Ireland offers many fun opportunities to appreciate the beautiful, lush countryside.
Because my daughter lives in Ireland, I’ve had the opportunity to visit the country often. Whenever we visit Dublin, we smile at the statue of Molly Malone.
In my sweet Irish romance, Oh Danny Boy, Danny, the hero, and a Dubliner, refers to the Molly Malone statue as “Tart in a cart.” Anyone know why?
(Hint: Sing the song, “Cockles and Mussels.”) I’ve included the lyrics below:
“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, alive, oh!”Alive, alive, oh
Alive, alive, oh
Crying, “Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh”She was a fishmonger
And sure ’twas 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, alive, ohAlive, alive, oh
Alive, alive, oh
Crying, “Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, ohShe died of a fever
And no one could save her
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone
But her ghost wheels her barrow
Through streets broad and narrow
Crying, “Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, ohAlive, alive, oh
Alive, alive, oh
Crying, “Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, ohAlive, alive, oh
Alive, alive, oh
Crying, “Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh.”
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Josie Riviera is a USA TODAY Bestselling Author of contemporary, inspirational, and historical sweet romances that read like Hallmark movies. She lives in the Charlotte, NC, area with her wonderfully supportive husband. They share their home with an adorable Shih Tzu who constantly needs grooming and live in an old house forever needing renovations.