A Christy Moore song of which Sinead did the
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background vocals, on Moore's album "Voyage"
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Original written by Jimmy MacCarthy
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Among the walls and ruins
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of the horrid civic stone
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I walked without a lover
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for my older bones
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the sun was strong in going down
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It was a dreamlike day
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it was there we met the trinity
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and there I heard them say
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and she said bye bye Mama
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Goodbye brother John
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Fare thee well ye Shandon bells
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ring on, ring on
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she leaned and leaned much closer
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and she hugged them all goodbye
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her mother cried "don't go my love"
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we all must bye and bye
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a drunken tongue said "leave her off"
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she'll drive us all crazy
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she turned around and saw my face
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and both of us was she
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and she said bye bye Mama
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Goodbye brother John
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Fare thee well ye Shandon bells
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ring on, ring on
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up and to the limestone wall
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and down the level steps
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she threw herself into the stream
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with a splash and no regrets
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side stroke swimming midstream
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throwing kisses to the crowd
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and everything was silent
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and the sky had not one cloud
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and she said bye bye Mama
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Goodbye brother John
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Fare thee well ye Shandon bells
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ring on, ring on
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we were swimming out in the sunset,
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we were swimming out to sea,
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swimming down past the Opera House
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The Mad Lady and me.
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The Mad Lady And Me
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| Sinead O'Connor |
