The Juice Of The Barley-The Clancy Brothers

[ti:The Juice Of The Barley] [ar:The Clancy Brothers] [al:Irish Drinking Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.17]The Juice Of The Barley - The Clancy Brothers [00:01.95]Written by：Traditional [00:02.82] [00:31.65]In the sweet country lim'rick one cold winter's night [00:36.20] [00:37.20]All the turf fires were burning when I first saw the light [00:40.96] [00:42.28]And a drunken old midwife went tipsy with joy [00:46.88] [00:48.52]As she danced round the floor with her slip of a boy [00:52.65]Cho singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [00:56.48]And the juice of the barley for me [01:00.04] [01:00.65]Well when I was a gossoon of eight years old or so [01:05.16]With me turf and me primer to school I did go [01:09.26] [01:09.99]To a dusty old school house without any door [01:15.17]Where lay the school master blind drunk on the floor [01:19.29]Cho singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [01:23.33]And the juice of the barley for me [01:26.69] [01:27.68]At the learning I wasn't such a genius I'm thinking [01:31.09] [01:34.39]But I soon bet the master entirely at drinking [01:38.21] [01:39.37]Not a wake or a wedding for five miles around [01:43.74] [01:44.91]But meself in the corner was sure to be found [01:48.56]Cho singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [01:52.34]And the juice of the barley for me [01:55.57] [01:56.26]One Sunday the priest thread me out from the altar [01:59.66]Saying you'll end up your days with your neck in a halter [02:02.95] [02:03.89]And you'll dance a fine jig between heaven and hell [02:08.81] [02:09.42]And his words they did frighten me the truth for to tell [02:13.06]Cho singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [02:16.96]And the juice of the barley for me [02:20.12] [02:20.64]So the very next morning as the dawn it did break [02:24.43] [02:25.16]I went down to the vestry the pledge for to take [02:29.35] [02:31.26]And there in that room sat the priests in a bunch [02:36.39] [02:37.86]Round a big roaring fire drinking tumblers of punch [02:41.92]Cho singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [02:45.87]And the juice of the barley for me [02:49.12] [02:54.81]Well from that day to this I have wandered alone [03:00.56] [03:01.88]I'm a jack of all trades and a master of none [03:06.09] [03:07.35]With the sky for me roof and the earth for me floor [03:13.36] [03:14.03]And I'll dance out my days frinking whiskey galore [03:17.85]Cho singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [03:21.83]And the juice of the barley for me