Dubliners, The - Dicey Reilly Lyrics






[Chorus:]
Oh poor old Dicey Reilly she has taken to the sup
Oh poor old Dicey Reilly she will never give it up
For it's off each morning to the pop
And then she's in for another little drop
For the heart of the rowl is Dicey Reilly

[Chorus]

Oh she walks along Fitzgibbon street with an independent air
And then it's down be Summerhill and as the people stare
She says it's nearly half past one, and it's time I had another little one
Ah the heart of the rowl is Dicey Reilly

[Chorus]

Long years ago when men were men and fancied May Oblong
Or lovely Beckie Cooper or Maggie's Mary Wong
One woman put them all to shame, just one was worthy of the name
And the name of the dame was Dicey Reilly

[Chorus]

Oh but time went catching up on her like many pretty whores
And it's after you along the street before you're out the door
The balance weighed and they looks all fade, but out of all that great brigade
Still the heart of the rowl is Dicey Reilly

[Chorus]





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  1. S.... M....

    irish and proud love these legends

  2. p.... A....

    HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020 TO ALL MY FELLOW IRISH FRIENDS AND FAMILY, Wishing you all a year filled with Love luck success health and happiness. 💋
    New year new decade, new year years resolutions, I wonder how many will be broken by the end of January... 😜

  3. Y.... ....

    Premarital sex in Ireland? Are you sure?

  4. �.... p....

    So good to be irish🍺

  5. D.... P....

    Forever I will The Dubliners

  6. D.... P....

    Ronnie das a fantastic man. Incredible!!!

    D.... P....

    Forever I Love The Dubliners.

  7. J.... i....

    A song about a whore - great culture Mickville

  8. J.... P....

    RICH OLD DICEY RILLEY GD LOVE HER TAKEN A SUP TRUST ME IN CANBERRA THEY ALWAYS F UP SO RONNIE AND ALL I LOVE YOUR STYLE THE AULD TRIANGLE WHY IS A BON BONO IDIOT ADORED???????????????????????????????????,WELL IRISH IS TRENDY CW]ETIC TOO FTW THE HELL LEAVE ALL TO CHRISTE MOORE,SORRY SPELL CJ+HECK WHOM GIVES A HECK??????????????????????

  9. B.... W....

    Who are these performers?

  10. f.... ....

    Спасибо тебе, Ронни, из России. Россия и Ирландия братья!

  11. J.... P....

    dublinrareoldtimes did my best and all for one one for all keeping the traditions alive is better that residing like hide and seek in our capitol CANBERRA CAN THE BERRA AND THE GREAT PEOPLE THE CORRS WELL LISTEN LIKE BUT DO NOT SLIGHT,FOR THAT ALSO IS A BLIGHT.

  12. J.... P....

    I DUD THEE A GREAT BAND OF MUSICAL GENIUS LINERS WELL OCEANS ARE BIG AND IF THE SHIP DOES ROLL OVER I WOULD NOT BE FURIOUS,DAVEY AND FIN WELL THOSE WERE GREAT ALBUMS.I GREW UP IN A ACE WHERE ww1 ww11 WAS A FACT NOT FICTION AT ALL.I DO LOVE THAT THESE SONGS ,BALLARDS OR FROM EARLIER TIMES BUT NOW 2019 IT IS HARDER TO GET TO IRELAND SCOTLAND WHERE MY FAMILY WERE FROM,DO NOT GET ME WRONG BUT SADLY MY NANNA 106 STILL DOING OKAY ??? I THAT PEOPLE LIKE CHRISTIE MOORE OH MORE SHOULD KEEP THE GREAT SONGS GOING AND I SUPPOSE AS GINUS IRISH MIST RING AROUND A ROSIE SIMPLE LYRICS BUT LEST WE FORGET I THANK ALL,YEP 2019 AND TIME HEALS WOUNDS THEY SAY TIME TAKES THE PAIN AWAY IT WILL OR COULD HAPPEN BUT ODDS 90 10 LOVE THIS MUSIC AND IF AT A CONCERT IF A GREAT IRISH MAN ASKS SING YOU SHOULD IT IS NOT POLITE.

  13. S.... W....

    What I love so much is that every song is a story, very rare if any and not as well done.

  14. j.... w....

    R.I.P. Ronnie

  15. p.... ....

    pretty sure Ronnie Drew was a genius.

  16. P.... S....

    THE BEST

  17. A.... ....

    We need more Dicey Riley's in this world!!!!

  18. J.... F....

    I love Ronnie Drew

  19. s.... i....

    Loved Dubliners since 1986 last and absolute best plate !!!!!

  20. J.... ....

    More guitars! More guitars!

  21. G.... H....

    I’m from England let me tell you thr Irish people are the greatest people on earth long live the Irish love you all

  22. G.... S....

    You can’t beat ole Ronnie.

  23. E.... N....

    The EU UN all Zionist media, tech companies NGOs and borderless charities must be disbanded for Ireland to keep our IRISH cultural heritage identity and have a peaceful future for our children.

  24. K.... D....

    Simply the best. proud of my Irish roots and proud of the music this wonderful land has produced.

  25. B.... B....

    10 years today. RIP

  26. H.... M....

    That English man dicey reilly knows us all for pay but he looks like a market man not a celt with a jig, to me anyway

  27. A.... G....

    Some of those ladies were teaching those fellas how to read, write or dance properly with a lady. IJS

  28. I.... R....

    Here's to those old days & guys !

  29. N.... M....

    The United

  30. F.... F....

    And DA CAPO!

  31. F.... F....

    O'Reilly!

  32. F.... F....

    And this is a political effence... Do ya recognize this court? Beautiful YA DUBLIN!

  33. D.... A....

    What does the man in the audience say?

  34. K.... I....

    There's always one wanker mouthing off at a gig.

  35. L.... B....

    Rip legend 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

  36. a.... m....

    god bless em all

  37. b.... ....

    I wish I could have the opportunity to see these men live.

  38. C.... S....

    What was shouted from the crowd ???
    I couldn't hear x

  39. C.... G....

    love it truth..will out god bless

  40. S.... S....

    Love the Dubliners

  41. M.... W....

    never come again to sing like these legendary men

  42. A.... M....

    The irish are good people

  43. J.... O....

    the words of the song:

    Oh poor old Dicey Reilly, she has taken to the sup
    And poor old Dicey Reilly, she will never give it up
    It's off each morning to the pop that she goes in
    for another little drop
    But the heart of the rowl is Dicey Reilly

    She will walk along Fitzgibbon Street with an independent air
    And then its down by Summerhill, and as the people stare
    She'll say, "It's nearly half passed one
    Time I went in for another little one
    But the heart of the rowl is Dicey Reilly
    Now at two, pubs close and out she goes as happy as a lark
    She'll find a bench to sleep it off at St. Patrick's Park
    She'll wake at five feeling in the pink
    And say, "Tis time for another drink
    But the heart of the rowl is Dicey Reilly

    Now she'll travel far to a dockside bar to have another round
    And after one or two or three she doesn't feel quite so sound
    After four she's a bit unstable
    After five underneath the table
    But the heart of the rowl is Dicey Reilly

    Oh they carry her home at twelve o'clock as they do every night
    Bring her inside, put her on the bed and then turn out the light
    Next morning she'll get out of bed
    And look for a cure for her head
    But the heart of the rowl is Dicey Reilly

  44. S.... L....

    I went to the concert of Dubliners in September 2002 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. What a fantastic experience, thank you for the stories and the music, guys!

  45. I.... F....

    Amazing Ronnie was so great ever adore HIm ever thank you

  46. c.... g....

    Absolutely Fantastic Beautiful Mesmerising Timeless,this is what you call music.

  47. J.... V....

    Irish music will live for ever, althuogh almost all of the died already

  48. R.... S....

    "Deal with that fella" 😂

  49. G.... K....

    What characters... Ronnie and co. Legends (rip) 🙏 🎶 ☺ ✌️ 🇮🇪

  50. S.... N....

    Fuck the insane English establishment, who believed that they could subdue the spirit of the Irish People. They still believe it in the North but that clock is ticking........

  51. b.... b....

    kelly was way better

  52. L.... D....

    Could listen to this morning noon and night ..R IP Ronnie D x

  53. D.... M....

    Our day will come! Ireland leads the world in song, the spirit of democratic freedom and the determination to see it through!

  54. S.... N....

    I refuse to recognise the shithole in Westmonster that supposedly governs my country.....SCOTLAND. I also refuse to recognise the Westmonster shithole's authority in the REAL Ireland, EIRE.

  55. N.... G....

    Ronnie is the boss

    N.... G....

    he sounded like a shithead there . I am tak=lking of Ronnie . not too educated I guess

  56. c.... b....

    Morgan Freeman who ? Perfect Narrator Voice

  57. C.... 1....

    I’m honoured to share the same second name with this lady!

  58. S.... O....

    How can anyone replace this true wonderful true Irish gentleman, thank you for the happiness you have
    Given to my sad life. Best wishes from Stan Orr, p

    S.... O....

    You can't..

  59. F.... M....

    I like that you tell us the date in the description! :P

  60. m.... d....

    Legend, too true.

  61. C.... A....

    I love how Ronnie Drew told that guy that interrupted him to shut up.

  62. D.... G....

    I love that tune and the Dubliners singers great singers.

  63. S.... ....

    Didn't know George R.R. Martin was in The Dubliners

  64. A.... K....

    whoever down-voted this is wrong.

  65. J.... ....

    God Bless Ronnie, a beard ta be proud of...

  66. E.... O....

    its the dubliners singing what more needs to be said to get people to like the video

  67. P.... M....

    Woof woof

  68. E.... R....

    Erin Go Bragh.

  69. a.... ....

    Spoke to him by phone from here in the States a day or so before he died. He was in hospital. Told him I enjoyed being his guest for dinner in Ireland at his home in Ireland along with his wife Diedre back in 1997. Great guy, great spirit, real man.

  70. N.... K....

    Nana Mac Kenna, sucked crewbeans, was the wisper, imagine she was the 'heart of the round' twas a queer ting, sure i was only a babee, not sure if the dog jumped the window, or the wee wan t'was cast out the window, sure, to be sure , din't we all fall on our heads

  71. f.... ....

    Is that George R R Martin on the left ?

  72. C.... O....

    at the start I thought he was singing

  73. P.... B....

    Brilliant

  74. m.... C....

    It is sad that Ronnie drew died you and Ronnie were my favorite singer

  75. G.... J....

    Haha he was such a class act.

  76. m.... s....

    Ronnie Drew was a genius. I loved that voice of his. He and Johnny Cash should had teamed up for at least one recording. God bless him.

    m.... s....

    I will always and forever hope that should I make it to heaven, I'm met at the nearest pub with those two making the rafters roar.

  77. m.... s....

    For Marc. Two thumbs up and your right.

  78. �.... �....

    Ronnie Drew RIP/From Russia with love

  79. J.... K....

    .... just a reminder, there are still lots of Dicey Riley's in Dublin these days......

    (so I am told).

    J.... K....

    John Kavan

    J.... K....

    John Kavanagh
    How sad.
    Our dream would be that All women found themselves peace and happiness with loving families and children to take care of and be taken care of.
    Ireland is right now attempting to follow in the footsteps of her European sisters in their abandoning of Christ and his law of Love. It will go no better for her than it has for them. Nay, perhaps even worse we might say.
    Sad. The path of Christ is free to take part of and when done with sincerity leads only to more happiness and freedom fom the New World Order.
    A wise man learns from his mistakes. An even wiser man learns from the mistakes of others.

  80. J.... K....

    Lacks the energy and pace of his earlier years but still a lovely echo of old Dublin.

  81. g.... s....

    Great stuff

  82. S.... M....

    Does anyone know what the guy in the crowd shouts out?

  83. N.... B....

    Ladies of dubious, impermanent, and expensive affection

  84. T.... M....

    Miss you Ronnie :( Greetings from Istanbul.

  85. R.... W....

    bigger than a legend RIP

  86. S.... B....

    Menacing, when he addresses the heckler - he's clearly had a few whiskys

    S.... B....

    do fck off troll

    S.... B....

    What did Simon say Rob? ya short fused Bowsie. Have a little one and take a sleep before you throw a tantrum.
    X

    S.... B....

    that is your opinion bit ch

  87. J.... W....

    Absolute gem of a clip.

  88. Y.... H....

    can anyone write here what Ronnie says in the whole story? I love him a lot but can barely understand what he says...

    Y.... H....

    He really is rather hard to understand for non-Irish listeners... I don't catch every word correctly, either, but that's about it: When the guy in the audience shouts, he says they'd normally deal very roughly with that guy in a public house. And when everyone laughs, he adds, and that guy would give a witty answer, like "last time I saw a mouth like that it had a hook in" or something. Then he tells the audience to shut up, and starts to tell the story again. Which is, back before credit cards, you had to pay cash for things, especially when dealing with the ladies who sold things you can't buy in a shop. Well, can now, probably, but couldn't then. Then he changes subjects slightly, and goes on about courts and judges. The judges were British, and everybody brought before them, always said that they don't recognize the court on political grounds, or something like that. They were very convivial judges - convivial being another word for piss artist. So they came back from a very convivial weekend just before they had to deal with one of these ladies, and the judge talking to her wanted to shorten things so he could go and find a cure (i.e. another drink), so he asked her "Do you recognize this court?" and she answered "Yes, every single one of them, yer honour".

  89. S.... M....

    The one and only DUBLINERS. God Bless Them All. Ronnie Drew a MAGIC voice.

    S.... M....

    Seamus McCaffrey ottimo

    S.... M....

    No No No he and Luke kelly they werde the best

  90. M.... M....

    0:57 "Pocket-pussy" prediction 12 yrs before it was invented lol

  91. C.... T....

    I love you Ronnie!

  92. P.... D....

    Ronnie has the voice like the mating call of a rusty file! God bless you and the boys ( including George R R Martin on banjo!!)

    P.... D....

    @Pat Diamond he really does look like George rr Martin !

    P.... D....

    Who is George R R Martin? I've never heard of him?
    X

    P.... D....

    @23Seana he is an American writer who looks like Barney McKenna

    P.... D....

    Thank you TrueBlueEG8
    Xx

  93. b.... ....

    Is that George R.R. Martin playing the banjo on the left?

    b.... ....

    +bigTinthehouse1 lol, his name's Barney McKenna

  94. L.... K....

    Marc Steffens- There were only four guitars my friend and one Banjo. ALL playing in harmony with the audience. I was lucky enough to have seen them play live a number of times and God Bless them all. xxx

    L.... K....

    +Linda Knowles what? There are 5 guitars!

    L.... K....

    +Jack Carter
    Yeah, 5 guitars, a fiddle and a banjo.

    L.... K....

    From the right Eamon, Paddy, Ronnie, Sean, Jim, all on guitars, John on fiddle, Barney on banjo.

  95. U.... O....

    Patrick Keena, you must be a deluded yank

  96. P.... K....

    I fucking love our heritage the music and craic is always a laugh were so lucky to be Irish I love my island Ireland🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪😜😜😜😜😜😜😜

    P.... K....

    Yes!!!! I love you all brothers and sisters

    P.... K....

    Patrick Keena we are dieing and eu un are killing us with sub Saharan African and Muslim economic migrants.

    P.... K....

    I'm from Liverpool and my name is Michael Reilly because my nan fell in love with a guy called John Reilly and I just love everybody haha xx

    P.... K....

    Calm down 😂

  97. B.... S....

    Don't piss Ronnie Drew off LOL

    B.... S....

    Bart Springer - Arschloch

    B.... S....

    It would be very rude to piss off such a Dublin legend as Ronnie Drew

    B.... S....

    Bart Springer My uncle Dano RIP had a little run in with Ronnie. Dano was a culchie but lived in Dublin for years had a strong personality like Ronnie RIP. Neither of them gave way

    B.... S....

    Bart Springer I agree
    Ronnie was known to be quite grumpy and short tempered but all and all he was a Dublin Legend

  98. j.... c....

    Rest in peace Ronnie drew god bless you

    j.... c....

    Let's leave 'God" whoever that is, out of this

  99. j.... o....

    26 piss artist, english "judges" disliked dis here story. God rest ye Ronnie!