The Irish Rover-The Houghton Weavers

[ti:The Irish Rover] [ar:The Houghton Weavers] [al:It's Good To See You] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Irish Rover - The Houghton Weavers [00:02.49]In the year of our lord eighteen hundred and six [00:06.42]We set sail from the cove of Cork [00:10.16] [00:10.69]We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks [00:14.81]For the grand city hall in New York [00:18.55] [00:19.46]We'd a nearleaking craft she was rigged fore and aft [00:23.50]And how the trade winds drove her [00:27.45]She had twenty-three masts and she stood several blasts [00:31.76]And they called her the irish rover [00:36.82]There was bobby mcgee from the banks of the lee [00:41.17]There was hogan from county tyrone [00:44.86] [00:45.37]There was johnny mcgurk who was scared stiff of work [00:49.61]And a man from west meath named malone [00:53.94]There was Slugger o'toole who was drunk as a rule [00:57.87] [00:58.48]And fighting bill tracy from dover [01:01.59] [01:02.21]And a man mick mccann from the banks of the bann [01:06.54]Was the skipper of the irish rover [01:11.49]We had one million bags of the best sligo rags [01:15.72]We had two million barrels of bone [01:19.78]We had three million bales of old nanny goats tails [01:24.28]We had four million barrels of stone [01:28.28]We had five million hogs [01:30.63]Six million dogs [01:32.17] [01:32.80]Seven million barrels of porter [01:36.75]We had eight million sides of blind horses hides [01:40.92]In the hold of the irish rover [01:45.98]We had sailed seven years when the mizzens broke out [01:50.22]And the ship lost her way in the fog [01:53.27] [01:54.35]And the whale of a crew was reduced down to two [01:58.19] [01:58.78]T'was meself and the captain's old dog [02:01.82] [02:02.92]Well the ship struck a rock and lord what a shock [02:06.69] [02:07.22]I nearly tumbled over [02:10.96]Turned nine times around and the poor old dog was drowned [02:18.57] [02:19.11]I'm the last of the irish rover