Paddy McGinty's Goat-Brier

[ti:Paddy McGinty's Goat] [ar:Brier] [al:We Are The Irish] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Paddy McGinty's Goat - Brier [00:08.11]Paddy mcginty's goat the hit co [00:11.05]Now patrick mcginty an irishman of note he bought himself a goat [00:13.86]Says he sure of goat's milk i'm goin to have me fill [00:16.82]But when he brought a nanny home he found it was a bill [00:19.05] [00:19.71]All the young ladies who live in killaloo [00:21.97] [00:22.68]They're all wearing bustles like their mothers used to do [00:24.95] [00:25.50]They each wear a bolster beneath their petticoat [00:27.84] [00:28.51]And leave the rest to providence and paddy mcginty's goat [00:30.86] [00:33.66]Mrs burke to her daughter said listen mary jane [00:36.02] [00:36.77]Who was the lad you were cuddlin in the lane [00:39.63]He'd long wiry whiskers a hangin from his chin [00:41.77] [00:42.36]Twas only pat mcginty's goat she answered with a grin [00:44.67] [00:45.45]Then she went away from the village in disgrace [00:48.23]She came back with powder and paint upon her face [00:50.48] [00:51.12]She'd rings on her fingers and she wore a sable coat [00:53.43] [00:54.06]You bet your life she didn't get those from paddy mcginty's goat [00:56.47] [00:59.24]Now norah mccarthy the knot was goin to tie [01:02.29]She washed out her trousseau and she hung it out to dry [01:05.36]Along came the goat and he saw the bits of white [01:07.97]And chewed up all her falderals upon her wedding night [01:10.33] [01:10.98]Oh turn out the light quick she shouted out to pat [01:13.92]For though i'm your bride sure i'm not worth lookin at [01:16.66]I had two of everything i told you when i wrote [01:19.13] [01:19.69]But now i've one of nothin all through paddy mcginty's goat [01:22.07] [01:24.92]Mickey riley he went to the races t'other day [01:27.28] [01:28.01]He won twenty dollars and he shouted hip hooray [01:30.22] [01:30.87]He held up the note shoutin look at what i've got [01:33.61]The goat came up and grabbed it and he swallowed up the lot [01:36.72]He's eaten my banknote says mickey with a hump [01:38.72] [01:39.27]They went for the doctor and they got a stomach pump [01:42.37]They pumped and they pumped for the twenty dollar note [01:45.34]But all they got was ninepence out of paddy mcginty's goat [01:47.95] [01:50.57]Now old paddy's goat had a wonderous appetite [01:52.69] [01:53.44]And one day for breakfast he had some dynamite [01:56.42]A big box of matches he swallowed all serene [01:58.70] [01:59.30]Then out he went and swallowed up a quart of paraffin [02:02.32]He sat by the fireside he didn't give a hang [02:05.19]He swallowed a spark and exploded with a bang [02:07.44] [02:08.94]So if you go to heaven you can bet a dollar note [02:12.57] [02:14.01]That the angel with the whiskers on is paddy mcginty's goat