Paddy McGinty's Goat-The Irish Dreamers

[ti:Paddy McGinty's Goat] [ar:The Irish Dreamers] [al:Ultimate Irish ] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.11]Paddy McGinty's Goat - The Irish Dreamers [00:01.18] [00:01.84]Now patrick mcginty an irishman of note [00:06.34]Fell in for a fortune and he bought himself a goat [00:09.69]Says he sure of goat's milk i'm goin' to have me fill [00:12.82]But when he brought a nanny home he found it was a bill [00:16.23]All the young ladies who live in killaloo [00:19.24]They're all wearing bustles like their mothers used to do [00:22.49]They each wear a bolster beneath their petticoat [00:25.65]And leave the rest to providence and paddy mcginty's goat [00:31.91]Mrs burke to her daughter said listen mary jane [00:35.31]Who was the lad you were cuddlin' in the lane [00:38.45]He'd long wiry whiskers a hangin' from his chin [00:41.62]Twas only pat mcginty's goat she answered with a grin [00:45.24]Then she went away from the village in disgrace [00:48.02]She came back with powder and paint upon her face [00:51.24]She'd rings on her fingers and she wore a sable coat [00:54.52]You bet your life she didn't get those from paddy mcginty's goat [00:57.80] [01:00.79]Now norah mccarthy the knot was goin' to tie [01:04.00]She washed out her trousseau and she hung it out to dry [01:07.21]Along came the goat and he saw the bits of white [01:10.46]And chewed up all her falderals upon her wedding night [01:13.64]Oh turn out the light quick she shouted out to pat [01:16.90]A long your bride sure i'm not worth lookin' at [01:19.96]I had two of everything i told you when i wrote [01:23.18]But now i've one of nothin' all through paddy mcginty's goat [01:26.67] [01:29.64]Mickey riley he went to the races t'other day [01:32.78]He won twenty dollars and he shouted hip hooray [01:35.93]He held up the note shoutin' look for i've got [01:39.20]The goat came up and grabbed it and he swallowed up the lot [01:42.46]He's eaten my banknote says mickey with a hump [01:45.60]They went for the doctor and they got a stomach pump [01:48.85]They pumped and they pumped for the twenty dollar note [01:52.10]But all they got was ninepence out of paddy mcginty's goat [01:55.41] [01:58.45]Now old paddy's goat had a wonderous appetite [02:01.67]And one day for breakfast he had some dynamite [02:04.89]A big box of matches he swallowed all serene [02:08.08]Then out he went and swallowed up a quart of paraffin [02:11.25]He sat by the fireside he didn't give a hang [02:14.37]He swallowed a spark and exploded with a bang [02:18.69]So if you go to heaven you can bet a dollar note [02:26.75]That the angel with the whiskers on is paddy mcginty's goat