Finnegan's Wake-The Dubliners

[ti:Finnegan's Wake] [ar:The Dubliners] [al:The Dubliners - The Definitive Transatlantic Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Finnegan's Wake - The Dubliners [00:19.50]Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin Street [00:21.68] [00:22.42]A gentle Irishman mighty odd [00:24.33] [00:25.62]He had a brogue both rich and sweet [00:28.32]An' to rise in the world he carried a hod [00:30.62] [00:32.23]You see he'd a sort of a tipplers way [00:34.93]But for the love for the liquor poor Tim was born [00:37.68]To help him on his way each day [00:40.45]He'd a drop of the craythur every morn [00:43.03]Whack fol the dah now dance to yer partner [00:45.17]Round the flure yer trotters shake [00:47.31]Bend an ear to the truth they tell ye [00:49.55]We had lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake [00:51.83] [00:52.74]One morning Tim got rather full [00:54.85]His head felt heavy which made him shake [00:58.12] [00:59.73]Fell from a ladder and he broke his skull and [01:02.67]They carried him home his corpse to wake [01:06.10]Rolled him up in a nice clean sheet [01:07.99]And laid him out upon the bed [01:11.04] [01:11.61]A bottle of whiskey at his feet [01:14.23]And a barrel of porter at his head [01:16.52]Whack fol the dah now dance to yer partner [01:18.53]Round the flure yer trotters shake [01:20.60]Bend an ear to the truth they tell ye [01:22.68]We had lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake [01:25.04] [01:26.10]His friends assembled at the wake [01:28.02] [01:28.78]And Widow Finnegan called for lunch [01:31.11] [01:32.03]First she brought in tay and cake [01:34.34] [01:35.20]Then pipes tobacco and whiskey punch [01:37.77] [01:38.59]Biddy O'Brien began to cry [01:40.46] [01:41.58]Such a nice clean corpse did you ever see [01:44.07] [01:44.81]Tim auvreem O why did you die [01:47.02] [01:47.66]Will ye hould your gob said Paddy McGee [01:50.32]Whack fol the dah now dance to yer partner [01:52.42]Round the flure yer trotters shake [01:54.28]Bend an ear to the truth they tell ye [01:56.53]We had lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake [01:58.76] [01:59.28]Then Maggie O'Connor took up the cry [02:01.54] [02:02.26]O Biddy says she you're wrong I'm sure [02:04.58] [02:05.49]Biddy gave her a belt in the gob [02:07.85] [02:08.42]And sent her sprawling on the floor [02:10.74] [02:11.76]Then the war did soon engage [02:13.73] [02:14.51]T'was woman to woman and man to man [02:17.06]Shillelagh law was all the rage [02:19.55]And a row and a ruction soon began [02:21.73]Whack fol the dah now dance to yer partner [02:23.79]Round the flure yer trotters shake [02:25.59]Bend an ear to the truth they tell ye [02:27.78]We had lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake [02:30.30] [02:31.65]Mickey Maloney ducked his head [02:33.11] [02:34.00]When a bucket of whiskey flew at him [02:36.05] [02:36.88]It missed and falling on the bed [02:39.04] [02:39.72]The liquor scattered over Tim [02:41.67] [02:42.85]Now the spirits new life gave the corpse my joy [02:46.12]Tim jumped like a Trojan from the bed [02:48.26] [02:48.88]Cryin will ye walup each girl and boy [02:51.55]Thunderin' Jesus do ye think I'm dead [02:54.16]Whack fol the dah now dance to yer partner [02:56.32]Round the flure yer trotters shake [02:58.04]Bend an ear to the truth they tell ye [03:00.07]We had lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake