Intro
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verse 1
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When I was a lad on the Emerald Isle
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I heard many stories both lovely and wild
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About the great dragons and monsters that be
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That swallow the ships when they sail on the sea.
Refrain
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Though I was an artist with canvas and paint
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I sailed with St. Brendan and his jolly saints
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We told the good people goodbye for a while
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle.
verse 2
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We'd been on the ocean for 94 days
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When we came to a spot where the sea was ablaze
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Those demons from Hades were dancing with glee
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And burning the sailors alive on the sea
Refrain
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Then St. Brendan he walked on the blistering waves
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He threw those demons right back to their caves
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And all of the saints wore a heavenly smile
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle.
verse 3
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One night while the brethren were lying asleep
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A great dragon came up from under the deep
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He thundered and light'nend and made a great din
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He awakened St. Brendan and all of his men
Refrain
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The dragon came on with his mouth open wide
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We threw in a cross and the great dragon died
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We skinned him and cooked him and feasted a while
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle.
Instrumental
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verse 4
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At last we came onto that beautiful land
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We all went ashore and we walked on the sand
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We took our longbows and we killed us a boo
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We roasted it up and had hot barbecue
Refrain
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And after a while we were singing this song
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We noticed the island was moving along
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We ate and we drank and we rolled in high style
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle.
Verse 5
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St. Brendan said "Boys, this is much to my wish
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"We ride on the back of the world's biggest fish.
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"Hold fast to the rope that is pullin' the ship
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"We'll need it some day if this fish takes a dip."
Refrain
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We sailed every ocean, we sailed every sea
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We sailed every spot that a sailor could be
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In 44 days we sailed 10 million miles
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle.
Outro
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle.
(Then 3 bars of drums)
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