Dexys Midnight Runners

Released: June 3, 2016

[Intro]
Oh the winter it has passed
And the summer's here with last
The small birds are singing in the trees
Their little hearts are glad
Mine is very sad
For my true love is far away from me

[Verse 1]
The rose upon the briar
And the water running clear
Then the enchantment
To the linnet and the bee
Their little hearts are blessed
Oh but mine can know no rest
For my true love is far away from me

[Chorus]
Oh it's straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare
Because it’s there I'll find tidings of my dear
A livery I will wear and I'll comb back my hair
(Yes , he will, Yes , he will)
And in velvet shades of green I will appear
Oh this I want to take for my own true lover’s sake
Oh it’s straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare
Because it’s there, I'll find tidings of my dear

[Verse 2]
All you who are in love
(yeah, that’s me)
But cannot it remove
(that’s me too)
I pity the pain (yeah) that you endure
(you gotta experience)
For experience lets me know (ohh)
That your hearts are full of woe (Hearts are full of woe aw)
(I’ve got this pain)
And the pain no mortal can endure

[Chorus]
Oh it's straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare huh
Because it’s there I'll find tidings of my dear (nobody said)
And this tree I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare
I’ve got to go, I’ve got to find tidings of my dear

Dexys Midnight Runners (currently officially Dexys, their common nickname; sometimes styled with and sometimes without an apostrophe) are an English pop band with soul influences, who achieved their major success in the early to mid-1980s. They are best known in the UK for their songs “Come On Eileen” and “Geno”, both of which peaked at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as six other top-20 singles.

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dexys went through numerous personnel changes over the course of three albums and thirteen singles, with only singer/songwriter/co-founder Kevin Rowland remaining in the band through all of the transitions and only Rowland and “Big” Jim Paterson (trombone) appearing on all of the albums. By 1985, the band consisted only of Rowland and long-standing members Helen O'Hara (violin) and Billy Adams (guitar). The band broke up in 1987, with Rowland becoming a solo artist. After two failed restart attempts, Dexys was reformed by Rowland in 2003 with new members, as well as a few returning members from the band’s original lineup (known as Dexys Mark I). Dexys released their fourth album in 2012 and a fifth followed in 2016.

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