If I Get An Encore - Nathan Carter

作词：Christy Moore

作曲：Christy Moore

When I heard Big Tom in the Galtymore

And the dancers crying out for more

I knew right then my future it was sealed

I was bitten by the showband bug

And ever since that wound did not heel

When I got my first accordion

I played like hell to learn a tune or two

When I got a little better

Wrote me ma a good-bye letter

And I took the Irish boat from Liverpool

And if I got an encore

I'd go home feeling like a king

'Cause I love to play me old squeeze box and

I get a lot of pleasure when I sing

I played Mullingar and County Clare

Dublin' Cavan and Kildare

From Wexford right up to Donegal

Though we often packed the dance halls

I remember one night

There was no one there at all

Ah the road is long and weary and

The miles they often seem a heavy load

But there's nothing feels better

With the band on stage together

And the crowd all shouting

''Play One For The Road''

And if I got an encore

I'd go home feeling like a king

It's a two way situation

'Cause I get a lot of pleasure

When I sing

And if I got an encore

I'd go home feeling like a king

'Cause I love to play me old squeeze box

And I get a lot of

Pleasure when I sing

In the Allingham Bundoran

The tempature was soaring and the

Craic was 90 up in Monaghan

'This a long way to the Hazel Tree

Kilarney and Tipperary

But It's always good to meet and make new friends

I met all the girls in Limerick

Ladies love to come along

And see the show

Clonmany street is hard to beat

Castlebar Enniscourty and

Carlow and Claremorris in Mayo

And if I got an encore

I'd go home feeling like a king

It's a two way situation

'Cause I get a lot of pleasure

When I sing

And if I got an encore

I'd go home feeling like a king

'Cause I love to play me old squeeze box

And I get a lot of

Pleasure when I sing

I played The Mellon and The Bushtown

The Ryandale and Cookstown

I played the famous Rainbow in Glenfarne

Derrygonnelly Antrim Newry

Sligo Moath and 'Blaney

And a wild night in Dungiven in a bar

At festivals you'll see me there

There is no big too big no hall too small

Ah one day I'll get my wish to play

The Marquee In Drumlish

And I love the dances in the Parish Halls

And if I got an encore

I'd go home feeling like a king

It's a two way situation

'Cause I get a lot of pleasure

When I sing

And if I got an encore

I'd go home feeling like a king

'Cause I love to play me old squeeze box

And I get a lot of pleasure when I sing

'Cause I love to play me old squeeze box

And with the bar no time and

I get a lot of pleasure when I sing