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Trad', arranged by the Dropkick Murphy's -
Tim
Finnegan lived in Watling Street, A gentle Irishman - Mighty Odd - He'd a
beautiful brogue So rich and sweet, to rise in the world He carried a hod, You
see He'd sort of a Trippling way: with love for a liquor Poor Tim was born, to
help him on with His work each day, He'd a drop of the Craythor every morn'
One
morning Tim was rather full, his head felt Heavy, which made him shake, fell
from the Ladder and broke his skull, so they carried Him home, his corpse to
wake, rolled Him up in a nice clean sheat, and laided Him upon the bed, A
bottle of Whiskey At his feet, and a gallon of Porter At his head
chorus:
And whack Fol-De-Dah now dance to your Partner, welt the floor, your trotters
shake Wasn't it the truth I told Ye Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake
His
friends assembled at his wake And Missus Finnegan called for lunch First they
brought in tay and cake Then pipes, tobacco and Whiskey Punch Biddy OBrien
begged to cry, such a Nice clean corpse did you see Arrah hold your gob see
Paddy Magee
chorus:
Then
O Connor took up the job "Arrah!" Biddy says she Ye're wrong I'm
Sure, Biddy then gave her a belt on The gob and left her sprawling on the
Floor, there the war did soon engage Woman to Woman and Man to Man
Shillelah-law was all the rage, an A Row and a Ruction soon began Mickey
Maloney raised his head when a bottle Of Whickey flew at him, it missed him
falling on The Bed, the liquor scattered over Tim, Tim Revives, see how he
rises, Timothy rising from the bed Whirl your Whisky around like blazes
Tonamondeal, do ye think I'm dead