The Dubliners - The Rare Old Mountain Dew
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The Rare Old Mountain Dew

Original songwriter: Trad

I let the grasses grow and waters flow in a free and easy way

But give me enough of the rare old stuff that's made near Galway Bay

Come policemen all from Donegal sligo and Leitrim too

And we'll give them the slip and we'll take

A sip of the rare old mountain Dew

Skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum

Skeeh deeh ho mah dah dleeh deeh dum deh

Skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum

Skeeh deeh ho mah dah dleeh deeh dum deh

There's a neat little still at the foot of the hill

Where the smoke curls up to the sky

By the smoke and the smell you can plainly tell

That there's poitin brewin' nearby

For it fills the air with a perfum rare that betwixt both me and you

As home we roll and drink a bowl

Or a bucket of the mountain Dew

Skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum

Skeeh deeh ho mah dah dleeh deeh dum deh

Skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum

Skeeh deeh ho mah dah dleeh deeh dum deh

Now learned that men who use the pen have wrote your praises high the sweet poitin from Ireland green distilled from wheat and rye

Go away with your pills it'll cure all ills be a pagan christian or Jew

Take off your coat and grease your throat

With a bucket old mountain Dew

Skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum

Skeeh deeh ho mah dah dleeh deeh dum deh

Skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum

Skeeh deeh ho mah dah dleeh deeh dum deh

Let the grasses grow and the waters flow in a free and easy way

But give me enough of the rare old stuff that's made near Galway Bay

Come policemen all from Donegal sligo and Leitrim too

And we'll give them the slip and we'll take

A sip of the rare old mountain Dew

Skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum

Skeeh deeh ho mah dah dleeh deeh dum deh

Skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum

Skeeh deeh ho mah dah dleeh deeh dum deh

Skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum

Skeeh deeh ho mah dah dleeh deeh dum deh

Skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum skeeh deeh ha deh lem dum

Skeeh deeh ho mah dah dleeh deeh dum deh

Additional information

Disgocs ID

274143

Release date

Artist Information

Formed : 1962 // Dublin, Ireland Members : Barney McKenna (banjo, mandolin, melodeon, vocals) Ronnie Drew (guitar, vocals, 1962-74, 1979-96) Ciáran Bourke (vocals, guitar, harmonica, tin whistle, 1962-88) Luke Kelly (vocals, banjo, 1962-83) John Sheahan (violin, tin whistle, mandolin, concertina, guitar, vocals, 1964-present) Bobby Lynch (vocals, guitar, 1964-65) Jim McCann (vocals, guitar, 1974-79) Sean Cannon (vocals, guitar, 1982-present) Eamonn Campbell (banjo, mandolin, guitar, 1987-present) Paddy Reilly (vocals, guitar, 1996-2005) Patsy Watchom (vocals, banjo, 2005-present)

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