The Irish Rover-Dance To Tipperary

[ti:The Irish Rover] [ar:Dance To Tipperary] [al:The Singles Collection.] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Irish Rover - Dance To Tipperary [00:33.70]On the 4th of July eighteen hundred and six [00:37.28]We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork [00:40.91]We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks [00:44.74]For the grand city hall in New York [00:48.32]To was a nearleaking craft she was rigged fore and aft [00:52.01]And oh how the wild wind drove her [00:55.40]She had several blasts she had 27 masts [00:59.12]And we called her the Irish Rover [01:03.32] [01:04.59]We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags [01:08.36]We had two million barrels of stones [01:11.47]We had three million sides of old blind horses hides [01:15.45]We had four million barrels of bones [01:18.30] [01:18.88]We had five million hogs six million dogs [01:22.74]Seven million barrels of porter [01:26.11]We had eight million bails of old nanny goats' tails [01:30.03]In the hold of the Irish Rover [01:34.89] [02:04.65]There was Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee [02:08.19]There was Hogan from County Tyrone [02:11.05] [02:11.64]There was Charlie McGurk who was scared stiff of work [02:15.34]And a chap from Westmeathe called Malone [02:18.30] [02:18.85]There was Slugger O'Toole who was drunk as a rule [02:22.72]And fighting Bill Tracy from Dover [02:26.28]And a man Mick McCann from the banks of the Bann [02:29.91]Was the skipper of the Irish Rover [02:34.59] [03:06.44]We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out [03:09.96]And the ship lost its way in the fog [03:12.95]And the whale of a crew was reduced down to two [03:16.43] [03:17.17]Just myself and the Captain's old dog [03:19.70] [03:20.87]Then the ship struck a rock oh Lord what a shock [03:23.89] [03:24.48]The bulkhead turned right over [03:27.86]Turned nine times around and the old dog was drowned [03:31.87] [03:32.38]And I'm the last of the Irish Rover