The Stone Outside Dan Murphy’s Door.

Lyrics: Written sometime in the 1880s by Irish ballad writer, entertainer and dancer John Patrick Dane.
Vocals: The late Dublin born Irish singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor Ronnie Drew (1934–2008), recording with ‘The Dubliners‘.

The Stone Outside Dan Murphy’s Door.

There’s a sweet garden spot in our memory,
It’s the place we were born and reared.
‘Tis long years ago since we left it,
But return there we will if we’re spared.
Our friends and companions of childhood,
Would assemble each night near a store;
‘Round Dan Murphy’s shop, and how often we sat,
On the stone outside Dan Murphy’s door.

Chorus:

Those days in our hearts we will cherish,
Contented although we were poor,
And the songs that were sung, in the days we were young,
On the stone outside Dan Murphy’s door.

When our day’s work was o’er we’d meet there,
In the winter or spring, just the same.
Then boys and the girls all together,
Would join in some innocent game.
Dan Murphy would take down his fiddle,
While his daughter looked after the store;
The music would ring and sweet songs we would sing,
On the stone outside Dan Murphy’s door.

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Back again will our thoughts often wander,
To the scenes of our childhood’s home.
The friends and companions we left there,
It was poverty caused us to roam.
Since then in this life we have prospered,
But still in our hearts we feel sore,
For memory will fly to the days long gone by,
And the stone outside Dan Murphy’s door.

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