then dennis muldoon , of all people , takes the lady lenore from me and he and liam go into my favorite `` the rocky road to dublin , '' which i had sung all alone on the shores of south america and on the road from boston and now sing here in ireland , and when i finish the last verse , mairead and i stand side by side , with padraic by me and ian by mairead , and we all four pound the deck of the emerald like it 's never been pounded before .