Oh the days of the Kerry dancing
Oh the ring of the piper's tune
Oh for one of those hours of gladness
Gone alas like our youth too soon.
When the boys began to gather
In the glade of a summer's night
And the merry pipers tuning
Made us dance with wild delight.
Oh to think of it, oh to dream of it
Fills my heart with tears.
Oh the days of the Kerry dancing
Oh the ring of the piper's tune
Oh for one of those hours of gladness
Gone alas like our youth too soon.