when the sun goes down o er dublin town the colours last for hours oh the lights come on the nights a song and the streets all turn to gold a gentle mist called heaven s kiss like teardrops off an angels wing and don t you know you ll cleanse your soul with a walk in the irish rain chorus oh katherine take my hand i ve got three pounds and change and i ll sing you songs of love again and when i get too drunk to sing we ll walk in the irish rain forever more i ll step the shore my sailing days are over oh time and tide and by your side together we ll grow old i threw my sea bag in the bin and brought these pretty flowers home kiss me kate we ll celebrate before the bloom is gone chorus a tinker and a tailor and a drunken old sailor they all get together and they start to play time stands still while they sing their fill oh shout to the break of day a sweet little lady with a glass of stout sipping it down till the foam runs out she ll help her old man home again with a walk in the irish rain chorus chorus