All the little boats are gone From the breast of Anna Liffey And the ferrymen are stranded on the quay The Dublin docks are dying And a way of life is gone It’s over, Molly, over, can’t you see?
Chorus: Where the strawberry beds Sweep down to the Liffey You’ll kiss away the worries from my brow I love you well today And I’ll love you more tomorrow If you ever loved me, Molly, love me now
Twas the only job I knew It was hard but never lonely The Liffey Ferry made a man of me Now it’s gone without a whisper Forgotten even now Oh Molly, it was part of you and me
Chorus
Well now my work is over And spend my days here roving I hear them whisper Charley’s on the dole But Molly we’re still living And darling we’re still young And the river never ruled my heart or soul