The Irish Rover Karaoke - The Pogues & The Dubliners

This title is a cover of The Irish Rover as made famous by The Pogues

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About

Tempo: variable (around 141 BPM)

In the same key as the original: G

Duration: 04:07 - Preview at: 02:29

Release date: 1987
Genres: Celtic, Folk, In English
Original songwriter: Trad
Producer/Arranger: Crofts Joseph M Jr

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Lyrics The Irish Rover

On the fourth of July eighteen hundred and six we set sail from the sweet Cobh of Cork
We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks for the grand city hall in New York
'Twas a wonderful craft
She was rigged fore and aft
And oh how the wild wind drove her
She stood several blasts
She had twenty seven masts
And they called her
The Irish Rover
We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags
We had two million barrels of stone
We had three million sides of a blind horses hides'
We had four million barrels of bones
We had five million hogs
Six million dogs
Seven million barrels of Porter
We had eight million bails of old nanny goats' tails in the hold of The Irish Rover
There was awl Mickey Coote who played hard on his flute when the ladies lined up for a set
He was tootin' with skill for each sparkling quadrille though the dancers were fluther'd and bet
With his smart witty talk he was cock of the walk as he rolled the dames under and over
They all knew at a glance when he took up his stance that he sailed in
The Irish Rover
There was Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee
There was Hogan from County Tyrone
There was Johnny McGurk who was scared stiff of work
And a man from Westmeath called Malone
There was Slugger O'Toole who was drunk as a rule and fighting Bill Tracy from Dover
And your man Mick McCann from the banks of the Bann was the skipper of
The Irish Rover
For a sailor it's always a bother in life
It's so lonesome by night and by day
That he longs for the shore and a charming young whore who will melt all his troubles away
Oh the noise and the rout swillin' poitin and stout for him soon is done and over
Of the love of a maid he is never afraid
That old sot from the Irish Rover
We had sailed seven years
We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out when the measles broke out
And the ship lost its way
And the ship lost its way in the fog in the fog
And that whale of a crew
And that whale of a crew was reduced down to two was reduced down to two
Just myself and the captain's
Just myself and the captain's old dog old dog
Then the ship struck a rock
Then the ship struck a rock
Oh Lord what a shock
Oh Lord what a shock
The bulkhead was turned
The bulkhead was turned right over right over
Turned nine times around and the poor old dog was drowned
Turned nine times around and the poor old dog was drowned
I'm the last of The Irish Rover
I'm the last of The Irish Rover

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