As down by Anna Liffey, my love and I did stray
Where in the good ol' slushy mud the sea gulls sport and play.
We got the whiff of ray and chips and Mary softly sighed,
"Arra John, won't you come for a wan and wan
Down by the Liffeyside."
Then up along by George's street the loving pair did view
And Mary swanked it like a queen in a skirt of navy blue;
Her hat was lately turned and her blouse was newly dyed,
Sure you couldn't beat her amber locks,
Down by the Liffeyside.
And on her old melodeon how sweetly she could play.;
She played,"Goodbye" and "Do Not Sigh" and "Down By Texas Way"
And when she turned Sinn Feiner, I nearly burst with pride,
For to hear her sing the "Soldier's Song",
Down by the Liffeyside.
On Sunday morning to Meath street together we will go,
And it's up to Father Murphy there, we both will make our vow.
He'll join our hands in wedlock bands and soon we'll be outside
For a whole afternoon, on our honeymoon,
Down by the Liffeyside
And we'll have little children
And rear them neat and clean
To shout up the Republic
And to sing about Sinn Fein
They'll do what their old fellas did
Who England's power divide
Send them off with guns against the free state huns
Down by the Liffey side