Molly Malone is the name of the protagonist of an
Irish song. It is possibly one of the most famous and popular songs in the
country. It has become the unofficial Dublin anthem. It was composed around
1880 by James Yorkston and has become a true urban legend.
The song tells the story of a beautiful fisherman
named Molly Malone. She sells fresh seafood from a wheelbarrow in Dublin.
The girl died of a fever in the middle of the street.
It is sung that it was going through the streets of
the port area of Dublin, pushing a car and proclaiming "Cockles and
mussels, alive, alive,oh!"
People believe that her ghost continues to walk in the streets of Dublin.
In Dublin's Fair City
Where the girls are so pretty
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone
As she wheeled her wheel barrow
Through streets broad and narrow
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
Through streets broad and narrow
Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o!
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
Through streets broad and narrow
Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o!
Where the girls are so pretty
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone
As she wheeled her wheel barrow
Through streets broad and narrow
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
Through streets broad and narrow
Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o!
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
Through streets broad and narrow
Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o!
