Downtown Dublin

Went downtown on Sunday.  Just did some window shopping and wondering.  The city was very lively on Sunday.  Made me feel a bit better about being here.  St. Stephens Green was packed with couples and groups of children.  There was horse drawn carriages and street performers every where you turn.  Grafton street was packed with tourists, shoppers, musicians, even a puppeteer. 

 

 

 

This is Molly Malone.

Her song is the unofficial song of Dublin:

In Dublin's fair city,
where the girls are so pretty,
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone,
As she wheeled her wheel-barrow,
Through streets broad and narrow,
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!"

"Alive, alive, oh,
Alive, alive, oh",
Crying "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh".

She was a fishmonger,
But sure 'twas no wonder,
For so were her father and mother before,
And they each wheeled their barrow,
Through streets broad and narrow,
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!"

"Alive, alive, oh,
Alive, alive, oh",
Crying "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh".

She died of a fever,
And no one could save her,
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone.
Now her ghost wheels her barrow,
Through streets broad and narrow,
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!"

The owner's daughter of Causey Farm sang this song to us when we were there.  She knew all the lyrics and could not have been more precious.