The Irish Rover-Brogue/Paddy O'Gorman

[ti:The Irish Rover] [ar:Brogue/Paddy O'Gorman] [al:Irish Ballads and Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Irish Rover - Brogue/Paddy O'Gorman [00:00.63]On The fourth of july eighteen hundred and six [00:03.70]We set sail from the sweet cove of cork [00:06.56] [00:07.17]We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks [00:10.51]For the grand city hall in new york [00:13.16] [00:14.10]Towas a wonderful craft she was rigged fore-and-aft [00:17.70]And oh how the wild winds drove her [00:21.27]She'd got several blasts she'd twenty-seven masts [00:24.30]And we called her the irish rover [00:27.38] [00:28.92]We had one million bales of the best sligo rags [00:32.24]We had two million barrels of stones [00:34.79] [00:35.75]We had three million sides of old blind horses hides [00:39.15]We had four million barrels of bones [00:41.65] [00:43.09]Five million hogs six million dogs [00:46.47]Seven million barrels of porter [00:49.76]We had eight million bails of old nanny goats' tails [00:53.05]In the hold of the irish rover [00:56.13] [00:57.54]There was awl mickey coote [00:59.21]Who played hard on his flute [01:00.92]When the ladies lined up for his set [01:04.37]He was tooting with skill for each sparkling quadrille [01:07.87]Though the dancers were fluther'd and bet [01:10.32] [01:11.32]In the sparse witty talk he was cock of the walk [01:14.87]As he rolled the dames under and over [01:18.28]They all knew at a glance [01:19.98]When he took up his stance [01:21.78]And he sailed in the irish rover [01:24.81] [01:26.34]There was jimmy mcgurk [01:27.85]Who was scarred stiff of work [01:29.63]There was holding funking tep low [01:32.56] [01:33.10]There was Barney Mcgee from the banks of the Lee [01:36.50]And the men funing bee come along [01:39.11] [01:40.55]Slugger o'toole [01:42.13]Drunk as a rule [01:43.87]Fighting bill tracey from dover [01:46.63] [01:47.18]And your man mick mccann [01:48.76]From the banks of the bann [01:50.52]Was the skipper of the irish rover [01:53.47] [01:55.00]We had sailed seven years [01:56.52]When the measles broke out [01:58.27]And the ship lost it's way in a fog [02:01.83]And that whale of the crew was reduced down to two [02:05.25]Just meself and the captain's old dog [02:08.05] [02:08.90]Then the ship struck a rock oh lord what a shock [02:12.02] [02:12.93]The bulkhead was turned right over [02:17.88] [02:19.82]Turned nine times around [02:22.45] [02:24.05]And the poor dog was drowned [02:26.83] [02:30.55]I'm the last of the irish rover