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Played on WFUV 90.7 FM Fordham University's "Ceol na nGael" show on Sundays 12 to 4pm ET quite often

    Those Were the Days

    by Celtic Cross
    (Intro is chorus)
    F C F Bb , F C F F
    F C F Bb , F C F

    Pictures on the wall
    Years of memories, big and small
    Would I change a thing or two?
    Not one time with all of you

    Our parents came from Ireland
    Worked the buses and the bar rooms
    Paddy's called us Narrowbacks
    Every summer when we headed back

    Stepdance and music lessons
    Tunes and craic and the sessions
    Ceol na nGael on FUV
    Taught the words to you and me

    (Chorus)
    Those were the days, back then
    Those were the days

    Oireachtas girls took fame
    With Riverdance's world acclaim
    Hair teased way too high
    Jeans rolled up to our thighs

    Summer nights in East Durham
    Sleeping late and misbehavin'
    Manhattan and Iona College
    Had a thirst for more than knowledge

    Magic's in the air
    Remains of the weekends love affair
    Broadway every Sunday
    Blowing classes off on Monday

    Those were the days, back then
    Those were the days
    Those were the days, back then
    Those were the days

    We learned how to sing
    We learned how to dance
    Irish Music in our blood
    All through the neighborhood

    Queensboro to the left,
    Triboro to the right
    Which way back to Jersey tonight?

    ( solo over Intro )

    Weekend nights have come and gone
    Bainbridge bars have moved on
    McLean , Pearl River , Irish still
    Woodside rashers, get your fill

    I know that you'll remember
    Every date with each big spender
    Holidays and barbeques
    Waiting for the I love you

    Many nights too many jars
    Dancing on top of Fatso's bar
    Green beer on Paddy's Day
    Who said that's Irish anyway?

    Those were the days, back then
    Those were the days
    Those were the days, back then
    Those were the days