Celtic Thunder

[fox69]

"Gaudete"

"Gaudete"


Gaudete, gaudete
Christus est natus
Ex Maria virgine, gaudete [x4]

Tempus adest gratiae
Hoc quod optabamus
Carmina laetitiae
Devote reddamus

Gaudete, gaudete
Christus est natus
Ex Maria virgine, gaudete [x2]

Deus homo factus est
Natura mirante
Mundus renovates est
A Christo regnante

Gaudete, gaudete
Christus est natus
Ex Maria virgine, gaudete [x2]

Ergo nostra contio
Psallat iam in lustro
Benedicat Domino
Salus Regi nostro

Gaudete, gaudete
Christus est natus
Ex Maria virgine, gaudete [x4]

 

[fox69]

"Girls, Girls, Girls"

"Girls, Girls, Girls"


Girls, girls, girls
Girls, girls, girls
Girls, girls, girls
Girls, girls, girls

Well, yellow, red, black or white
Add a little bit of moonlight
For this intercontinental romance
Shy girls, sexy girls
they all like that fancy world
Champagne, a gentle song, a slow dance
Who makes it fun to spend your money?
Who calls you honey most every day?

Girls, girls, girls
Girls, girls, girls

Well, they made ‘em up in Hollywood
And put ‘em into the movies
Those lovely photographic splendors
In and out of magazines
Miss World and beauty queens
Falling in love with the real big spenders.
But although their world may be frantic
They’re still romantic in their own way

So hop on, the world is swinging
Don’t sit and twiddle your thumbs
Get up and meet those pretty girls, girls, girls
Step on, the world keeps swinging
Put on the dazzling charm
Get up and find those pretty girls!

Don’t rush, keep it nice and gentle
And sentimental for that certain moment
Moonlit oceans, girls full of emotions
Stepping on that slow boat to China
And next door in Japan, they know how to please a man
Calling in for tea with my geisha
They’ve got that old-fashioned feeling
When it comes to pleasing, they know their way

So hop on, the world is swinging
Don’t sit and twiddle your thumbs
Get up and meet those pretty girls, girls, girls
Step on, the world keeps swinging
Put on the dazzling charm
Get up and find those pretty girls!

Don’t rush, keep it nice and gentle
And sentimental for that certain moment when you draw back the curtain

So hop on, the world is swinging
Don’t sit and twiddle your thumbs
Get up and meet those pretty girls

Ooh, forever

Girls, girls, girls
Girls, girls, girls

Girls, girls, girls, girls, girls

 

[fox69]

"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"

"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"


God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember, Christ, our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan’s pow’r
When we were gone astray
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
From God, our Heav’nly Father
A blessed angel came
And unto certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same
How that in Bethlehem was born
The Son of God by name
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
And when they came to Bethlehem
Where our dear Savior lay
They found Him in a manger
Where oxen feed on hay
His Mother Mary kneeling down
Unto the Lord did pray
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
Now to the Lord sing praises
All you within this place
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other now embrace
This holy tide of Christmas
All others doth deface
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

 

[fox69]

"Going Home For Christmas"

"Going Home For Christmas"


Going home for Christmas, can't wait to
Be on my way to see once more the folks
I've been missing is long and many a day,
Can't wait to get that old feeling being back
Where I belong, I've saved my fare and I'll
Soon be there, it's Christmas and I'm
Going home.

Going home for Christmas, and the welcome
That's waiting there I'll say goodbye to the lights
Of Broadway fairwell to old Time Square,
Thought my home is plain and simple it's
The place where I was born, and pleeker
Street just can't compete, it's Christmas
And I'm going home.

I've saved my fare, and I'll soon be there ,
It's Christmas and I'm going home.

Going home for Christmas, the way
That it used to be see the candle
Burning there in the window the fairy
Lights on the tree ,hear the laughter
Of the children, see the wonder in there
Eyes bring, on the snow and the mistletoe,
It's Christmas and I'm going home.

So bring on the snow, and the mistletoe,
It's Christmas and I'm going home.

I'm going home.

 

[fox69]

"Gold & Silver Days"

"Gold & Silver Days"


As I sit here by the fireside
I'm turning back the years.
I can hear my mother singing in the morning
As she scrubbed our shining faces
And then packed us off to school.
All too soon those days were over without warning.

[Chorus]
So sing me the songs of our gold and silver days,
Days filled with innocence and light.
Not a penny to our name,
We were happy just the same
In our gold and silver days.

In the parlour on a Friday night,
My father took the floor.
I can hear us join together in the chorus,
Singing "Just a Song at Twilight"
And "The Moon behind the Hill".
Now those voices are all silenced, gone before us.

[Chorus]

We gathered at the Daisy Field
On Sunday afternoon,
And we danced to Johnny Quigley and the Royal.
Through the years we all were scattered,
But our friends were good and true,
Always there when they were needed, always loyal.

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Hail The Hero (Mo Ghile Mear)"

"Hail The Hero (Mo Ghile Mear)"


[Chant continues throughout:]
O-ro, ri na bhfarraige
Ri na bhfarraige
O-ro
O-ro, ri na bhfarraige
Ri na bhfarraige
O-ro
Sé mo laoch mo Ghile Mear
Sé mo Cheasar, Ghile Mear,
Suan ná séan ní bhfuair me féin
Ó chuaidh I gcéin mo Ghile Mear
O-ro, ri na bhfarraige
Ri na bhfarraige
O-ro
Hail the hero, strong and true
Who fought the fight and saw it through
Who swore he ne'er would be a slave
And gave his life, our land to save
Sé mo laoch mo Ghile Mear
Sé mo Cheasar, Ghile Mear,
Suan ná séan ní bhfuair me féin
Ó chuaidh I gcéin mo Ghile Mear
O-ro, ri na bhfarraige
Ri na bhfarraige
O-ro
O-ro, ri na bhfarraige
Ri na bhfarraige
O-ro
From our wild Atlantic shore
Above the mighty ocean's roar
Let's sing from the highest mountainside
Of heroes who fill our hearts with pride
Sé mo laoch mo Ghile Mear
Sé mo Cheasar, Ghile Mear,
Suan ná séan ní bhfuair me féin
Ó chuaidh I gcéin mo Ghile Mear
O-ro, ri na bhfarraige
Ri na bhfarraige
O-ro
Sé mo laoch mo Ghile Mear
Sé mo Cheasar, Ghile Mear,
Suan ná séan ní bhfuair me féin
Ó chuaidh I gcéin mo Ghile Mear

 

[fox69]

"Hallelujah"

"Hallelujah"


Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who out drew ya
It's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not someone who has seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

 

[fox69]

"Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"

"Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"


Tra la la la la la la la
Happy birthday sweet sixteen
Tra la la la la la la la
Happy birthday sweet sixteen
Tonight's the night,
I've waited for
Because you're not a baby any more
You've turned into the prettiest girl I've ever seen
Happy birthday sweet sixteen
What happened to that funny face?
My Little tomboy now wears satin and lace
I can't believe my eyes
You're just a teenage dream
Happy birthday sweet sixteen
When you were only six, I was your big brother
Then when you were ten we didn't like each other
When you were thirteen, you were my funny valentine
But since you've grown up the future is sown up
From now on you're gonna be mine
So, if I should smile with sweet surprise
It's just that you've grown up before my very eyes
You've turned into the prettiest girl I've ever seen
Happy birthday sweet sixteen

Tra la la la la la la la
Happy birthday sweet sixteen

Tra la la la la la la la

Happy birthday sweet sixteen
if I should smile with sweet surprise
It's just that you've grown up before my very eyes
You've turned into the prettiest girl I've ever seen
Happy birthday sweet sixteen
Tra la la la la la la la
Happy birthday sweet sixteen
Tra la la la la la la la
Happy birthday sweet sixteen
Tra la la la la la la la
Happy birthday sweet sixteen

 

[fox69]

"Hard For Me To Say I'm Sorry"

"Hard For Me To Say I'm Sorry"


Everybody needs a little time away
I heard her say
From each other.
Even lovers need a holiday
Far away from each other.

Hold me now
It's hard for me to say I'm sorry.
I just want you to stay.
After all that we've been through
I will make it up to you
I promise to.
After all that's been said and done
You're just a part of me I can't let go.

I couldn't stand being kept away
Not for a day
From your body.
Wouldn't want to be swept away
Far away
From the one that i love.

Hold me now
Its hard for me to say I'm sorry.
I just want you know.

Hold me now
I really want to tell you I'm sorry.
I could never let you go.
After all that weve been through
I will make it up to you.
I promise to.
After all that's been said and done
You're just a part of me I can't let go.

After all that we've been through
I will make it up to you.
I promise to.
After all that's been said and done
You're just a part of me I can't let go.

After all that we've been through
I will make it up to you
I peromise to.
I do.

 

[fox69]

"Harry's Game"

"Harry's Game"


Imtheochaidah soir is siar
a dtainig ariamh
an ghealach is an ghrian

fol lol the doh fol the day
fol the doh, fol the day

Imtheochaidh an ghealach's an ghrian
An Daonine og is a chail 'na dhiadh

fol lol the doh fol the day
fol the doh, fol the day

fol lol the doh fol the day
fol the doh, fol the day

Imtheochaidah a dtainig ariamh
An duine og is a chail ne dhiadh

fol lol the doh fol the day
fol the doh, fol the day

[Translation:]

I will go east and west
(To the places) from whence came
The moon and the sun

The moon and the sun will go
And the young man
With his reputation behind him

I will go wherever he came from-
The young man with his reputation behind him