The Molly Malone statue is located in Suffolk Street, a short distance from Trinity College.
Molly Malone was a semi historical, semi-legendary figure who was commemorated
in the song 'Cockles and Mussels', a Dublin anthem.
As well as being
known and sung internationally, the popular song 'Cockles and Mussels' has become a sort of unofficial anthem of
Dublin city. The song's tragic heroine Molly Malone and her barrow have come to
stand as one of the most familiar symbols of the capital.
The statue of
Molly Malone on Suffolk Street, just
a short walks from Trinity College and the famous Grafton Street. Molly Malone
worked as a fishmonger but also as a working girl and died in one of the
outbreaks of Cholera that regularly used to sweep the city of Dublin.
The statue of
Molly and her cart is affectionately nicknamed 'The Tart with the Cart' by
Dubliners'.
Let’s go and
sing the famous song “Molly Malone” with The
Dubliners!
In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty
I first
set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone
As she
wheeled her wheelbarrow through streets broad and narrow
Crying
cockles and mussels alive a-live O!
A-live
a-live O! A-live a-live O!
Crying
cockles and mussels alive a-live O!
She was
a fishmonger and sure it was no wonder
For so
were her father and mother before
And they
both wheeled their barrows through streets broad and narrow
Crying
cockles and mussels alive a-live O!
A-live
a-live O! A-live a-live O!
Crying
cockles and mussels alive a-live O!
She died
of a fever and no one could save her
And that
was the end of sweet Molly Malone
Now her
ghost wheels her barrow through streets broad and narrow
Crying
cockles and mussels alive a-live O!
A-live
a-live O! A-live a-live O!
Crying
cockles and mussels alive a-live O!
A-live
a-live O! A-live a-live O!
Crying
cockles and mussels alive a-live O!
Photos
Virginia Leal ©
2016
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