Johnny McEldoo-The Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem

[ti:Johnny Mceldoo (Live)] [ar:The Clancy Brothers] [al:The Folk Collection 1955-1962] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Johnny McEldoo - The Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem [00:00.46]There was Johnny McEldoo and McGee and me [00:05.29]And a couple or two or three [00:06.79]Went on a spree one day [00:08.33]We had a bob or two which [00:09.79]We knew how to blew [00:10.74]And the beer and whiskey flew [00:11.81]And we all felt gay [00:13.54]We visited McCann's McLemann's [00:15.07]Humpty Dan's [00:16.05]We then went into Swann's [00:17.14]Our stomachs for to pack [00:18.63]We ordered out a feed [00:19.62]Which indeed we did need [00:20.88]And we finished it with speed [00:22.11]But we still felt slack [00:23.65]Johnny McEldoo turned red [00:25.14]White and blue [00:25.80]And a plate of Irish stew [00:27.08]He soon put out of sight [00:28.63]He shouted out Encore [00:29.40]With a roar for some more [00:30.77]That he never felt before such a keen appetite [00:33.52]He ordered eggs and ham bread [00:34.78]And jam what a cram [00:35.98]But him we couldn't ram though [00:37.30]We tried our level best [00:38.35]For everything we brought cold [00:39.50]Or hot mattered not [00:40.53]It went down him like a shot and [00:42.03]He still stood the test [00:43.14]He swallowed tripe and lard by the yard [00:44.81]We got scared [00:45.59]We thought it would go hard [00:46.71]When the waiter brought the bill [00:47.89]We told him to give other [00:48.99]But he swore he could loser [00:50.11]Twice as much again and [00:51.09]More before he had his fill [00:52.52]He nearly sucked a trough full of broth [00:53.99]Says McGrath [00:54.61]He'll devour the table cloth [00:55.77]If you don't hold him in [00:57.01]When the waiter brought the charge [00:58.20]McEldoo felt so large [00:59.42]He began to scowl and barge and [01:00.87]His blood went on fire [01:01.83]He began to curse and swear tear [01:03.05]His hair in despair [01:03.95]And to finish the affair [01:04.87]Called the shopman a liar [01:06.06]The shopman he drew out and [01:07.14]No doubt he did clout [01:08.08]McEldoo he kicked about [01:08.78]Like an old football [01:10.22]He tattered all his clothes broke [01:11.36]His nose I suppose [01:12.21]He'd have killed him with a few blows [01:13.59]In no time at all [01:14.47]McEldoo began to howl [01:15.12]And to growl by my soul [01:16.25]He threw an empty bowl [01:17.21]At the shopkeeper's head [01:18.35]It struck by Mickey Finn peeled [01:19.45]The skin off his chin [01:20.36]And the ructions did begin [01:21.25]And we all fought and bled [01:22.37]The Peelers did arrive man alive four or five [01:23.89]At us the made a drive us all to march away [01:25.68]We paid for all the meat [01:26.49]That we ate stood a treat [01:27.65] [01:28.28]And went home to ruminate on the spree that day