Finnegan's Wake-The Clancy Brothers

[ti:Finnegan's Wake] [ar:The Clancy Brothers] [al:Vanguard Visionaries] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Finnegan's Wake - The Clancy Brothers [00:01.23]Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin' Street [00:04.86]A gentleman Irish mighty odd; [00:06.91]He had a brogue both rich and sweet [00:09.17]And to rise in the world he carried a hod [00:11.36]You see he had a sort of the tipplin' way [00:13.66]With a love of the temper he was born [00:15.74]And to help him on with his work each day [00:17.68]He'd a "drop of the cray-thur" every morn [00:19.87]Whack fol the darn O dance to your partner [00:21.99]Whirl the floor your trotters shake; [00:23.93]Wasn't it the truth I told you [00:26.12]Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake [00:28.56]One mornin' Tim was running full [00:31.49]His head was heavy which made him shake; [00:34.56]He fell from the ladder and broke his skull [00:37.87]And they carried him home his corpse to wake [00:41.99]They rolled him up in a nice clean sheet [00:44.69]And laid him out upon the bed [00:47.56]With a boken of whiskey at his feet [00:50.43]And a barrel of porter at his head [00:53.00]Whack fol the darn O dance to your partner [00:55.06]Whirl the floor your trotters shake; [00:56.87]Wasn't it the truth I told you [00:58.93]Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake [01:01.37]His friends assembled at the wake [01:03.18]And Mrs Finnegan called for lunch [01:05.87]First they brought in tay and cake [01:08.00]Then pipes tobacco and whiskey punch [01:11.15]Biddy O'Brien began to cry [01:13.71]"For the nice clean corpse did you ever see [01:16.22]"Tim mavourneen why did you die " [01:18.15]Arragh hold your gob said Paddy McGhee [01:20.27]Whack fol the darn O dance to your partner [01:22.46]Whirl the floor your trotters shake; [01:24.34]Wasn't it the truth I told you [01:26.34]Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake [01:28.90]And Maggie O'Connor took up the job [01:31.71]"O Biddy " says she "You're wrong I'm sure" [01:35.28]Biddy she gave her a belt in the gob [01:37.78]And left her sprawlin' on the floor [01:41.02]And then the war did soon engage [01:42.97]'Twas woman to woman and man to man [01:45.40]Shillelagh law was all the rage [01:47.72]And a row and a ruction soon began [01:49.90]Whack fol the darn O dance to your partner [01:51.96]Whirl the floor your trotters shake; [01:53.84]Wasn't it the truth I told you [01:55.90]Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake [01:58.31]Then Mickey Maloney reash his head [02:00.56]When the broken of whiskey flew at him [02:02.93]It missed and falling on the bed [02:06.01]The liquor scattered over Tim [02:09.08]The corpse revives See how he raises [02:12.45]Timothy rising from the bed [02:15.88]Says "Whirl your whiskey around like blazes [02:19.08]Thanum an Dhul Do you thunk I'm dead " [02:21.88]Whack fol the darn O dance to your partner [02:23.76]Whirl the floor your trotters shake; [02:25.64]Wasn't it the truth I told you [02:27.63]Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake [02:29.51]Whack fol the darn O dance to your partner [02:31.58]Whirl the floor your trotters shake; [02:33.33]Wasn't it the truth I told you [02:35.27]Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake