The Irish Rover-Ronnie Drew

[ti:The Irish Rover] [ar:Various Artists] [al:Pure Irish Pub Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Irish Rover - Ronnie Drew [00:04.88]On the 4th of July, eighteen hundred and six [00:08.97]We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork [00:11.66] [00:12.78]We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks [00:17.03]For the grand city hall in New York [00:19.37] [00:20.78]T'was a wonderful craft, she was rigged fore and aft [00:25.12]And oh how the wild wind drove her [00:28.80]She had several blasts, she had 27 masts [00:32.91]And called her the Irish Rover [00:36.89] [00:38.01]We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags [00:42.11]We had two million barrels of stone [00:45.22] [00:45.90]We had three million sides of blind horses hides [00:50.11]We had four million barrels of bone [00:54.28]We had five million hogs, [00:56.23]We had six million dogs [00:58.25]We had seven million barrels of porter [01:02.05]We had eight million bails of old nanny goats' tails [01:06.23]In the hold of the Irish Rover [01:10.50] [01:11.30]There was old Mickey Coote who played hard on his flute [01:15.18]When the ladies lined up for a set [01:18.49] [01:19.23]He was tooting with skill For each sparking quadrille [01:23.50]Though the dancers were fluther'd and bet [01:26.38] [01:27.42]With his smart witty talk he was cock of the walk [01:31.64]He rolled the dames under and over [01:35.12] [01:35.63]When he took up his stance [01:37.58]They all knew at a glance [01:39.61]That he sailed on the Irish Rover [01:43.37] [01:44.78]There was Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee [01:48.48]There was Hogan from County Tyrone [01:51.88] [01:52.50]There was Charlie McGurk who was scared stiff of work [01:56.60]And a chap from Westmeathe named Malone [02:00.12] [02:00.79]There was Slugger O'Toole who was drunk as a rule [02:04.89]And fighting Bill Tracy from Dover [02:08.19] [02:08.86]And a man Mick McCann from the banks of the Bann [02:12.54] [02:14.00]Was the skipper of the Irish Rover [02:16.13] [02:17.95]We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out [02:21.62]And the ship lost its way in the fog [02:24.65] [02:25.51]And the whale of a crew was reduced down to two [02:29.74]Just myself and the Captain's old dog [02:32.56] [02:33.55]Then the ship struck a rock, oh, Lord what a shock [02:37.15] [02:37.76]The bulkhead turned right over [02:40.71] [02:41.31]Turned nine times around and the old dog was drowned [02:45.31] [02:46.13]And I'm the last of the Irish Rover