Name: Fiddler of Dooney
Duration: P00H03M48S
Description: Based on the poem by William Butler Yeats

Fiddler of Dooney

from Nothing Here is Mine by Kentucky Avenue

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

Based on the poem by William Butler Yeats

lyrics

When we play our songs down in Highlandtown
Folks dance like the waves of the sea
Well my cousin is a priest up there in Baltimore
And my brother wears the collar in D.C.

When I passed my brother and my cousin
They were reading from their books of prayer
Well, I’ve got my book of Dylan songs
That I bought at the Sligo Creek fair

For the good are always the merry
Save for an evil chance
And the merry sing to the waves of the sea
And the merry love to dance

So when we come to the end of our living
We’ll find Peter there sitting in state
He will smile on these three good old spirits
But call me first through the gate

He’ll ask aren’t you the one with the fiddle
And I’ll reply I confess that’s me
He said I once heard you play down in Highlandtown
So come on in, your soul is free

For the good are always the merry
Save for an evil chance
And the merry sing to the waves of the sea
And the merry love to dance

So when you come to the gates of St. Peter
You might hear this fiddler’s tune
You’ll find my brother and my cousin
Dancing with the angels in the room

For the good are always the merry
Save for an evil chance
And the merry sing to the waves of the sea
And the merry love to dance
And the merry sing to the waves of the sea
And the merry love to dance
And the merry love to dance
And the merry love to dance

credits

from Nothing Here is Mine, released September 7, 2017
Written by Stella Schindler & Dave Ries

license

about

Kentucky Avenue Washington, D.C.

contact / help

Contact Kentucky Avenue

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Kentucky Avenue, you may also like:

Echo Dancing
by Alejandro Escovedo

The legendary Alejandro Escovedo returns with another country-rock scorcher. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 29, 2024
go to album
Turn My Radio Up
by The Coffis Brothers

Big, sunny country songs from this Santa Cruz duo summon the spirit of late-period Byrds. Bandcamp New & Notable May 7, 2022
go to album
Passion Fruit Boys
by Passion Fruit Boys

Nashville’s Passion Fruit Boys nail the effervescent janglepop of ’80s college radio with bright guitars and immediate hooks. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 1, 2022
go to album
That's How Rumors Get Started
by Margo Price

The latest from the alt-country favorite is her most direct and rocking album to date. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jul 14, 2020
go to album
Downey to Lubbock
by Dave Alvin

Soulful guitar interplay form the heart of this lovely Americana collaboration from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 2, 2018
go to album
Play It On The Tannoys
by Stranger The Horse

Rich and carefully-sculpted songs that cross-wire country and roots music with jazz, samba, and more. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 14, 2017
go to album
Gimme Some Light
by Ryan Martin

Ryan Martin’s “Gimme Some Light” blends warm, earthy Americana with high, lonesome vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 12, 2018
go to album