Dubliners, The - The Lark In The Morning Lyrics






The lark in the morning, she rises off her nest
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings
Oh, Roger the ploughboy, he is a dashing blade
He goes whistling and singing over yonder green blade
He met with pretty Susan, she's handsome I declare
She is far more enticing then the birds all in the air
The lark in the morning, she rises off her nest
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings
One evening coming home from the rakes of the town
The meadow's been all green and the grass had been cut down
If I should chance to tumble all in the new mown hay
"Oh, it's kiss me now or never love", this bonnie lass did say
The lark in the morning, she rises off her nest
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings
When twenty long weeks they were over and were past
Her mommy chanced to notice how she thickened 'round the waist
It was the handsome ploughboy, the maiden she did say
For he caused me for to tumble all in the new mown hay
The lark in the morning, she rises off her nest
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings
Here's a health to y'all ploughboys wherever you may be
That likes to have a bonnie lass a sitting on his knee
With a jug of good strong porter you'll whistle and you'll sing
For a ploughboy is as happy as a prince or a king
The lark in the morning, she rises off her nest
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings





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  1. N.... W....

    The tune played as an intro is best known as ''The Trip To Sligo" (double jig). A lesser known alternate title for this jig is also "Lark In The Morning", like the song in this video.

  2. L.... S....

    That's a completely different song in the beginning and the middle, but I can't remember its name

    L.... S....

    my stepfather had this on CD, sounds as it should, from what I can tell.

  3. S.... P....

    Guess he ploughed her

  4. f.... e....

    The Bhoys been themselves

  5. H.... x....

    Anyone know if there's a video of this live somewhere?

  6. C.... T....

    Nothing but true music classic

  7. l.... ....

    One of the most beatiful and happy music i ever heard.
    How is that that irish bands are so good at share happyness and on the other side sadness through sad songs??

  8. I.... F....

    Amazing ever JIm so great singer love this ever thank you The Dubliners

  9. J.... ....

    Lovely.

  10. s.... ....

    instrumental tune is called trip to sligo its written by some guy from sligo, dunno maybe not, wherever seamie o dowd's from... he said its local

  11. P.... O....

    He stole my da's money years ago.

  12. V.... ....

    The lark in the morning she rises off her nest
    She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her
    Breast
    And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
    She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her
    Wings

    Oh, Roger the ploughboy he is a dashing blade
    He goes whistling and singing over yonder leafy shade
    He met with pretty Susan, she's handsome I declare
    She is far more enticing then the birds all in the air

    The lark in the morning she rises off her nest
    She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her
    Breast
    And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
    She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her
    Wings

    One evening coming home from the rakes of the town
    The meadows been all green and the grass had been cut
    Down
    As I should chance to tumble all in the new-mown hay
    Oh, it's kiss me now or never love, this bonnie lass
    Did say

    The lark in the morning she rises off her nest
    She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her
    Breast
    And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
    She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her
    Wings

    When twenty long weeks they were over and were past
    Her mommy chanced to notice how she thickened round the
    Waist
    It was the handsome ploughboy, the maiden she did say
    For he caused for to tumble all in the new-mown hay

    The lark in the morning she rises off her nest
    She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her
    Breast
    And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
    She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her
    Wings

    Here's a health to y'all ploughboys wherever you may be
    That likes to have a bonnie lass a sitting on his knee
    With a jug of good strong porter you'll whistle and
    You'll sing
    For a ploughboy is as happy as a prince or a king

    The lark in the morning she rises off her nest
    She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her
    Breast
    And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
    She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her
    Wings

    V.... ....

    now that is dedication

  13. D.... M....

    the unmistakable voice of Jim Mc Cann RIP old friend

  14. A.... ....

    another dubliners song i cant sing....
    rocky road, indeed!

  15. N.... R....

    パイレーツオブカリビアンで海賊達が歌ってそう

  16. J.... M....

    my personal favorite

  17. B.... L....

    great song

    B.... L....

    Breda Lalor s7

  18. A.... S....

    anyone know the name of the jig payed I this song

    A.... S....

    +Alan S you answered your own question

    A.... S....

    +Alan S the trip to sligo

    A.... S....

    Trip to Sligo is right

  19. B.... ....

    Why do so many Irish songs have to do with somebody getting pregnant?

    B.... ....

    That's bullshit, celebration of fertility is a pagan tradition, only adapted by christianity.

    And it's not like they are enslaved by some "law", they just know this is not the right thing to do.

    B.... ....

    BuzzKill lth

    B.... ....

    Or drunk. Pregnant or drunk.

    B.... ....

    Irish songs, like this one, often celebrate the natural experiences of life in defiance of traditional views.

    B.... ....

    Irish folk songs are about all sorts of things that happen in people's lives. However, the origins of this song are English (really, look it up), though of course Irish people are obviously entitled to sing it.

  20. J.... D....

    Please put this in desctiption :)The Dubliners - The Lark In The Morning lyrincs


    The lark in the morning she rises off her nest
    She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
    and lithe the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
    She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings
    oh, Roger the ploughboy he is a dashing blade
    he goes whistling and singing over yonder leafy shade
    Oh met with pretty Susan, she's handsome I declare
    the lark in the morning she rises off her nest She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
    and like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
    She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
    one evening coming home from the rakes of the town
    the meadows been all green and the grass had been cut
    down
    as I should chance to tumble all in the new-mown hay
    oh, it's kiss me now or never, this bonnie lass
    did say
    the lark in the morning she rises off her nest
    She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
    and like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
    she goes home in the evening with the dew all on her
    wings
    when twenty long weeks, they were over and had passed
    her mommy chanced to notice how she thickened round the
    waist
    it was the handsome ploughboy, the maiden she did say
    for he caused for to tumble all in the new mown hay
    the lark in the morning she rises off her nest
    She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
    and like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
    she goes home in the evening with the dew all on her
    wings
    here's a health to y'all ploughboys wherever you may be
    that likes to have a bonnie lass a sitting on his knee
    with a jug of good strong porter you'll whistle and you'll sing
    for a ploughboy is as happy as a prince or a king
    the lark in the morning she rises off her nest
    She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
    and like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
    she goes home in the evening with the dew all on her
    wings

    J.... D....

    +Jon Doe Even with google translation, it was hard for me to understand. It looks like a jolly love song, with birds ^^

    J.... D....

    It was written to romanticize and make the life of farming more appealing, the Lark being a bird that lives primarily in farmlands- it is comparing the song flight Larks do to attract a mate to the Plough-boy. But essentially you summed it up well.

  21. T.... R....

    I've always had a grand fascination with Irish music and this is by far one of my top 3 along with by the rising of the moon and lots of little soldiers

  22. A.... T....

    "Her mommy chanced to notice how she thickened 'round the waist
    It was the handsome ploughboy, the maiden she did say"
    Just what kind of furrow did he plough?

    "She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast"
    From such a thing you don't thicken 'round the waist. The dew must have ended up somewhere else.

  23. A.... v....

    This is so lovely ♡

  24. J.... S....

    I am play that in my Violine

  25. C.... O....

    If I think about this song I end up whistling it all day long :-)

  26. M.... ....

    RIP Jim McCann, such a fantastic musician!

  27. d.... ....

    Rest in Peace Jim McCann

  28. S.... ....

    dubliner85 i would like to download this. can i get a link?

    S.... ....

    just google "YouTube to mp3"

    S.... ....

    Can't find it? just paste the url of this video into the youtube to mp3 site.

    S.... ....

    here's a link for android phones at least.
    http://convert2mp3.net/en/index.php

  29. M.... ....

    Den her sang minder mig om mine unge dage.

  30. B.... H....

    The Screaming Orphans do this song very well also.  Check them out!

  31. A.... B....

    Siento que corre por mis venas

  32. �.... �....

    I like the Steeleye span version well too

  33. N.... ....

    An old song about sex.

    ... nice?

  34. E.... H....

    kernewek is one of the dialects I thought

  35. m.... ....

    Happy Saint Patrics Day! Hahahaha

  36. G.... K....

    Great song! does anyone have banjo tabs for this song?

  37. d.... l....

    jojo this is sunrise my father play manny song of yhe early days of iere land and ia grow up whit that muzik an now afther 30 jears ia play and zing the songs of my dad whit love god be whit him thaks dad gr

  38. K.... B....

    nice :D !!!

  39. T.... H....

    because the orginal group was Ronnie, Luke, Barney and Ciarron, John joined the group in 1964 and the four before him were together in1962

    T.... H....

    Tom Hamilton you're forgetting Bob Welch he was in the Dubliners even before John had joined

    T.... H....

    Tom Hamilton Bob lynch I mean

  40. A.... ....

    This is my favorite song to play on the harp.

  41. T.... H....

    R.I.P Barney the last of the orgianial Dubliner

  42. C.... C....

    aye its a cornish song originally but has a cornish language name

    C.... C....

    Thought it was Devonian

  43. T.... G....

    Great song and great singers, done us Irish proud

  44. S.... R....

    I Know this by Fairport Convention - soooo different!!

  45. C.... C....

    @celtic4ever18 u know its originally sung in cornish :)

  46. V.... C....

    I love this song :D

    Thanks to Lark Rise to Candleford for introducing it to me! :)

  47. M.... L....

    Check out this tribute from the Basque Country
    Bizardunak-il argia

  48. C.... C....

    Yes it was originally a cornish folk song sung in the celtic language of kernewek (cornish)

    Heres to them! :)

  49. N.... H....

    Apparently it's actually from Cornwall and it is called "An Awhesyth" ("The Lark" in Cornish). Some of the lyrics are as follows: (See wikipedia for more lyrics)

    An Awhesyth

    Del en-vy ow kerdhes un myttyn yn mys me,
    Y clewys moren yowynk, neb geryow yn-meth hy:
    "A bup galwas yn bys kekemmys may vo,
    A'n araderor nyns yu par yn mys me ytho."

    An awhesyth a dhyfun a'y nythva y'n myttyn,
    Y bron gans gluthennow war ayr gwyn del yskyn;

  50. J.... D....

    Sir, mr bagpuss13, if i may, this will give us an opportunity to preserve and enjoy the music they have left behind! Make it a goal to preserve and enjoy, then you won't fall into despair. It be no way to live. Alas, it is a sad thing to see them go, such wonderful musicians, and I am sure they will be reunited in heaven. : )

  51. B.... b....

    @gerardy345 It is Jim McCann - he was a fantastic singer and was in The Dubliners for 5 years

  52. B.... b....

    @StigJensen123 sådan Stig jeg kan sige det samme - Jens
    i am also danish but i agree with Stig

  53. S.... ....

    @celtic4ever18 I have 100% Danish blood but my soul is Irish, I'm sure of it!

  54. g.... ....

    who sings this? it doesn't sound like Luke or Ronnie

  55. A.... D....

    every time I think I've heard the best of dubs....

  56. C.... C....

    @TheMalufs its actually from dorset lol...but it was passed down through the plantation settlers in Northern ireland

  57. E.... M....

    oooooo i love this song :))

  58. V.... ....

    When I found out I was pregnant, that was the first song in my mind!!! How poetic to compare the pregnancy with the carer Lark making her nest....I LOVE THE IRISH BECAUSE THEY ARE DEEP AND FUNNY BOTH TIMES.

  59. H.... ....

    I cant get enough of this song no matter who does it. Just listened to The Johnstons version too.

  60. j.... p....

    the part of the city i live in, buffalo, has a heavy irish heritage. and i love irish music. thanks for a good post.

  61. c.... ....

    I have heard this version many years ago and still like it, thanx for posting!

  62. c.... ....

    christy moore sings the best version of this song but this is stil good

  63. s.... c....

    never heard this version before very nice!

  64. Z.... ....

    Viva la Beautiful!

  65. g.... ....

    Une des plus belles chansons des Dubliners! Très pratique d'ailleurs pour travailler son anglais!