Paddy Mcginty's Goat

[ti:Paddy Mcginty's Goat] [ar:The Hit Crew] [al:Fun Songs for St. Patrick's Day, Chanukah, Christmas & Kwanzaa] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.48]Paddy Mcginty's Goat - The Hit Crew [00:02.10] [00:03.04]Now Patrick McGinty [00:05.87]An Irishman of note [00:07.38]Fell in for a fortune [00:09.02]And he bought himself a goat [00:10.58]Says he sure of goat's milk [00:12.21]I'm goin' to have me fill [00:13.57]But when he brought a Nanny home [00:15.43]He found it was a Bill [00:17.03]All the young ladies who live in Killaloo [00:20.00]They're all wearing bustles [00:21.37]Like their mothers used to do [00:23.23]They each wear a bolster beneath their petticoat [00:26.58]And leave the rest to Providence [00:28.14]And Paddy McGinty's goat [00:29.35] [00:32.97]Mrs Burke to her daughter said listen Mary Jane [00:36.24]Who was the lad you were cuddlin' in the lane [00:39.37]He'd long wiry whiskers a-hangin' from his chin [00:42.53]'Twas only Pat McGinty's goat she answered with a grin [00:45.85]Then she went away from the village in disgrace [00:49.07]She came back with powder [00:50.39]And paint upon her face [00:52.13]She'd rings on her fingers [00:53.83]And she wore a sable coat [00:55.55]You bet your life [00:56.69]She didn't get those from Paddy McGinty's goat [00:58.18] [01:01.69]Now Norah McCarthy [01:03.56]The knot was goin' to tie [01:04.86]She washed out her trousseau [01:06.23]And she hung it out to dry [01:07.88]Along came the goat [01:09.43]And he saw the bits of white [01:11.12]And chewed up all her falderals [01:12.90]Upon her wedding night [01:14.71]Oh turn out the light quick [01:16.26]She shouted out to Pat [01:17.73]For though I'm your bride [01:19.17]Sure I'm not worth lookin' at [01:20.91]I had two of everything [01:22.82]I told you when I wrote [01:24.09]But now I've one of nothin' [01:25.59]All through Paddy McGinty's goat [01:27.45] [01:30.46]Mickey Riley he went to the races t'other day [01:33.68]He won twenty dollars and he shouted hip hooray [01:36.79]He held up the note shoutin' look at what I've got [01:40.08]The goat came up and grabbed it and he swallowed up the lot [01:43.31]He's eaten my banknote says Mickey with a hump [01:46.27]They went for the doctor and they got a stomach pump [01:49.68]They pumped and they pumped for the twenty dollar note [01:52.66]But all they got was ninepence out of Paddy McGinty's goat [01:55.89] [01:59.30]Now old Paddy's goat had a wonderous appetite [02:02.37]And one day for breakfast he had some dynamite [02:05.80]A big box of matches he swallowed all serene [02:08.98]Then out he went and swallowed up a quart of paraffin [02:12.31]He sat by the fireside he didn't give a hang [02:15.11]He swallowed a spark and exploded with a bang [02:18.33] [02:19.62]So if you go to heaven you can bet a dollar note [02:25.17] [02:27.68]That the angel with the whiskers on is Paddy McGinty's goat