The Irish Rover-The Pogues

[ti:The Irish Rover] [ar:The Pogues] [al:The Best Of The Pogues] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Irish Rover - The Pogues [00:03.97]Written by：Crofts,Joseph Crofts [00:07.95]On the fourth of july eighteen hundred and six [00:11.56]We set sail from the sweet cove of cork [00:14.12] [00:14.86]We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks [00:18.47]For the grand city hall in new york [00:21.11] [00:21.89]Towas a wonderful craft she was rigged fore-and-aft [00:25.39]And oh how the wild winds drove her [00:28.65]She'd got several blasts she'd twenty-seven masts [00:32.26]And we called her the irish rover [00:35.68] [00:36.31]We had one million bales of the best sligo rags [00:39.82]We had two million barrels of stones [00:43.26]We had three million sides of old blind horses hides [00:46.71]We had four million barrels of bones [00:50.11]We had five million hogs six million dogs [00:53.96]Seven million barrels of porter [00:56.99]We had eight million bails of old nanny goats' tails [01:00.62]In the hold of the irish rover [01:03.81] [01:04.66]There was awl mickey coote who played hard on his flute [01:08.02]When the ladies lined up for his set [01:10.73] [01:11.53]He was tooting with skill for each sparkling quadrille [01:14.96]Though the dancers were fluther'd and bet [01:17.56] [01:18.40]With his sparse witty talk he was cock of the walk [01:21.98]As he rolled the dames under and over [01:25.16]They all knew at a glance when he took up his stance [01:28.65]And he sailed in the irish rover [01:32.06] [02:01.23]There was barney mcgee from the banks of the lee [02:04.57]There was hogan from county tyrone [02:08.00]There was jimmy mcgurk who was scarred stiff of work [02:11.49]And a man from westmeath called me alone [02:14.30] [02:14.82]There was slugger o'toole who was drunk as a rule [02:18.48]And fighting bill tracey from dover [02:21.80]And your man mick mccann from the banks of the bann [02:25.11]Was the skipper of the irish rover [02:28.68] [02:29.49]We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out [02:32.84]And the ship lost it's way in a fog [02:36.28]And that whale of the crew was reduced down to two [02:39.63]Just meself and the captain's old dog [02:43.09]Then the ship struck a rock oh lord what a shock [02:46.82]The bulkhead was turned right over [02:51.19] [02:51.72]Turned nine times around and the poor dog was drowned [02:58.41] [03:00.08]I'm the last of the irish rover