Molly Malone: MP3/WAV/Lyrics (Patreon)

Molly Malone is a ghost story from Dublin, Ireland. It was inspired by a women who lived at the end of the 17th century. She was fishmonger and also believed to be a prostitute who died from an STD. Her ghost is believed to still walk the streets.

The song first appeared in the late 1800s. I've heard dozens of beautiful versions of it. I also love the version by Jesse Ferguson. So I invited him to sing with me on this popular Irish song. 

You can listen here, but also check out this.

Molly Malone Lyrics

In Dublin's fair cityWhere the girls are so prettyI first set my eyes on sweet Molly MaloneAs she wheeled her wheelbarrowThrough the streets broad and narrowCrying "cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh"

* Alive, alive, ohAlive, alive, ohCrying "cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh"

She was a fishmongerAnd sure, t'was no wonderFor so were her mother and father beforeThey each wheeled their barrowThrough the streets broad and narrowCrying "cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh"

She died of a feverAnd no one could save herThat was the end of sweet Molly MaloneNow her ghost wheels her barrowThrough the streets broad and narrowCrying "cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh"