The Old Stomping Ground

Well, they led him through the towers

Out into the ring

I can still see their faces

I was only thirteen

Now, the air it was heavy

I can still smell the hops

I can still see the blood

On the chopping block

Now, mean Sean Stone

He lived up to his name

With a horseshoe in his glove

And an anger in his brain

But Doyler was fast, yeah

He could duck and weave

But he never saw that dirty trick

Sean had up his sleeve

And we went back to St Aidan’s

For sandwiches and tea

As if nothing ever happened

But it happened, you see

Just like young Cúchulainn

Got his name from the hound

Sean got his on the old stomping ground

On the old stomping ground

On the old stomping ground

On my old stomping ground

On my old stomping ground

Now, some things never leave you

It becomes your DNA

And that’s what’s happened here

On that strange auld day

Well, I’m telling you

It’s over twenty years

But I still hear that crack

Ringing in my ears

I can still see that young lad

Stretched out on the floor

As all hell broke loose

Into all-out war

Now, the whisky was out, yeah

They poured it down his neck

But his jaw was in bits

And his teeth were wrecked

And we went back to St Aidan’s

For sandwiches and tea

As if nothing ever happened

But it happened, you see

Just like young Cúchulainn

Got his name from the hound

Well, Sean got his on the old stomping ground

On the old stomping ground

On the old stomping ground

On my old stomping ground

On my old stomping ground

Now, the towers are long gone

And so is the ring

And St Aidans is a Lidl now

And them bells no longer sing

Doylers doing ads now

For Dentures, I hear

And Big Old Sean Stone

He went back to St Aidan’s

For sandwiches and tea

As if nothing ever happened

But it happened, you see

Just like young Cúchulainn

Got his name from the hound

Well, Sean got his on the old stomping ground

On the old stomping ground

On the old stomping ground

On my old stomping ground

On my old stomping ground

On the old stomping ground

On the old stomping ground

On my old stomping ground

On my old stomping ground