The little boats are gone

From the breast of Anna Liffey

The ferryman is stranded on the quay
Sure the Dublin docks are dying

And a way of life is gone

And Molly it was part of you and me

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Where the strawberry beds

Sweep down to the Liffey

You kissed away the

Worries from my brow
I love you well today

And I'll love you more tomorrow

If you ever loved me Molly,

Love me now

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Was the only job I knew

It was hard but never lonely
The Liffey ferry made a man of me
Now it's gone without a whisper

And forgotten even now

Sure it's over

Molly over can't you see

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Where the strawberry beds

Sweep down to the Liffey

You kissed away the

Worries from my brow
I love you well today

And I'll love you more tomorrow

If you ever loved me Molly,

Love me now

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Well now I'll tend the yard,

I'll spend me days in talking

Hear them whisper

Charlie's on the dole
But Molly we're still living

And darling we're still young

And that river never

Owned me heart and soul

​

Where the strawberry beds

Sweep down to the Liffey

You kissed away the

Worries from my brow
I love you well today

And I'll love you more tomorrow

If you ever loved me Molly,

Love me now

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If you ever loved me Molly,

love me now...