A LITTLE BOY SAT CRYING ON THE FLOOR
HIS DADDY WON’T BE COMIN’ HOME NO MORE
HE CANNOT REASON WHY HIS DADDY HAD TO DIE
AND THE MINSTREL BOY’S NOT SINGING ANYMORE
AT SEVENTEEN HE THOUGHT HE’D NEVER CRY
AND THEN HIS ANGEL HAD TO SAY GOODBYE
BUT LIVING MUST GO ON TO FACE ANOTHER DAWN
AND THE MINSTREL BOY’S NOT SINGING ANYMORE
A MOMENT LATER LIFE WAS JUST A DREAM
REMEMBERING THE THINGS HE’D DONE AND SEEN
HE NOW CAN REASON WHY HE SOON WILL HAVE TO DIE
AND THE MINSTREL BOY’S NOT SINGING ANYMORE
SO PLAY VIOLIN PLAY,
PLAY TILL THE NIGHT IS OVER
MUSIC WILL WASH AWAY ALL YOUR SORROW…
© Shillelagh Music