Spancil Hill - Johnny McEvoy [with Lyrics]

Johnny McEvoy, Ireland's best-loved singer-songwriter, has been performing now for over four decades. This special anthology features many of his most popular ballads and chart-topping hits, which were recorded at the height of his outstanding career. 🎧 Listen on your favourite streaming service: https://lnk.to/zIBopB8A 👍 Follow Us 🔺 YouTube:    / dolphinmusicgroup   🔺 Facebook:   / dolphinmusicgroup   🔺 Instagram:   / dolphinmusicgroup   Spancil Hill - as sung by Johnny McEvoy Last night as I lay dreaming of pleasant days gone by Me mind being bent on rambling, to Ireland I did fly I stepped on board a vision and I followed with the wind When next I came to anchor at the cross on Spancil Hill Been on the 23rd of June the day before the fair When Ireland's sons and daughters and friends assembled there The young and the old, the brave and the bold came their duty to fulfill At the parish church at Clooney a mile from Spancil Hill I went to see me neighbours to see what they might say The old ones were all dead and gone, the young ones turnin' gray I met the tailor Quigley he's as bold as ever still Sure he used to make me britches when I lived on Spancil Hill 🎵🎶🪗🎵🎶 I paid a flying visit to my first and only love She's as white as any lily and gentle as a dove She threw her arms around me saying, "Johnny, I love you still" She's Nell the farmer's daughter and the pride of Spancil Hill I dreamed I held and kissed her as in the days of yore Johnny, you're only joking as many a time before The cock he crew in the morning oh he crew both loud and shrill I awoke in California, many miles from Spancil Hill ℗ & © Dolphin Traders Ltd.