The Wolfe Tones
Uncle Nobby’s Steamboat
Come for a trip on Uncle Nobby's steamboat
Where you can hide your worries on a high float
And we'll take a trip to leprechauns and shamrocks
And hide our minds and troubles for a while
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And we're goin' where the grass is growing green
To a mystic land that no one else has seen
Where oblivion takes the mind's reality
And reality fades into a memory
Captain Bluebeard gives a smile at the gangway side to meet you
The first mate by his side, with a work card if he needs you
They take you to your berth, your cabin is cool and cosy
Full steam ahead, we're ready for to go
[Chorus]
And we're goin' where the grass is growing green
To a mystic land that no one else has seen
Where oblivion takes the mind's reality
And reality fades into a memory
Bring on the dancing girls; the show is now in motion
The choo-choo train is gone, it's halfway through the mountain
The fairies and the witch, the banshee's drinking brandy
Uncle Nobby: at last, he's in command
[Chorus]
And we're goin' where the grass is growing green
To a mystic land that no one else has seen
Where oblivion takes the mind's reality
And reality fades into a memory
Now we're off to Tir na nÓg
The goddess of love is Gráinne
Cuchalainn can't get in
In his coat he has no Fáinne
The leprechauns go by in a twinkling mystic vision
The shamrock lies a-mourning in the grave
[Chorus]
And we're goin' where the grass is growing green
To a mystic land that no one else has seen
Where oblivion takes the mind's reality
And reality fades into a memory
[Ad-lib]
[Chorus]
And we're goin' where the grass is growing green
To a mystic land that no one else has seen
Where oblivion takes the mind's reality
And reality fades into a memory