Anna From Fermanagh

He lived all alone, up in County Tyrone
He had forty acres with cattle
As he struggled through life with no child or no wife
Life sure was one hell of a battle
So he thought he would go to a matchmaker Joe
And ask about Mary McKenna
When he heard she'd got wed, the matchmaker said
"Sure there's lots of fine girls in Fermanagh"

And we sing
Oney loves Anna from the County Fermanagh
Sure Anna loves Oney as well
As they drove up and down, doing laps round the town
They were madly in love, you could tell
On the day they got wed, sure the preacher he said
"Do you take her to love and to honour?"
"I'd swim every lake" Oney said, "for her sake"
"There's plenty of lakes in Fermanagh"

Well first there was Sue, she came from Belcoo
He thought it was Sue he might marry
Oh but her father Edan disapproved of the plan
So Oney left Belcoo in a hurry
There was Maggie McGee, well she came from Belleek
He thought he would dance her and dine her
But at the disco one night, oh he got such a fright
When her teeth shone like fine Belleek china

And he sighed
Oney loves Anna from the County Fermanagh
Sure Anna loves Oney as well
As they drove up and down, doing laps round the town
They were madly in love, you could tell
On the day they got wed, sure the preacher he said
"Do you take her to love and to honour?"
"I'd swim every lake" Oney said, "for her sake"
"There's plenty of lakes in Fermanagh"

On the day he met Ann in her little white van
As he stood in the street all alone
Sure it was in Inniskillin, she said she was willin'
To marry this man from Tyrone
Now they both have a son and his name is John
The girls are called Maeve and Alana
And old Joe was right, when he told him that night
That he'd meet his sweetheart in Fermanagh

And we sing
Oney loves Anna from the County Fermanagh
Sure Anna loves Oney as well
As they drove up and down, doing laps round the town
They were madly in love, you could tell
On the day they got wed, sure the preacher he said
"Do you take her to love and to honour?"
"I'd swim every lake" Oney said, "for her sake"
"There's plenty of lakes in Fermanagh"