All the little boats are gone
From the breast of Anna Liffey
And the ferrymen are stranded on the quay
The Dublin docks are dying
And a way of life is gone
It’s over, Molly, over, can’t you see?

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Where the strawberry beds
Sweep down to the Liffey
You’ll kiss away the worries from my brow
I love you well today
And I’ll love you more tomorrow
If you ever loved me, Molly, love me now

Twas 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
Forgotten even now
Oh Molly, it was part of you and me

Chorus

Well now my work is over
And spend my days here roving
I hear them whisper Charley’s on the dole
But Molly we’re still living
And darling we’re still young
And the river never ruled my heart or soul