Molly Malone

A traditional Irish song aka “Cockles and Mussels”.
probably from 1850 or before
Old traditional Irish melody
words and music: anonymous
arranged by W. Rhys-Herbert

Lyrics

  1. In Dublin city
    Where the girls they are so pretty
    ‘Twas there I first met with
    Sweet Molly Malone
    She drove a wheelbarrow
    Through streets broad and narrow
    Crying “Cockles and mussels
    Alive all alive”

Chorus
Alive, alive-o! Alive alive-o!
Crying “Cockles and mussels
Alive all alive”

  1. She was a fishmonger
    And that was the wonder
    Her father and mother
    Were fish mongers, too
    They drove wheelbarrows
    Through streets broad and narrow
    Crying “Cockles and mussels
    Alive all alive”
  2. She died of the favor
    And nothing could save her
    And that was the end of
    Sweet Molly Malone
    But her ghost drives a barrow
    Through streets broad and narrow
    Crying “Cockles and mussels
    Alive all alive”

Sung here by Fred Feild: