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The Contender (Aka Jack Doylr)
Jimmy McCarthy

When I was young and I was in my day

Sure I'd steal what woman's heart there was away

And I'd sing into the dawning

Saw a blaze into the morning

Long before I was the man you see today.


I was born beneath the star that promised all

I could live my life between cork cobh and youghal

But the wheel of fortune took me

From the highest point she shook me

By the bottle, by the bottle I should fall


Chorus

There in the mirror on the wall

I see the dream is fading

From the contender to the fall

The ring, the rose, the matador, raving


When I die I'll die a drunk down on the street

He will count me out to ten in clear defeat

Wrap the Starry Plough around me

Let the pipers air resound me there

There I rest until the Lord of Love I meet


Chorus

There in the mirror on the wall

I see the dream is fading

From the contender to the brawl

The ring, the rose, the matador, raving.


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