The Juice Of The Barley-The Clancy Brothers

[ti:The Juice Of The Barley] [ar:The Clancy Brothers] [al:In Person At Carnegie Hall/In Concert/Luck Of The Irish (3 Pak)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Juice Of The Barley - The Clancy Brothers [00:12.95]In the sweet country lim'rick one cold winter's night [00:17.05] [00:18.45]All the turf fires were burning when i first saw the light [00:21.93] [00:23.22]And a drunken old midwife went tipsy with joy [00:28.83] [00:29.66]As she danced round the floor with her slip of a boy [00:33.76]Cho singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [00:37.57]And the juice of the barley for me [00:40.93] [00:41.83]Well when i was a gossoon of eight years old or so [00:45.76] [00:46.42]With me turf and me primer to school i did go [00:50.14] [00:51.11]To a dusty old school house without any door [00:55.76] [00:56.37]Where lay the school master blind drunk on the floor [01:00.67]Cho singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [01:04.32]And the juice of the barley for me [01:07.65] [01:09.10]At the learning i wasn't such a genius i'm thinking [01:12.13] [01:15.67]But i soon bet the master entirely at drinking [01:18.89] [01:20.41]Not a wake or a wedding for five miles around [01:25.48] [01:26.17]But meself in the corner was sure to be found [01:29.86]Cho singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [01:33.59]And the juice of the barley for me [01:36.80] [01:37.82]One sunday the priest thread me out from the altar [01:40.52] [01:41.07]Saying you'll end up your days with your neck in a halter [01:44.38] [01:44.95]And you'll dance a fine jig between heaven and hell [01:50.43]And his words they did frighten me the truth for to tell [01:54.62]Cho singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [01:58.30]And the juice of the barley for me [02:01.36] [02:02.18]So the very next morning as the dawn it did break [02:05.58] [02:06.64]I went down to the vestry the pledge for to take [02:10.51] [02:13.28]And there in that room sat the priests in a bunch [02:17.58] [02:19.32]Round a big roaring fire drinking tumblers of punch [02:23.68]Cho singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [02:27.30]And the juice of the barley for me [02:30.59] [02:36.21]Well from that day to this i have wandered alone [02:42.27] [02:42.90]I'm a jack of all trades and a master of none [02:46.89] [02:48.93]With the sky for me roof and the earth for me floor [02:54.78] [02:55.91]And i'll dance out my days frinking whiskey galore [02:59.84]Cho singing ban ya na mo if an ga na [03:03.42]And the juice of the barley for me