The Irish Rover [Live]
Dropkick Murphys
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On the fourth of July 1806 We set sail from the sweat cove of Cork We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks For the grand city hall in New York Twas a wonderful craft she was rigged fore and aft And oh how the wild wind drove her She stood several blasts she had twenty-seven masts And they called her the Irish Rover We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags We had two million barrels of stone We had three million sides of old blind horses' hides We had four million barrels of bone We had five million hogs six million dogs Seven million barrels of porter We had eight million bails of old nanny gold tails In the hold of the Irish Rover There was old Mickey Coote who played hard on his flute Ehen the ladies lined up for a set he was tootin' with skill For each sparking quadrille Though the dancers were fluther'd and bet With his smart witty talk he was cock of the walk He rolled the damnes under and over They all knew at a glance when he took up his stance That he sailed on the Irish Rover There was Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee There was Hogan from County Tyrone There was Johnny McGurk who was scared stiff of work And your man from the West Meath called Malone The was slugger O'Toole who was drunk as a rule And fighting Bill Tracey from Dover And your man Mick McCann from the bankls of the Bann Was the skipper of the Irish Rover We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out And the ship lost its way in the fog And that whale of a crew was reduced down to two Just myself and the captain's old dog Then the ship struck a rock oh Lord what a shock The bulkhead was turned right over Turned nine times around and the poor old dog was drowned And the last of the Irish Rover
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Written by: TRADITIONAL, J BAIRD, PD TRADITIONAL
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