The Rake-The Irish Rovers

[ti:The Rake] [ar:The Irish Rovers] [al:Another Round] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Rake - The Irish Rovers [00:14.96]I am a young fellow from the County Tyrone [00:18.50]In the town of Strabane shur I'm very well known [00:22.30]For down to the alehouse I'm frequently goin' [00:25.74]With Kitty and Ginny and Mary [00:28.44] [00:29.39]My father rebuked me for being such a rake [00:32.92]And for spending me money on whiskey and cakes [00:36.57]But the lassies are sweet and it's all for their sakes [00:40.03]And it keeps me lighthearted and merry [00:42.86] [00:43.85]I'll eat when I'm hungry I'll drink when I'm dry [00:47.28]I will court all the lassies or at least I will try [00:50.88]And I'll never conform 'til the day that I die [00:54.49]Agus fagaimid suid mar ata se [00:57.46] [01:01.85]If I chance for to wander on down to the fair [01:05.38]All the lassies all around me do flock on the square [01:09.09]I'll pull out me fiddle and play an auld air [01:12.66]And soon we're all off on the spree [01:15.35] [01:16.33]There's Peggy and Jane from the banks of Loch Nee [01:19.91]There's Kitty and Molly down Dungannon Way [01:23.36]And there's another one from Cookstown who makes me head sway [01:26.99]Such a fuss they all make over me [01:29.68] [01:30.76]I'll eat when I'm hungry I'll drink when I'm dry [01:34.29]I will court all the lassies or at least I will try [01:37.81]And I'll never conform 'til the day that I die [01:41.41]Agus fagaimid suid mar ata se [01:44.52] [01:48.99]To quarrel for riches I ne'er was inclined [01:52.47]For the greatest of misers must leave them behind [01:55.99]So me money I spend with no thought in me mind [01:59.57]But to kick up our heels and carrouse [02:02.46] [02:03.11]For the rich never spend any gold of their own [02:06.83]Sure they hold it away like a dog and it's bone [02:10.36]But they end on their back among nettles and stones [02:14.01]And I hear there're no pockets in shrouds [02:16.69] [02:17.75]I'll eat when I'm hungry I'll drink when I'm dry [02:21.20]I will court all the lassies or at least I will try [02:24.84]And I'll never conform 'til the day that I die [02:28.43]Agus fagaimid suid mar ata se [02:31.39] [03:01.16]Now some say I'm foolish and some say I'm wise [03:04.82]For loving the women and the whiskey like wives [03:08.17]But the son of King David had ten hundred wives [03:11.75]And his wisdom was highly regarded [03:14.75] [03:15.41]So I'll call for the lassies and ask them to wed [03:18.93]And we'll all be content in the one marriage bed [03:22.72]While the rich count their gold [03:24.08]We'll count children instead [03:26.17]And we'll raise them up true and stout-hearted [03:29.27] [03:29.88]I'll eat when I'm hungry I'll drink when I'm dry [03:33.47]I will court all the lassies or at least I will try [03:37.08]And I'll never conform 'til the day that I die [03:40.65]Agus fagaimid suid mar ata se [03:43.70] [03:44.39]Agus fagaimid suid mar ata se