Biography:
A popular and long-running Canadian-Irish folk group that saw their beginning in the 1960s, The Irish Rovers are particularly well-known for their hit recording of Shel Silverstein's "The Unicorn," although a great many more of their characteristically happy and oft-comical songs remain well-known to this day. In 2010, the band celebrated 45 years as recording artists, with their latest CD, "Gracehill Fair" and filming the DVD/television special "Home in Ireland", shot entirely on-location, throughout the northwest coast of Ireland.
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Other songs:
- All On St Patricks Day
- Black Velvet Band
- Christmas In Killarney
- Dear Little Shamrock Shore
- Drunken Sailor
- Fuck You Im Drunk
- Good King Wenceslas
- Grandma Runover Reindeer
- Heres To The Horses
- I Am Lord Of The Dance
- Mrs Crandalls Boarding House
- Pennywhistle Peddler
- Pigs Cant Swim
- Star Of The County Down
- Sweet Anne
- The Dublin Pub Crawl
- The Irish Rover
- The Jolly Roving Tar
- The Orange And The Green
- The Rake
- The Scotsman
- The Tinker
- The Unicorn
- The Wind That Shakes The Corn
- Up Among The Heather
- Waltzing Matilda
- Wasnt That A Party
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- Whiskey On A Sunday
- Wild Rover
- Winkin Blinkin And Nod
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Chorus:
B E B D
Up among the heather at the hill a' Benachee
A D A B
Sitting with a wee girl rolling on my knee
B E B D
A bumblebee stung me well above the knee
B E
Up among the heather at the hill a' Benachee
Verses (same as chorus):
One day I went walking in the merry month of May
I met a little country girl and this they heard me say
Let me walk along with you and hold you by the hand
Maybe I can help you fill your wee tin can
Well we walked along for quite awhile and we came by the stream
Then she says come here me boy and show me what you mean
Come on and keep your bargain I'll help you if I can
The two of us will start to fill me wee tin can
We sat down together close by the stream
Then I says come here me girl I'll show what I mean
I hugged her and I kissed her like an Irish man
It didn't take me long to fill her wee tin can
So girls when you're courting take my advice
Never let an Irish man kiss you more than twice
All the time he's cuddling you he's thinking up a plan
To get a wee-be rattle at your ould tin can
B E B D
Up among the heather at the hill a' Benachee
A D A B
Sitting with a wee girl rolling on my knee
B E B D
A bumblebee stung me well above the knee
B E
Up among the heather at the hill a' Benachee
Verses (same as chorus):
One day I went walking in the merry month of May
I met a little country girl and this they heard me say
Let me walk along with you and hold you by the hand
Maybe I can help you fill your wee tin can
Well we walked along for quite awhile and we came by the stream
Then she says come here me boy and show me what you mean
Come on and keep your bargain I'll help you if I can
The two of us will start to fill me wee tin can
We sat down together close by the stream
Then I says come here me girl I'll show what I mean
I hugged her and I kissed her like an Irish man
It didn't take me long to fill her wee tin can
So girls when you're courting take my advice
Never let an Irish man kiss you more than twice
All the time he's cuddling you he's thinking up a plan
To get a wee-be rattle at your ould tin can
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