Cockles and Mussels

In Dublin's fair city, 
where the girls are so pretty 
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone 
As she wheel'd her wheel barrow 
Thro' streets broad and narrow 

(Chorus)
Crying "Cockles and Mussels alive, alive O!"
Alive, alive O! Alive, alive O
Crying Cockles and Mussels Alive, alive O!

She was a fishmonger, 
But sure 'twas no wonder, 
For so were her father and mother before, 
And they each wheel'd their barrow 
Thro' streets broad and narrow, 
(Repeat Chorus)

She died of a fever 
And no one could save her, 
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone; 
But her ghost wheels her barrow 
Thro' streets broad and narrow 
(Repeat Chorus)

[Written and composed by James Yorkston]