Molly Malone, also known as Cockles and Mussels, is an Irish (Celtic) folk song. It tells the tale of a beautiful woman who wheeled her cart on the streets of Dublin selling fish, but died young of a fever. Its popularity has made it the unofficial anthem of Dublin, Ireland.
Chorus
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
Thro' streets broad and narrow...
Chorus
Crying, "Cockles and Mussels alive, alive-O!
Alive, alive-O! Alive, alive-O!"
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
Thro' streets broad and narrow...
Chorus
Crying, "Cockles and Mussels alive, alive-O!
Alive, alive-O! Alive, alive-O!"
Crying, "Cockles and Mussels alive, alive-O!"
Molly Malone (Cockles and Mussels) for Intermediate/Level 3 Piano Solo
Molly Malone (Cockles and Mussels) for Easy Harp Solo