The Irish Rover-The Irish Dreamers

[ti:The Irish Rover] [ar:The Irish Dreamers] [al:Ultimate Irish ] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Irish Rover - The Irish Dreamers [00:08.11]On the fourth of july 1806 [00:11.41]We set sail from the sweet cove of cork [00:14.25] [00:14.77]We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks [00:18.19]For the grand city hall in new york [00:20.98] [00:21.53]T'was a wonderful craft she was rigged fore and aft [00:25.11]And oh how the wild wind drove her [00:28.33]She stood several blasts she had twenty-seven masts [00:31.66]And they called her the irish rover [00:34.93] [00:36.01]We had one million bags of the best sligo rags [00:39.42]We had two million barrels of stone [00:42.71]We had three million sides of old blind horses' hides [00:46.20]We had four million barrels of bone [00:49.49]We had five million hogs and six million dogs [00:53.09]And seven million barrels of porter [00:56.38]We had eight million bails of old nanny gold tails [00:59.82]In the hold of the irish rover [01:03.34] [01:04.20]There was old mickey coote who played hard on his flute [01:07.45]When the ladies lined up for a set [01:10.95]He was tootin' with skill for each sparking quadrille [01:14.40]Though the dancers were fluther'd and bet [01:16.91] [01:17.67]With his smart witty talk he was cock of the walk [01:21.20]He rolled the dames under and over [01:24.62]They all knew at a glance when he took up his stance [01:28.00]That he sailed on the irish rover [01:31.09] [02:00.44]There was barney mcgee from the banks of the lee [02:03.68]There was hogan from county tyrone [02:07.14]There was johnny mcgurk who was scared stiff of work [02:10.53]And your man from the west meath called malone [02:13.94]The was slugger o'toole who was drunk as a rule [02:17.59]And fighting bill tracey from dover [02:20.68]And your man mick mccann from the banks of the bann [02:24.04]Was the skipper of the irish rover [02:28.22]We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out [02:31.73]And the ship lost its way in the fog [02:35.15]And that whale of a crew was reduced down to two [02:38.57]Just myself and the captain's old dog [02:41.35] [02:41.98]Then the ship struck a rock oh lord what a shock [02:45.65]The bulkhead was turned right over [02:50.74]Turned nine times around and the poor old dog was drowned [02:59.02]And the last of the irish rover [03:02.53]