Finnegan’s Wake

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Tim Finnegan lived in Walken' Street A gentleman Irishman mighty odd; He seen a brogue so soft and sweet And to rise in the world he carried the hod [Verse 2] Tim had a sort of a tipplin' way With a love of the liquor now he was born To help him on with his work each day Had a "drop of the cray-chur" every morn [Chorus] Whack fol the da O, dance to your partner Welt the floor, your trotters shake; Wasn't it the truth I told you? Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake! [Verse 3] One mornin' Tim felt rather full His head felt heavy which made him shake; Fell from a ladder and he burst his skull So they carried him home his corpse to wake [Verse 4] Rolled him up in a nice clean sheet Laid him out upon the bed; A gallon of whiskey at his feet A barrel of porter at his head [Chorus] Whack fol the da O, dance to your partner Welt the floor, your trotters shake; Wasn't it the truth I told you? Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake! [Verse 5] His friends assembled at the wake And Mrs. Finnegan called for lunch First they brung in tea and cake; Then pipes, tobacco and whiskey punch [Verse 6] Biddy O'Brien began to cry "Such a nice clean corpse, did you ever see? Tim mavournin, why did you die?" Arragh, shut your gob said Paddy McGhee! [Chorus] Whack fol the da O, dance to your partner Welt the floor, your trotters shake; Wasn't it the truth I told you? Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake! [Verse 7] Patty O'Connor took up the job "Ah Biddy," says she, "You're wrong, I'm sure" Biddy gave her a belt in the gob Then left her sprawlin' on the floor [Verse 8] Then the war did soon enrage Woman to woman and man to man Shillelagh-law was all the rage And a row and a ruction soon began [Verse 9] Mickey Maloney lowered his head And a bottle of whiskey flew at him Missed, and fallin' on the bed The liquor scattered over Tim! [Verse 10] Tim revives! See how he rises! Timothy risin' from the bed Sayin', "Whirl your liquor around like blazes Thunderin' Jaysus! Do you thunk I'm dead?" [Chorus] Whack fol the da O, dance to your partner Welt the floor, your trotters shake; Wasn't it the truth I told you? Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake!