Oh, the little boats are gone from the breast of Anna Liffey The ferrymen are stranded on the quay Oh, the Dublin docks are dying, and a way of life is gone And Molly, it was part of you and me.
CHORUS: Where the strawberry beds sweep down to the Liffey You'll kiss away the worries from my brow I love you well today, I'll love you more tomorrow If you ever loved me Molly, love me now.
It was 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, half forgotten even now It's over, Molly, over, can't you see.
CHORUS:
So now I'll tend the yard, I'll spend my days in talking I'll hear them whisper "Charlie's on the dole." But Molly, we're still living, and darling we're still young And the river - it never owned me heart and soul.