Finnegan's Wake-Ronnie Drew

[ti:Finnegan's Wake] [ar:Ronnie Drew] [al:Legends Of Irish Folk] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Finnegan's Wake - Ronnie Drew [00:01.55]Ah Tim Finnegan lived in Walking Street [00:03.63]A gentleman Irish mighty odd [00:05.97]He had a tongue both rich and sweet [00:07.98]An' to rise in the world he carried a hod [00:10.37]Ah but Tim had a sort of a tipplin' way [00:12.64]With the love of the liquor he was born [00:14.63]An' to send him on his way each day [00:16.52]He'd a drop of the craythur every morn [00:18.43]Whack fol the dah will ya dance to yer partner [00:20.47]Around the flure yer trotters shake [00:21.90]Wasn't it the truth I told you [00:23.56]Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake [00:25.68]One morning Tim was rather full [00:28.19]His head felt heavy which made him shake [00:30.56]He fell off the ladder and he broke his skull [00:32.88]And they carried him home his corpse to wake [00:34.95]Well they rolled him up in a nice clean sheet [00:37.31]And they laid him out upon the bed [00:39.13]With a bottle of whiskey at his feet [00:40.99]And a barrel of porter at his head [00:42.87]Whack fol the dah will ya dance to yer partner [00:44.93]Around the flure yer trotters shake [00:46.35]Wasn't it the truth I told you [00:48.20]Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake [00:50.03]Well his friends assembled at the wake [00:52.27]And Mrs Finnegan called for lunch [00:54.70]Well first they brought in tay and cake [00:56.84]Then pipes tobacco and brandy punch [00:59.34]Then the widow Malone began to cry [01:01.66]"Such a lovely corpse did you ever see [01:04.13]Arrah Tim avourneen why did you die " [01:06.01]"Will ye hould your gob " said Molly McGee [01:08.14]Whack fol the dah will ya dance to yer partner [01:10.01]Around the flure yer trotters shake [01:11.42]Wasn't it the truth I told you [01:12.99]Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake [01:15.15]Well Mary O'Connor took up the job [01:17.21]"Biddy" says she "you're wrong I'm sure" [01:19.48]Well Biddy gave her a belt in the gob [01:21.74]And left her sprawling on the floor [01:23.52] [01:24.07]Well civil war did then engage [01:26.14]T'was woman to woman and man to man [01:27.90]Shillelagh law was all the rage [01:29.94]And a row and a ruction soon began [01:31.82]Whack fol the dah will ya dance to yer partner [01:33.83]Around the flure yer trotters shake [01:35.18]Wasn't it the truth I told you [01:36.97]Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake [01:38.99]Well Tim Maloney raised his head [01:41.19]When a bottle of whiskey flew at him [01:43.70]He ducked and landing on the bed [01:45.79]The whiskey scattered over Tim [01:47.73] [01:48.33]Bedad he revives see how he rises [01:50.59]Tim Finnegan rising in the bed [01:52.99]Saying "Whittle your whiskey around like blazes [01:54.99]T'underin' Jaysus do ye think I'm dead " [01:57.00]Whack fol the dah will ya dance to yer partner [01:58.92]Around the flure yer trotters shake [02:00.49]Wasn't it the truth I told you [02:02.13]Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake [02:03.85]How would you want the game off