A popular song from 1915
Words by Joe Young
Music by Bert Grant
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Said Pat McGee, “now listen to me,
I’ve heard you fellows brag about your beauties over here,
And the girls you love so dear.
They may be swell, that’s all very well, at wearing fancy clothes.
But I’d a queen, a fair colleen, as sweet as any rose.
Oh, laddy buck, oh, laddy buck, think of my repose.”
Chorus
Along the rocky road to Dublin
We were swinging along, singing a song.
With joy me heart was bubblin’ with Cordelia by me side,
Sure, every time I’d look in her roguish eyes of Irish blue,
I couldn’t help but feel very proud that I was Irish too.
All me thoughts of dear old Dublin
Seem to carry me back to a rickety shack.
How I’d love to be there once again.
Just like before, sure, only to love Cordelia more
Along the rocky road to Dublin.
Verse 2
The lakes and dells and old wishing wells
We passed along the road among the shamrock covered hills
Always filled our hearts with thrills;
And all the while we sat on a stile
We kissed and kissed and kissed;
For whisper, lad, the heart she had was bigger than your fist.
Oh, laddy buck, oh, laddy buck, think of what you missed.
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: