Nathan Carter - If I Get An Encore
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If I Get An Encore

Original songwriter: Christy Moore

When I heard Big

Tom in the Galtymore

And the dancers crying out for more

I knew right then my future it was sealed

I was bitten by the showband bug and ever since that wound did never heel

When I got my first accordion I played like hell to learn a tune or two

When I got a little better wrote me ma a good bye letter

And I took the Irish boat from Liverpool

And if I got an encore

I'd go home feeling like a king

Because I love to play me old squeeze box and

I get a lot of pleasure when I sing

I played Mullingar and County Clare

Dublin Cavan and Kildare

From Wexford right up to Donegal

Though we often packed the dance halls

I remember one night there was no one there at all

Ah the road is long and weary and the miles they often seem a heavy load

But there's nothing that feels better

With the band on stage together

And the crowd all shouting play one for the road

And if I got an encore

I'd go home feeling like a king

It's a two way situation 'cos I get a lot of pleasure when I sing

And if I got an encore

I'd go home feeling like a king

'Cos I love to play me old squeeze box and

I get a lot of pleasure when I sing

In the Allingham Bundoran the tempature was soaring

And the craic was ninety up in Monaghan

'Tis a long way to the Hazel Tree

Kilarney and Tipperary

But it's always good to meet and make new friends

I met all the girls in Limerick ladies love

To come along and see the show

Clonmany street is hard to beat castlebar Enniscourty

And Carlow and

Claremorris in Mayo

And if I got an encore

I'd go home feeling like a king

It's a two way situation 'cos I get a lot of pleasure when I sing

And if I got an encore

I'd go home feeling like a king

Because I love to play me old squeeze box and

I get a lot of pleasure when I sing

I've played The Mellon and The Bushtown the Ryandale and Cookstown

I've played the famous rainbow in Glenfarne

Derrygonnelly Antrim Newry

Sligo Moath and Blaney

And a wild night in

Dungiven in a bar

At festivals you'll see me there there is no gig too big no hall too small

Ah one day I'll may get my wish

To play the marquee in Drumlish

And I love the dances in the Parish Halls

And if I got an encore

I'd go home feeling like a king

It's a two way situation 'cos I get a lot of pleasure when I sing

And if I got an encore

I'd go home feeling like a king

Because I love to play me old squeeze box and

I get a lot of pleasure when I sing

Beside I love to play the old squeeze box

For the quicks upon an old time odd

And I get a lot of pleasure when I sing

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584683

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Artist Information

Anglo-Irish country singer, born 28 May 1990 in Liverpool from where he moved to Ireland at age 18. Singer and accordionist, in the country and Irish style, mixing country standards with Irish folk songs and his own compositions.

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