A Festival of Music, in the county down
From all sides of the country the people come downtown
They are drinking, they are dancing, they `re singing to the songs
slipjigs and reels are in the air, the music `s all around

And the girl cried "oh, hey Mama let me go!"
with a voice of a crow the Lady said "No!
I `ll never let you go to the valley down below!"
And the girl said "Oh, I don`t wanna miss the show!"
Oh let me go - hey Mama can`t you see
I wanna go - downtown I want to be

The guitars and the whistles, the bodhrans and the drums
violins loudly screamin´ a groovy terrible sound
They are drinking, the are dancing, they `re singing to the songs
This funky bass in the air, the music` s all around