Irish Rover-The Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem

[ti:The Irish Rover (Live)] [ar:The Clancy Brothers] [al:The Folk Collection 1955-1962] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Irish Rover - The Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem [00:01.58]In the year [00:02.65]Of our Lord [00:03.72]Eighteen hundred and six [00:05.57]We set sail [00:06.60]From the port quay of Cork [00:08.30] [00:09.08]We were sailing away [00:11.13]With a cargo of bricks [00:12.90]For the grand city hall in New York [00:15.57] [00:16.48]We'd a near leaking craft [00:18.34]She was rigged fore and aft [00:20.29]And how the trade [00:21.95]Winds drove her [00:23.83]She had twenty three masts [00:25.62]And she stood several blasts [00:27.53]And they called her the Irish rover [00:32.03]There was Bobby McGee [00:34.03]From the banks of the Leith [00:35.78]There was Hogan [00:36.83]From County Tyrone [00:39.35]There was John D McGirk [00:41.04]Who was scared stiff of work [00:42.87]And a chap from Westmeath named Malone [00:46.37]We had slugger o'toole [00:48.37]Who was drunk as a rule [00:50.31]And fighting bill Tracy from Dover [00:53.90]And your man Mick McCann [00:55.70]From the banks of the Bann [00:57.43]Was the skipper [00:58.58]Of the Irish rover [01:02.09]We had one million bags [01:03.84]Of the best sligo rags [01:05.66]We had two million barrels of bone [01:09.06]We had three million bales [01:10.98]Of old nanny goats' tails [01:12.90]We had four million barrels of stone [01:16.36]We had five million hogs [01:18.33]And six million dogs [01:20.21]Seven million barrels of porter [01:23.77]We had eight million sides [01:25.48]Of old blind horses' hides [01:27.21]In the hold of the Irish rover [01:31.80]We had sailed seven years [01:33.77]When the measles broke out [01:35.63]And the ship lost her way in the fog [01:38.51]Red fog [01:39.47]And the whale of the crew [01:41.08]Was reduced down to two [01:42.90]'Twas myself and the captain's old dog [01:45.77] [01:46.49]Then the ship hit a rock [01:48.68]Oh Lord what a shock [01:50.47]I nearly tumbled over [01:54.17]Turned nine times around [01:55.87]And the poor old dog was drowned [01:59.82]I'm [02:00.87]Stop the Irish rover