The Juice Of The Barley-The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem

[ti:The Juice Of The Barley] [ar:The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem] [al:The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem Live at Carnegie Hall - November 3, 1962] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Juice Of The Barley - The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem [00:01.08]In the sweet country lim'rick [00:03.38]One cold winter's night [00:05.24] [00:06.49]All the turf fires were burning [00:08.53]When I first saw the light [00:10.04] [00:11.36]And a drunken old midwife went tipsy with joy [00:16.56] [00:17.65]As she danced round the floor [00:20.22]With her slip of a boy [00:21.76]Singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [00:25.56]And the juice of the barley for me [00:29.06] [00:29.80]Well when I was a gossoon [00:31.54]Of eight years old or so [00:34.36]With me turf and me primer to school I did go [00:38.46] [00:39.18]To a dusty old school house without any door [00:44.23]Where lay the school master blind drunk on the floor [00:48.42]Singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [00:52.34]And the juice of the barley for me [00:55.49] [00:56.97]At the learning I wasn't such a genius I'm thinking [00:59.88] [01:03.56]But I soon bet the master entirely at drinking [01:06.85] [01:08.18]Not a wake or a wedding for five miles around [01:12.97] [01:13.82]But meself in the corner was sure to be found [01:17.55]Singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [01:21.42]And the juice of the barley for me [01:24.50] [01:25.71]One sunday the priest thread [01:27.17]Me out from the altar [01:28.29] [01:28.87]Saying you'll end up your [01:30.34]Days with your neck in a halter [01:32.16] [01:33.17]And you'll dance a fine jig between [01:35.66]Heaven and hell [01:37.77] [01:38.46]And his words they did frighten me [01:40.81]The truth for to tell [01:42.35]Singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [01:46.20]And the juice of the barley for me [01:49.20] [01:49.97]So the very next morning as [01:51.64]The dawn it did break [01:53.60] [01:54.26]I went down to the vestry the pledge for to take [01:58.17] [02:00.93]And there in that room sat the priests in a bunch [02:05.22] [02:07.23]Round a big roaring fire drinking tumblers of punch [02:11.22]Singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [02:14.92]And the juice of the barley for me [02:18.05] [02:23.92]Well from that day to this [02:25.43] [02:26.26]I have wandered alone [02:29.64] [02:31.01]I'm a jack of all trades and a master of none [02:34.24] [02:36.14]With the sky for me roof [02:37.99] [02:38.71]And the earth for me floor [02:42.15] [02:43.39]And I'll dance out my days [02:45.30]Frinking whiskey galore [02:47.05]Singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [02:51.01]And the juice of the barley for me