Irish Rover-The Tossers

[ti:Irish Rover] [ar:The Tossers] [al:Communication And Conviction] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Irish Rover - The Tossers [00:40.49]Well on the Fourth of July 1806 [00:41.80]We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork [00:56.59]We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks [00:57.65]For the grand City Hall in New York [01:07.38]＇twas a wonderful craft she was rigged for and aft [01:15.75]And oh how the wild wind drove her [01:16.37]She stood several blasts she had twenty-seven masts [01:17.31]And they called her the Irish Rover [01:17.49]Well we had one million bags of the best Sligo rags [01:18.49]We had two million barrels of ston [01:20.49]We had three million bails of old nanny-goats＇ tails [01:23.36]We had four million barrels of bone [01:41.58] [02:03.93]We had five million hogs and six million dogs [02:10.09]Seven million barrels of porter [02:11.34]We had eight million bails of old nanny-goats＇ tails [02:12.91]In the hold of the Irish Rover [02:16.90]Well we had Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee [02:23.51]We had Hogan from County Tyrone [02:27.07]And we had Jimmy McGurk who was scared stiff of work [02:32.43]And a lad from Westmeath called Malone [02:37.00]O we had Slugger O＇Toole who was drunk as a rule [02:45.48]And Fighting Bill Treacy from Dover [02:49.78]And your man Mike McCann [02:52.66]From the banks of the Bann [02:56.52]Was the skipper on the Irish Rover [03:00.71]Well a sailor he longs for a better life [03:04.52]It＇s so lonesome by night and by day [03:08.44]And he longs for the shore and a charming young whore [03:12.75]Who＇ll make all his troubles away [03:17.30]All the noise and the rout [03:19.86]All the whiskey and stout [03:20.86]The fighting it＇s never over [03:21.04]Of the love of a maid he is never afraid [03:21.30]It＇s all for the Irish Rover [03:21.49]We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out [03:23.92]And the ship lost it＇s way in the fog [03:30.47]And that whale of a crew was reduced down to two [03:40.20]Just meself and the Captain＇s old dog [03:46.50]Then the ship struck a rock [03:51.69]Oh Lord What a shock [03:54.56]The bulkhead was turned right over [03:57.98]Well it turned nine times around [04:00.79]And the poor old dog was drowned [04:04.36]Well I＇m the last of the Irish Rover