The Minstrel Of Cranberry Lane

The Irish Rovers

HE HASN'T A CENT TO HIS NAME 
NO ROOF TO KEEP OUT THE RAIN 
BUT HE STRUMS AND HE SINGS AND WHAT HAPPINESS HE BRINGS 
THE MINSTREL OF CRANBERRY LANE 

SOMETIMES HE'S HUNGRY AND COLD 
HIS CLOTHES ARE A SIGHT TO BEHOLD 
BUT HE'S GENTLE AND MILD AND HE SINGS TO EACH CHILD 
THE MINSTREL OF CRANBERRY LANE 

ONE FOGGY NIGHT THE NEIGHBORS MET 
IN A MEETING PLACE DOWN IN THE LANE 
AND THEY SAID THIS OLD MAN FOR OUR CHILDREN IS BAD 
WHY! HE EVEN SINGS IN THE RAIN 

SO THEY ISSUED A SUMMONS 
THE MINSTREL MUST GO 
BUT THEY RECKONED WITHOUT HIS APPEAL 
FOR HE SANG OF THE GOLD AT THE RAINBOW'S END 
AND DREAMS ONLY CHILDREN CAN FEEL 

AND SO IN THE NIGHT WHILE THE TOWN WAS ASLEEP 
HE SANG HIS SONG AROUND THE LANE 
AND THE CHILDREN CREPT OUT OF THEIR BEDS IN THE NIGHT 
AND THEY FOLLOWED THE MINSTREL AWAY 

NOW MUCH SADDER BUT WISER I FEAR 
ARE THE ONES WHO LOST CHILDREN SO DEAR 
FOR EACH CHILD MUST BE FREE TO FOLLOW LIKE ME 
THE MINSTREL OF CRANBERRY LANE

FOR EACH CHILD MUST BE FREE
TO FOLLOW LIKE ME
THE MINSTREL OF CRANBERRY LANE