Biography:
Christy Moore, a native of Co. Kildare, Ireland, found fame as a member of the legendary tradition folk band Planxty. Since then he has carved out his own career as a consummate solo performer. In the 1980s Christy teamed up with Donal Lunny to form the innovative Moving Hearts.
Christy Moore started in the music business in the mid-sixties, when his life as a bank clerk was interrupted by a bank strike, and he moved to England. There he became involved in the folk music scene at the time
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- Spancil Hill
- The Lakes Of Pontchartrain
- A Pair Of Brown Eyes
- Aisling
- All I Remember
- Allende
- Among The Wicklow Hills
- Apair Of Brown Eyes
- Arthur Macbride
- As I Roved Out
- Back Home In Derry
- Barrowland
- Biko Drum
- Black Is The Colour
- Black Jack County Chain
- Bright Blue Rose
- Casey
- City Of Chicago
- Cliffs Of Dooneen
- Continental Ceili
- Cry Like A Man
- Delirium Tremens
- Does This Train Stop On Merseyside
- Dunnes Stores
- El Salvador
- Fairytale Of New York
- Faithful Departed
- Follow Me Up To Carlow
- Galtee Mountain Boy
- Go Move Shift
- Hey Sandy
- Irish Ways And Irish Laws
- John Odreams
- Johnny Dont Go To Ballincollig
- Joxer Goes To Stuttgart
- Lakes Of Pontchartrain
- Lisdoonvarna And Ill Tell Me Ma
- Little Musgrave
- Mary From Dungloe
- Matty
- Missing You
- Motherland
- My Little Honda 50
- Nancy Spain
- No Time For Love
- North And South Of The River
- On Morecambe Bay
- One Last Cold Kiss
- Only Our Rivers Run Free
- Ordinary Man
- Quiet Desperation
- Reel In The Flickering Light
- Ride On
- Scapegoats
- Smoke And Strong Whiskey
- So Do I
- St Brendans Voyage
- The Boy From Tamlaghduff
- The Contender
- The Craic Was Ninety In The Isle Of Man
- The Curragh Of Kildare
- The Dying Soldier
- The Mad Lady And Me
- The Night Visit
- The Time Has Come
- The Two Conneeleys
- The Voyage
- They Never Came Home
- Tyrone Boys
- Veronica
- Viva La Quinta Brigada
- Weekend In Amsterdam
- Welcome To The Cabaret
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[Verse]
C F
When I was young, and I was in my day
Dm G
I could have stole what woman's heart there was away
C
I'd sing and dance into the morning
Dm
I'd blaze a way until the dawnin'
F G C
Long before I was the man you see today
[Verse]
And I was born beneath the star that promised all
I could have lived my life between Cork Cobh and Youghal
But the wheel of fortune took me
And from the highest point it shook me
By the bottle live by the bottle I shall fall
[Chorus]
Dm G C
But there in the mirror on the wall
Dm G
I see the dream is fading
Dm G C
From the contender to the brawl
Bb F G
The ring, the rose, the matador is raving
[Verse]
And when I die I'll die a drunk down in the street
You can count me out to ten in clear defeat
Rap the starry plough around me
Let the pipers air resound me
There I'll rest until the lord of love I meet
[Chorus]
Dm G C
But there in the mirror on the wall
Dm G
I see the dream is fading
Dm G C
From the contender to the brawl
Bb F G
The ring, the rose, the matador is raving
[Outro]
C
Rap the starry plough around me
Dm
Let the pipers air resound me
F G C
There I'll rest until the lord of love I meet
C F
When I was young, and I was in my day
Dm G
I could have stole what woman's heart there was away
C
I'd sing and dance into the morning
Dm
I'd blaze a way until the dawnin'
F G C
Long before I was the man you see today
[Verse]
And I was born beneath the star that promised all
I could have lived my life between Cork Cobh and Youghal
But the wheel of fortune took me
And from the highest point it shook me
By the bottle live by the bottle I shall fall
[Chorus]
Dm G C
But there in the mirror on the wall
Dm G
I see the dream is fading
Dm G C
From the contender to the brawl
Bb F G
The ring, the rose, the matador is raving
[Verse]
And when I die I'll die a drunk down in the street
You can count me out to ten in clear defeat
Rap the starry plough around me
Let the pipers air resound me
There I'll rest until the lord of love I meet
[Chorus]
Dm G C
But there in the mirror on the wall
Dm G
I see the dream is fading
Dm G C
From the contender to the brawl
Bb F G
The ring, the rose, the matador is raving
[Outro]
C
Rap the starry plough around me
Dm
Let the pipers air resound me
F G C
There I'll rest until the lord of love I meet
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