Arthur Mcbride-Corrib Folk

[ti:Arthur Mcbride] [ar:The Corrib Folk] [al:Ramblin' Irishman] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Arthur Mcbride - Corrib Folk [00:08.58]I had a first cousin called Arthur McBride [00:12.19]He and I took a stroll down by the sea side [00:15.93]A seeking good fortune and what might be tide [00:19.66]'Twas just as the day was a dawning [00:24.45]And after resting we both took a tramp [00:27.98]We met Sergeant Harper and Corporal Cramp [00:31.70]Besides the wee drummer who beat up for camp [00:35.41]With his rowdy dow dow in the morning [00:38.87] [00:43.08]He says young fellows if you will enlist [00:46.48]A guinea you quickly will have in your fist [00:50.23]Besides the crown for to beat the dust [00:54.05]And drink the king's health in the morning [00:58.19] [00:58.79]And if we were such fools as to take the advance [01:02.25]This right bloody slander would be our poor chance [01:06.09]For the Queen wouldn't scruple to send us to France [01:09.62]Where we would be killed in the morning [01:12.87] [01:17.15]He says me young fellows if I hear but one word [01:20.76]I instantly now will out with my sword [01:24.42]And into your body as strength will afford [01:28.08]So now my gay devils take warning [01:32.92]But Arthur and I we both took in the odds [01:36.49]We gave them no chance for to launch out their swords [01:40.20]Our whacking shillelaghs came over their heads [01:43.88]And paid them right smart in the morning [01:47.09] [01:51.35]As for the wee drummer we rifled his pouch [01:55.00]And made a football of his rowdy dow dow [01:58.76]And into the ocean to rock and to roll [02:02.38]And bade it a tedious returning [02:07.13]As for the old rapier that hung by his side [02:10.80]We flung it as far as we could in tide [02:14.37]To devil I pitch you sez Arthur McBride [02:18.07]To temper your steel in the morning