Moore St. Girls - The Elders

I walk along the cobbled streets of Dublin in the rain

The Man selling papers, I ask him if he’s heard her name

Notorious are the stories, you have to meet the girls

If you ask a sailor, they’re known around the world

You can meet them on the corner

They are the Moore Street girls

This is the street their world

Their seducing smiles are nothing you’ll ever know

They will allure you, they’ll put you in a trance

Before you know it you’ll be tapping the street

Doin' an Irish dance, hey!

It’s said they have the power to sell a map to a salmon

The tourist from the desert goes home with a bucket of Sandymount sand

Fresh fruit and veggies smelly fish they have them all

Their sad and hardened faces still they smile and have a ball

They’ll make you buy your dog a dozen roses

They are the Moore Street girls

This is the street their world

Their seducing smiles are nothing you’ll ever know

They will allure you, they’ll put you in a trance

Before you know it you’ll be tapping the street

Doin' an Irish dance, hey!

Where have all the girls all gone?

We used to love them used to listen to their dirty Dublin songs

Where have all the girls all gone?

They can be grumpy still we love them

Oh what a shame

I stopped and talked to Rosie, I asked her would she sing me a song

She turned to me with angry eyes, I ask her, «Rosie what is wrong?»

The foreigners in the market, the vermin of the world

With all their ugly faces from lands you’ve never heard

Oh what a shame you’ll never know them

Oh what a shame you’ll never know them