the fireplace roar

So really I'd better scurry
Sweetheart, what's you're hurry?
Well, maybe just a half a drink more
Why don't you put some records on while I pour

The neighbors might think
But baby, it's bad out there
Say, what's in this drink?
No cabs to be had out there

I wish I knew how
Your eyes are like starlight now
To break the spell
I'll take your hat, your hairs looks swell

I ought to say no, no, no sir
Mind if I move a little closer?
At least I'm gonna say that I tried
What's the sense in hurting my pride?

I really can't stay
Baby, don't hold out
Oh, but it's cold outside

I simply must go
Baby it's cold outside
The answer is no
But baby it's cold out there

The welcome has been
How lucky that you dropped in
So nice and warm
Look out the window at that storm

My sister will be suspicious
Girl, your lips look delicious
My brother will be there at the door
Like waves upon a tropical shore

My maiden aunt's mind is vicious
Oh, baby, you're so delicious
Well, maybe just a cigarette more
Never such a blizzard before

I got to get home
Oh baby, you'll freeze out there
Say, lend me a coat
It's up to your knees out there

You've really been grand
I'm thrilled when you touch my hand
Why don't you see?
How can you do this thing to me?

There's bound to be talk tomorrow
Making my lifelong sorrow
At least there will be plenty implied
If you caught pneumonia and died

I really can't stay
Get over that hold out
Ah, but it's cold outside
Baby, it's cold outside

Come on, stay a little longer
Okay

I really can't stay
Baby, it's cold outside
I've got to go away

 

[fox69]

"Bad Bad Leroy Brown"

"Bad Bad Leroy Brown"


Well the South side of Chicago
Is the baddest part of town
And if you go down there
You better just beware
Of a man named Leroy Brown

Now Leroy more than trouble
You see he stand 'bout six foot four
All the downtown ladies call him Treetop Lover
All the men just call him Sir

[Chorus:]
And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

Now Leroy he a gambler
And he like his fancy clothes
And he like to wave his diamond rings
In front of everybody's nose
He got a custom Continental
He got an Eldorado too
He got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun
He got a razor in his shoe

[Repeat Chorus]

Now Friday 'bout a week ago
Leroy shootin' dice
And at the edge of the bar
Sat a girl named Doris
And oo that girl looked nice
Well he cast his eyes upon her
And the trouble soon began
Cause Leroy Brown learned a lesson
Bout messin' with the wife of a jealous man

[Repeat Chorus]

Well the two men took to fighting
And when they pulled them off the floor
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle
With a couple of pieces gone

[Repeat Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Because We Believe"

"Because We Believe"


Guarda fuori e’gia’mattina
Questo e’un giorno che ricorderai
Alzati in fretta e vai
C’e chi crede in te
Non ti arrendere

Once in every life
There comes a time
We walk out all alone
And into the light
The moment won’t last but then,
We remember it again
When we close our eyes.

Like stars across the sky
E per a vincere
Tu dovrai vincere
We were born to shine
All of us here because we believe

Guarda avanti e non voltarti mai
Accarezza con i sogni tuoi
Le tue speranze e poi
Verso il giorno che verra
C’e un traguardo la

Like stars across the sky
E per a vincere
Tu dovrai vincere
We were born to shine
All of us here because we believe

Non arrenderti
Qualcuno e con te

Like stars across the sky
We were born to shine
E per a vincere
Dovrai vincere
E allora vincerai

 

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"Black Is The Color"

"Black Is The Color"


Black is the color of my true love's hair;
Her lips are like some roses fair;
She's got the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands,
And I love the ground whereon she stands.

I love my love, and well she knows.
I love the ground whereon she goes.
I wish the day, it soon would come;
When she and I could be as one.

For black is the color of my true love's hair;
Her lips are like some roses fair (Some roses fair);
She's got the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands,
And I love the ground whereon she stands.

I go to Clyde, and I mourn and weep;
For satisfied, I never can be.
And I write her a letter, just a few short lines;
And suffer death, a thousand times!

For black is the color of my true love's hair;
Her lips are like red roses fair (Red roses fair);
She's the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands,
And I love the ground (ground) whereon she stands! (stands)

For black is the color of my true love's hair;
Her lips are like red roses fair (Red roses fair);
She's the sweetest smile (smile) and the gentlest hands,
And I love the ground (ground) whereon she stands! (stands)

For black is the color of my true love's hair!

 

[fox69]

"Black Velvet Band"

"Black Velvet Band"


In a neat little town they call Belfast
Apprentice to trade I was bound
And many an hour sweet happiness
I spent in that neat little town

Till a sad misfortune came over me
Which caused me to stray from this land
Far away from me friends and relations
Betrayed by the black velvet band

I took a stroll with that pretty fair maid
When a gentleman passes me by
I knew that she had the doing in him
By that look in her rovish black eye

A gold watch she took from his pocket
And placed it right into my hand
The very next thing I said was
Bad luck to the black velvet band

Her eyes they shown like diamonds
I thought her the queen of the land
And her hair hung over her shoulders
Tied up with a black velvet band

Before the judge and the jury
Next morning I had to appear
The judge he said to me
Young lad, your case it is proven clear

We'll go seven years penal servitude
And take you away from this land
Far away from me friends and relations
Betrayed by the black velvet band

Her eyes they shown like diamonds
I thought her the queen of the land
And her hair hung over her shoulders
Tied up with a black velvet band

So come all ye jolly young fellas
Who warning, take by me
When you are out in the town, me lads
Be aware of them pretty colleens

For they'll feed you with strong drink me lads
Till you are unable to stand
And the very next thing you know is that
You've landed in Van Diemen's land

Her eyes they shown like diamonds
I thought her the queen of the land
And her hair hung over her shoulders
Tied up with a black velvet band

Her eyes they shown like diamonds
I thought her the queen of the land
And her hair hung over her shoulders
Tied up with a black velvet band

 

[fox69]

"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"

"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"


Don't take your love away from me
Don't you leave my heart in misery
If you go then I'll be blue
'Cause breaking up his hard to do

Remember when you held me tight
And you kissed me all through the night
Think of all that we've been through
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

They say that breaking up is hard to do
Now I know, I know that it's true
Don't say that this is the end
Instead of breaking up I wish that we were making up again

I beg of you, don't say goodbye
Can't we give our love another try
Come on baby, let's start a new
'Cause breaking up is hard to do

 

[fox69]

"Brothers In Arms"

"Brothers In Arms"


These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms
Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your sufferin'
As the battles raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms
There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones
Now the sun's gone to hell
And, the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the star light
And every line on your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

 

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"Buachaill Ón Eirne"

"Buachaill Ón Eirne"


Buachaill o'n Eirne me 's bhreagfainn calin deas og
Ni iarrfainn bo spre lei ta me fhein saibhir go leor
'S liom Corcaigh da mheid e dha thaobh a' ghleanna 's Tir Eoghain
'S mura n-athrai me beasai 's me n' t-oidhr' ar Chontae Mhaigh Eo

Come by the hills to the land where fancy is free
And stand where the peaks meet the sky and the lochs meet the sea
Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold in the sun
And the cares of tomorrow can wait 'til this day is done

Come by the hills to the land where life is a song
And stand where the birds fill the air with their joy all day long
Where the trees sway in time and even the wind sings in tune
And the cares of tomorrow can wait 'til this day is done

Come by the hills to the land where legends remain
And the stories of old fill the heart and may yet come again
Where the past has been lost and the future is still to be won
And the cares of tomorrow can wait 'til this day is done