The Irish Rover-The Houghton Weavers

[ti:The Irish Rover] [ar:The Houghton Weavers] [al:Blackpool Belle - Collection, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.35]The Irish Rover - The Houghton Weavers [00:02.99] [00:04.26]In the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and six [00:08.11]We set sail from the cove of Cork [00:11.46] [00:12.47]We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks [00:16.79]For the grand city hall in New York [00:19.67] [00:20.89]We'd a nearleaking craft she was rigged fore and aft [00:24.88] [00:25.58]And how the trade winds drove her [00:29.15]She had twenty three masts and she stood several blasts [00:33.50]And they called her the Irish Rover [00:37.34] [00:38.64]There was Bobby Mcgee from the Banks of the Lee [00:43.01]There was Hogan from county Tyrone [00:46.36] [00:47.14]There was Johnny Mcgurk who was scared stiff of work [00:51.30]And a man from west meath named Malone [00:54.77] [00:55.50]There was Slugger O'toole who was drunk as a rule [01:00.19]And fighting bill Tracy from Dover [01:03.77]And a man Mick Mccann from the banks of the Bann [01:08.16]Was the skipper of the Irish Rover [01:11.99] [01:12.99]We had one million bags of the best sligo rags [01:17.46]We had two million barrels of bone [01:20.43] [01:21.47]We had three million bales of old Nanny goats tails [01:25.72]We had four million barrels of stone [01:29.14] [01:29.97]We had five million hogs [01:31.90] [01:32.46]Six million dogs [01:33.99] [01:34.57]Seven million barrels of porter [01:38.27]We had eight million sides of blind horses hides [01:42.53]In the hold of the Irish Rover [01:46.75] [01:47.56]We had sailed seven years when the mizzens broke out [01:51.84]And the ship lost her way in the fog [01:54.78] [01:56.02]And the whale of a crew was reduced down to two [02:00.21]T'was meself and the captain's old dog [02:03.41] [02:04.45]Well the ship struck a rock and Lord what a shock [02:08.97]I nearly tumbled over [02:12.80]Turned nine times around and the poor old dog was drowned [02:20.10] [02:21.07]I'm the last of the Irish Rover