The Orchard

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[VERSE 1:]
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When I was nine, in harvest time
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I crossed the orchard wall
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The moon was bright and the apples ripe
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Upon the ground did fall
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We filled our sacks and we made our way back
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More adventures still to find
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In an orchard 'neath the Comeraghs
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In the sweet Dungarvan green


[VERSE 2:]
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I crossed the orchard wall again
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When I was just thirteen
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It was, I think, to be my first drink
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Of cider and poitín
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I remember well, it tasted like hell
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And I hoped the pain would end soon
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In an orchard 'neath the Comeraghs
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In the sweet Dungarvan green


[VERSE 3:]
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And when I was twenty-one years old
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I married Annie there
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The apple blossoms on the trees
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Looked better in her hair
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And when the day was over
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We danced away right through the trees
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In an orchard 'neath the Comeraghs
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In the sweet Dungarvan green


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[VERSE 4:]
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I'm Eighty-one, four children grown
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And my Annie's long since gone
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My days were good, as well they should
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But it's time that I passed on
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And when I die, I want to lie
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Beneath a whispering tree
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In an orchard 'neath the Comeraghs
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In the sweet Dungarvan sea


[VERSE 5:]
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And when I'm gone, may I be one
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With the air and the land and the foam
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In an orchard 'neath the Comeraghs
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In my sweet Dungarvan home