Fiddler's Green - Irish Rover lyrics
[Fiddler's Green - Irish Rover lyrics]
On the fourth of July
Eighteen hundred and six
We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork
We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks
For the grad city hall in New York
'T was a wonderful craft
She was rigged fore-and-aft
And oh, how the wild winds drove her
She got several blasts
She had twenty-seven masts
And they called her the Irish Rover
We had one million bales of
The best Sligo rags
We had two million barrels of rum
We had three million sides of
Old blind horses hides
We had four million barrels of bones
We had five million hogs, six million dogs
Seven million barrels of porter
We had eight million bails of
Old nanny goats' tails
In the hold of the Irish Rover
There was awl Mickey Coote who
Playes hard on his flute
When the ladies lined up for his set
He would tootle with skill
For each sparkling quadrille
Though the dancers were fluther'd and bet
With his sparse witty talk he
Was cock of the walk
As he rolled the dames under and over
And they knew at a glance when
He took up his stance
They sailed in the Irish Rover
There was Barney McGee from the
Banks of the Lee
There was Hogan from County Tyrone
There was Jimmy McGurk who was
Scarred stiff of work
And a man from Westmeath called Malone
There was Slugger O'Toole who was
Drunk as a rule
And fighthing Bill Tracey from Dover
And your man Mick McCann from
The banks of the Bann
Was the skipper of the Irish Rover
We had sailed seven years when
The measles broke out
And the ship lost it's way in a fog
And that whale of the 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 dog was drowned
I'm the last of the Irish Rover
Eighteen hundred and six
We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork
We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks
For the grad city hall in New York
'T was a wonderful craft
She was rigged fore-and-aft
And oh, how the wild winds drove her
She got several blasts
She had twenty-seven masts
And they called her the Irish Rover
We had one million bales of
The best Sligo rags
We had two million barrels of rum
We had three million sides of
Old blind horses hides
We had four million barrels of bones
We had five million hogs, six million dogs
Seven million barrels of porter
We had eight million bails of
Old nanny goats' tails
In the hold of the Irish Rover
There was awl Mickey Coote who
Playes hard on his flute
When the ladies lined up for his set
He would tootle with skill
For each sparkling quadrille
Though the dancers were fluther'd and bet
With his sparse witty talk he
Was cock of the walk
As he rolled the dames under and over
And they knew at a glance when
He took up his stance
They sailed in the Irish Rover
There was Barney McGee from the
Banks of the Lee
There was Hogan from County Tyrone
There was Jimmy McGurk who was
Scarred stiff of work
And a man from Westmeath called Malone
There was Slugger O'Toole who was
Drunk as a rule
And fighthing Bill Tracey from Dover
And your man Mick McCann from
The banks of the Bann
Was the skipper of the Irish Rover
We had sailed seven years when
The measles broke out
And the ship lost it's way in a fog
And that whale of the 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 dog was drowned
I'm the last of the Irish Rover