The English Market (Christmas Market Song) (Single Version)

Oh we played a tune on the Shandon Bells, The Isle of Innisfree

Then we rambled down through old Cork town, and crossed the River Lee

The Christmas lights were all sparkling as we sauntered down the quay

Into the English Market and into eternity

Mo mhúirnín óg, won't you come home to me

'Tis by the English Market gates I'll be

In the English market I was born, one cold and frosty day

As they wrapped me up in a cabbage leaf, I could hear the angels say

Oh you will know sorrow, oh small Cork boy, but you'll know joy as well

Only make your choices wisely, between heaven, between hell

Mo mhúirnín óg won't you come home to me

'Tis by the English Market gates I'll be

I hear the Angel Voices telling me to be strong

Here in this English Market Christmas Angel Song

Then my mother gently dipped me in the fountain of pure love

With her tender heart she missed one part where she held me from above

Oh and I have wandered fruitlessly through many a desert plain

But before my song is ended I'll be coming home again

Mo mhúirnín óg, won't you come home to me

'Tis by the English Market gates I'll be

And if ever I go back to Cork, I'm gonna go there in the spring

When the leaves are green along the Mall, and the small Cork sparrows sing

Oh or I might go there in Autumn time when the leaves begin to fall

And the Flag of Freedom proudly flies above the City Hall

Or when Christmas lights are sparkling as we saunter down the quay

Into the English Market and into eternity

Mo mhúirnín óg, won't you come home to me

'Tis by the English Market gates I'll be

I hear the Angel Voices telling me to be strong

Here in this English Market Christmas Angel Song