Mad Pat-Horslips

[ti:Mad Pat] [ar:Horslips] [al:Roll Back] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mad Pat - Horslips [00:23.64]There was a country fiddler [00:25.27]A jester a riddler a joker [00:27.69]A singer of songs [00:28.83] [00:30.64]In every town he passed [00:31.81]He'd stop to help the dancing master [00:33.65]Entertain his straw-rope-foot throng [00:35.78] [00:37.04]And from a green cloth on his back [00:38.85]He'd take his fiddle [00:39.58]And some goodbye snow [00:41.22] [00:43.46]Now singing high now murmuring low [00:45.45]Now in the middle with his magic bow [00:47.84] [00:49.26]And all the people would know [00:50.88] [00:53.37]Mad Paddy's gone back on the road [00:55.96]A wire string fiddle is his only load [00:58.51] [00:59.16]He's kicking up turf everywhere he goes [01:01.59] [01:02.35]And he's on his own [01:03.68] [01:06.31]From the houses all the people they stare [01:08.66] [01:09.62]At his Horslips and [01:10.68]His emerald green hair [01:12.26]He keeps on moving [01:13.38] [01:13.89]He just doesn't care [01:15.39]When he's on his own [01:16.64] [01:17.80]Mad Paddy's on the road [01:20.00] [01:31.92]First he'll play a slow slow air [01:33.50]So fair to drive away your cares [01:34.95] [01:35.88]And bring a magic sleep [01:37.31] [01:38.45]Then the pace will quicken [01:39.87]As you burst out of your slumber [01:41.37]And find yourself up on your feet [01:43.62] [01:44.77]But then his magic tune will change [01:46.34]To something strange [01:47.18]There's something wrong [01:48.18]What's going on [01:48.95] [01:51.22]And through the tears you cry [01:52.59]You'll sigh [01:53.32]You'll feel like dying [01:54.14]Cos the fiddler's gone [01:55.19] [01:57.27]Mad Paddy's moving on [01:58.74] [02:01.53]Mad Paddy's gone back on the road [02:04.12]A wire string fiddle is his only load [02:06.70] [02:07.37]He's kicking up turf [02:08.86]Everywhere he goes [02:10.30]And he's on his own [02:11.84] [02:14.53]In the corner there's [02:15.58]A smile on his face [02:17.17]His fancy is taking him [02:18.55]To some distant place [02:20.44]His tunes keep changing [02:21.53] [02:22.05]He can't keep the pace [02:23.47]And he's on his own [02:24.65] [02:25.97]Mad Pat's on the road [02:27.53] [02:53.46]Mad Paddy's gone back on the road [02:56.00]A wire string fiddle is his only load [02:58.55] [02:59.25]He's kicking up turf everywhere he goes [03:01.85] [03:02.44]And he's on his own [03:03.51] [03:06.44]In the corner there's a smile on his face [03:08.56] [03:09.11]His fancy is taking him [03:10.44]To some distant place [03:12.15]His tunes keep changing [03:13.89]He can't keep the pace [03:15.29]And he's on his own [03:16.76] [03:17.89]Mad Pat's on the road [03:20.01] [03:24.42]Mad Pat's on the road [03:27.00] [03:30.95]Mad Pat's on the road