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Jimmy McCarthy – The Contender (Aka Jack Doylr) lyrics
When I was young and I was in my day
Sure I'd steal what woman's heart there was away
And I'd sing and dance into the morning
Sure I'd blaze away 'til the morning
Long before I was the man you see today.
I was born beneath the star that promised all
I could have lived my life between cork, cobh and youghal
But the wheel of fortune took me
From the highest point she shook me
By the bottle, by the bottle I shall fall
Chorus
There in the mirror on the wall
I see the dream is fading
From the contender to the brawl
The ring, the rose, the matador, is raving
When I die I'll die a drunk down on the street
You can count me out to ten in clear defeat
Wrap the Starry Plough around me
Let the pipers air resound me,
There I rest until the Lord of Love I meet
Chorus
There in the mirror on the wall
I see the dream is fading
From the contender to the brawl
The ring, the rose, the matador, is raving.
Sure I'd steal what woman's heart there was away
And I'd sing and dance into the morning
Sure I'd blaze away 'til the morning
Long before I was the man you see today.
I was born beneath the star that promised all
I could have lived my life between cork, cobh and youghal
But the wheel of fortune took me
From the highest point she shook me
By the bottle, by the bottle I shall fall
Chorus
There in the mirror on the wall
I see the dream is fading
From the contender to the brawl
The ring, the rose, the matador, is raving
When I die I'll die a drunk down on the street
You can count me out to ten in clear defeat
Wrap the Starry Plough around me
Let the pipers air resound me,
There I rest until the Lord of Love I meet
Chorus
There in the mirror on the wall
I see the dream is fading
From the contender to the brawl
The ring, the rose, the matador, is raving.
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