Irish Rover-Tom Donovan

[ti:Irish Rover] [ar:Tom Donovan] [al:Greatest Ever Irish Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Irish Rover - Tom Donovan [00:22.43]On the fourth of July 1806 [00:24.84]We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork [00:28.87] [00:29.94]We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks [00:33.68]For the grand city hall in New York [00:36.53] [00:37.55]'Twas a wonderful craft [00:39.37]She was rigged fore-and-aft [00:41.49]And oh how the wild wind drove her [00:44.91]She stood several blasts [00:46.95]She had twenty seven masts [00:48.90]And they called her the Irish Rover [00:51.68] [00:52.88]We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags [01:00.11]We had two million barrels of stones [01:02.63]We had three million bales of old nanny goats' tails [01:07.30] [01:07.86]We had four million barrels of bones [01:10.58] [01:11.70]We had five million hogs [01:13.27]And six million dogs [01:14.93] [01:15.47]Seven million barrels of porter [01:17.47] [01:19.63]We had eight million sides of old blind horses hides [01:25.41] [01:26.02]In the hold of the Irish Rover [01:27.67] [01:30.66]There was Barney McGee [01:32.58]From the banks of the Lee [01:34.27]There was Hogan from County Tyrone [01:36.63] [01:38.16]There was Johnny McGurk [01:40.03]Who was scared stiff of work [01:41.71]And a man from Westmeath called Malone [01:44.49] [01:45.42]There was Slugger O'Toole [01:47.11]Who was drunk as a rule [01:49.64]And fighting Bill Tracy from Dover [01:51.83]And your man Mick McCann [01:53.71]From the banks of the Bann [01:56.20]Was the skipper of the Irish Rover [01:59.18]We had sailed seven years [02:00.96] [02:08.64]When the measles broke out [02:12.13]And the ship lost its way in the fog [02:14.79] [02:16.08]And that whale of a crew [02:18.00]Was reduced down to two [02:19.83]Just myself and the Captain's old dog [02:22.54] [02:23.65]Then the ship struck a rock oh what a shock [02:26.77] [02:27.59]The bulkhead was turned right over [02:29.85] [02:31.21]Turned nine times around [02:33.01]And the poor old dog was drowned [02:35.27] [02:38.28]I'm the last of the Irish Rover