When I was a singer I had only one song That I wove from the sunlight and I rambling along I tied it with rushes and I freed it with air And it swept me along to the old County Clare It went Meet me tonight by moonlight Under that old Clare moon I chanted in Doolin and I sang at Fanore I went rattlin' and a ' clattering' on the old flaggy shore Where the cliffs at Kilkee they challenge the sea And I sang like a thrush in the town of Kilrush I sang Meet me tonight by moonlight under that old Clare moon Meet me tonight by moonlight under that old Clare Moon At Old Spanish Point where the ships they went down The moon she rose up with her great starry crown Her necklace of diamonds, her white wedding gown And she shed salty tears for the sailors who drowned She sang Meet me tonight by moonlight, Under that old Clare Moon Meet me tonight by moonlight, Under that old Clare Moon A wonderful promise the old County Clare There are melodies hanging from shelves in the air There's the Maid at the Barrells, the Hag at the Churn There's a great flock of angels flying over the Burren Singing Meet me tonight by moonlight, under that old Clare moon Meet me tonight by moonlight, under that old Clare moon