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Hannigan's Hooley
Come into the parlor now, and make yourself at home
Come into the parlor and you won't be on your own.
There's Mick McGee, there’s Cafferty, there’s Murphy and Muldoon
They say that Gilligan's daughter doesn’t know the taste of water.
And there's kegs of stout a-sticking out on draft for half the town
And bottles of lovely poteen (potsheen) if you want to wash it down
So if you're Irish, you're surely welcome
Cause there's a hooley on at Hannigan's house tonight!
Zoolological Gardens
With lightning and thunder it’s no lark
When Dublin city is in the dark.
Would you like to go up to Phoenix Park
And view the zoological gardens?
We went up there on our honeymoon
Says the Mott to me, well you'd better come soon
Or you'll have to sleep in with the hairy baboon
Inside the zoological gardens.
With lightning and thunder it’s no lark
When Dublin city is in the dark.
Would you like to go up to Phoenix Park
And view the zoological gardens?
In The Hills Of Connemara
Keep your eyes well peeled today
The big tall men are on their way
Searching for the mountain tay (tea)
In the hills of Connemara
Gather up the pots, and the old tin cans,
The mush, the corn, the barley, and the bran
Run like the divil from the excise man,
Keep the smoke from rising, Marley
A gallon for the butcher
A quart for a tongue
A bottle for poor old Father John
To help his prayers and hymns along
In the hills of Connemara
Gather up the pots, and the old tin cans,
The mush, the corn, the barley, and the bran
Run like the divil from the excise man,
Keep the smoke from rising, Marley
Do You Want Your Old Lobby Washed Down?
Do you want your old lobby washed down, come shine?
Do you want your old lobby washed down?
She sighs every day as she passes my way,
Do you want your old lobby washed down?
I've a neat little hut on a small piece of land
In a place by the side of the sea
And I care about no one
Because I believe
That no body cares about me.
My peace is destroyed and I’m fairly annoyed
By a lassie who lives in the town.
She sighs every day as she passes my way,
Do you want your old lobby washed down, come shine?
Do you want your old lobby washed down, come shine?
Do you want your old lobby washed down?
She sighs every day as she passes my way,
Do you want your old lobby washed down?
Jug of Punch
One evening in the month of June
As I was sitting with my cup and spoon
A small bird sang on an ivy bunch
And the song he sang was the jug of punch.
Too ra loo ra loo
Too ra loo ra lay
Too ra loo ra loo
Too ra loo ra lay
A small bird sang on an ivy bunch
And the song he sang was the jug of punch.
Immortal gods drink their nectar fine
And the quality folk drink their claret wine.
I’d give them all the grapes in the bunch
For a jolly pull on a jug of punch.
Too ra loo ra loo
Too ra loo ra lay
Too ra loo ra loo
Too ra loo ra lay
A small bird sang on an ivy bunch
And the song he sang was the jug of punch.
[Punch is a drink made with hot water, a little sugar, and the local
moonshine called Poteen (pronounced potsheen). It tastes like vodka, but
stronger.]
The Cream of Society
I stopped in Kilkenny to visit Miss Brown.
She was up in her bath and she couldn’t come down.
Says I, slip on something and get down here quick
So she slipped on the soap and was down in a tick.
Tra la la, tra la lay,
Sure the cream of society lives down our way.
And when I did die and to heav’n I did go
Where did I come from, they wanted to know
I said I’m from Ireland, St. Peter did stare
Said step right on in, you’re the first one from there.
Tra la la, tra la lay,
Sure the cream of society lives down our way.
Westmeath Bachelor
I am a Westmeath bachelor at the age of sixty-three
I don’t intend to marry or to raise a family.
I’m happy and contented just to live a single life
And that’s the reason why I don’t intend to take a wife.
With the red stuff on her fingers and the varnish on her toes
The armor on her whole façade, the white blush on her nose.
She got a fancy barber to shave her neck and head
And that’s why I’m a bachelor and I don’t intent to wed.
Last Thursday at the market in the town of Mullingar
A friend he introduced me to a famous movie star.
She’d been married several times before to men of every creed
She thought she found a sucker in the bachelor of Westmeath.
With the red stuff on her fingers and the varnish on her toes
The armor on her whole façade, the white blush on her nose.
She got a fancy barber to shave her neck and head
And that’s why I’m a bachelor and I don’t intent to wed.
Catch Me if You Can
I’m a parting
From Tulloroglie
I’ve got money
And takers are none
They’re looking for a honey
With lots of money
Catch me if you can,
My name is Dan,
Sure I’m your man.
I’m off to Lisdoonvarna
The end of the year.
I’m off for the good old glitter trap,
The women and the beer.
I’m pretty shifty
for a man of fifty
Catch me if you can,
My name is Dan,
Sure I’m your man.
I got a brother,
He’s in the Guardai
I got an uncle,
He’s up there in the north
He’s quite a charmer
For a country farmer
Catch me if you can,
My name is Dan,
Sure I’m your man.
I’m off to Lisdoonvarna
The end of the year.
I’m off for the good old glitter trap,
The women and the beer.
I’m pretty shifty
For a man of fifty
Catch me if you can,
My name is Dan,
Sure I’m your man.
Brady of Straband
"Oh you will come with me, Johnny and you're with a decent man."
It's little I knew what I had to do for Brady of Straband.
As I went down to a hiring fair at a place they call the strand
It was there I hired for seven long years with Brady of Straband.
Well before I went to hire with him, he was very nice to me
He promised me eggs and bacon and he then said this to me:
"Oh you will come with me, Johnny and you're with a decent man."
It’s little I knew what I had to do for Brady of Straband.
When I went up to bed that night I had an awful bawl.
When the fleas they made a fierce attack I got no sleep at all.
When I came down for me breakfast, well what do you think I see
A dozen squalling children sayin’
"Is there anything left for me?"
"Oh you will come with me, Johnny and you're with a decent man."
Its little I knew what I had to do for Brady of Straband.
"Oh you will come with me, Johnny and you're with a decent man."
Its little I knew what I had to do for Brady of Straband.
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