Holy Ground - Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem

THE HOLY GROUND

Fare thee well my lovely Dinah, a thousand times adieu
For we're going away from the Holy Ground and the girls we all loved true
And we'll sail the salt sea over, but we'll return for sure
To greet again the girls we loved, on the Holy Ground once more (fine girl you are)

Chorus:
You're the girl I do adore and still I live in hopes to see
The Holy Ground once more (fine girl you are)

And now the storm is raging and we are far from shore
And the good old ship is tossing about and the rigging is all tore
And the secret of my mind, I think you're the girl I do adore
For soon we live in hopes to see the Holy Ground once more (fine girl you are)

Chorus

And now the storm is over and we are safe and well
We'll go into a public house and we'll sit and drink like hell
We'll drink strong ale and porter and we'll make the rafters roar
And when our money is all spent, we'll go to sea once more (fine girl you are)

Chorus

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[tazzdevil24]

Rest in Peace. A great fan I was of his and the dubs and all the rest. Greetings from America!

[Rikki0]

I love the way Tommy and Paddy hardly ever moved, but Tom and Liam could never stand still. I so regret never having had the opportunity to attended one of their concerts.

[Bualadhcraicinn]

F'kin Brilliant :)

[djmikeyo09]

love those irish songs.

[scouse lad]

Fine girl you are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....i bet not many know this but the Holy Ground is about working girls back in Ireland..i once heard our local parish priest sing it lol......

[anthonysm19]

Fantastic rousing song..my dads favourite on a saturday night..i was lucky to see them in the 80's and never forgot it...thanks for uploading it.

[4077potter]

rest in peace thank-you god for so good men

[jollygreengiant1092]

0 dislikes, as it should be

[Moneybox730]

countinng down to the festival' best week of the year'

[FreedomSaoirse]

If only my Father was alive

[pj3679]

i have had this song on a cassette tape i recorded off the radio back in 1986 i listened to it so much, i finally saved it as mp3 back in 1997 and burn the cassette to cd great song

[257493]

it was recorded in the ulster hall in belfast at about 1980 .it is on dvd called clancy brothers reunion