《Finnegan’s Wake》歌词

[00:00:00] Finnegan's Wake - Waxies Dargle

[00:00:02] Ah Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin' Street

[00:00:06] A gentleman Irish mighty odd

[00:00:10] Well he had a tongue both rich and sweet

[00:00:14] An' to rise in the world he carried a hod

[00:00:19] Ah but Tim had a sort of a tipplin' way

[00:00:22] With the love of the liquor he was born

[00:00:27] An' to send him on his way each day

[00:00:32] He'd a drop of the craythur every morn

[00:00:35] Whack fol the dah will ya dance to yer partner

[00:00:37] Around the flure yer trotters shake

[00:00:40] Wasn't it the truth I told you

[00:00:43] Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake

[00:00:47] One morning Tim was rather full

[00:00:50] His head felt heavy which made him shake

[00:00:52] He fell off the ladder and he broke his skull

[00:00:55] And they carried him home his corpse to wake

[00:00:57] Well they rolled him up in a nice clean sheet

[00:01:00] And they laid him out upon the bed

[00:01:02] With a bottle of whiskey at his feet

[00:01:05] And a barrel of porter at his head

[00:01:07] Whack fol the dah will ya dance to yer partner

[00:01:10] Around the flure yer trotters shake

[00:01:12] Wasn't it the truth I told you

[00:01:15] Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake

[00:01:20] Well his friends assembled at the wake

[00:01:22] And Mrs Finnegan called for lunch

[00:01:25] Well first they brought in tay and cake

[00:01:27] Then pipes tobacco and brandy punch

[00:01:30] Then the widow Malone began to cry

[00:01:32] "Such a lovely corpse did you ever see

[00:01:35] Arrah Tim avourneen why did you die "

[00:01:37] "Will ye hould your gob " said Molly McGee

[00:01:40] Whack fol the dah will ya dance to yer partner

[00:01:42] Around the flure yer trotters shake

[00:01:44] Wasn't it the truth I told you

[00:01:47] Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake

[00:01:51] Well Mary O'Connor took up the job

[00:01:54] "Biddy" says she "you're wrong I'm sure"

[00:01:56] Well Biddy gave her a belt in the gob

[00:01:59] And left her sprawling on the floor

[00:02:01] Well civil war did then engage

[00:02:03] T'was woman to woman and man to man

[00:02:06] Shillelagh law was all the rage

[00:02:08] And a row and a ruction soon began

[00:02:11] Whack fol the dah will ya dance to yer partner

[00:02:13] Around the flure yer trotters shake

[00:02:16] Wasn't it the truth I told you

[00:02:18] Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake

[00:02:22] Well Tim Maloney raised his head

[00:02:26] When a bottle of whiskey flew at him

[00:02:29] He ducked and landing on the bed

[00:02:33] The whiskey scattered over Tim

[00:02:37] Bedad he revives see how he rises

[00:02:41] Tim Finnegan rising in the bed

[00:02:45] Saying "Whittle your whiskey around like blazes

[00:02:48] T'underin' Jaysus do ye think I'm dead "

[00:02:50] Whack fol the dah will ya dance to yer partner

[00:02:53] Around the flure yer trotters shake

[00:02:55] Wasn't it the truth I told you

[00:02:58] Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake