Intro: Verse Come all ye homesick fools and drifters The hour has come to sing the truth There's a time for sober introspection A time to cut the wild dog loose Verse Now I've got roaming disposition A wandering eye and a raging thirst It's driven me to the furthest reaches To escape first love and all the hurt Now I can see a map of Ireland In the dregs of bitters in this empty glass And I can feel her breast against me The rose of Roscrae, wild Irish lass I can feel her father's fist now As he knocks me 'cross that stable floor And I left my blood and tears behind me As I walked all night from Roscrae to Templemore Instrumental: Verse We sailed away and went half crazy On the last frontiers of the western states Haunted by hearts left behind us Like the sweet young rose of old Roscrae Verse There's nothing for it, lads, but to sing the old songs 'Carrickfergus To Raglan Road' So raise your harps and lift your glasses Sing up those lips, we'll kiss no more Now I can see a map of Ireland In the dregs of bitters in this empty glass And I can feel her breast against me The rose of Roscrae, wild Irish lass And I can feel her father's fist now As he knocks me 'cross that stable floor And I left my blood and tears behind me As I walked all night from Roscrae to Templemore I walked all night from Roscrae to Templemore Outro:
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