《The Irish Rover》歌词

[00:00:00] The Irish Rover - Ronnie Drew/Tommy Makem

[00:00:04] On the fourth of July eighteen hundred and six

[00:00:08] We set sail from the sweet cove of cork

[00:00:12] We were sailing away with a cargo of clays

[00:00:16] For the grand city hall in New York

[00:00:20] 'Twas a wonderful craft she was rigged fore-and-aft

[00:00:25] And oh how the wild winds drove her

[00:00:28] She'd got several blasts she'd twenty-seven masts

[00:00:32] And we called her the Irish rover

[00:00:37] We had one million bales of the best sligo rags

[00:00:41] We had two million barrels of stones

[00:00:45] We had three million sides of old blind horses hides

[00:00:50] We had four million barrels of bones

[00:00:54] We had five million hogs we have six million dogs

[00:00:58] We have seven million barrels of porter

[00:01:02] We had eight million bails of old nanny goats' tails

[00:01:06] In the hold of the Irish rover

[00:01:11] There was awl mickey coote who played hard on his flute

[00:01:15] When the ladies lined up for his set

[00:01:19] He was tooting with skill for each sparkling quadrille

[00:01:23] Though the dancers were fluther'd and bet

[00:01:27] With his sparse witty talk he was cock of the walk

[00:01:31] As he rolled the dames under and over

[00:01:35] They all knew at a glance when he took up his stance

[00:01:39] And he sailed in the Irish rover

[00:01:44] There was barney mcgee from the banks of the lee

[00:01:48] There was hogan from county tyrone

[00:01:52] And Micky Mcgurk who was scarred stiff of work

[00:01:56] And a from westmeath called me alone

[00:02:00] There was slugger o'toole who was drunk as a rule

[00:02:04] And fighting bill tracey from dover

[00:02:17] We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out

[00:02:21] And the ship lost it's way in a fog

[00:02:25] And that whale of the crew was reduced down to two

[00:02:29] Just meself and the captain's old dog

[00:02:33] Then the ship struck a rock oh lord what a shock

[00:02:37] The bulkhead was turned right over

[00:02:41] Turned nine times around and the poor dog was drowned

[00:02:46] I'm the last of the Irish rover