《The Irish Rover》歌词

[00:00:00] The Irish Rover - Ronnie Drew/Davey Arthur

[00:00:12] On the fourth of July eighteen hundred and six

[00:00:15] We set sail from the sweet cove of cork

[00:00:19] We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks

[00:00:22] For the grand city hall in New York

[00:00:25] Towns a wonderful craft she was rigged fore-and-aft

[00:00:29] And oh how the wild winds drove her

[00:00:32] She'd got several blasts she'd twenty-seven masts

[00:00:36] And we called her the Irish rover

[00:00:40] We had one million bales of the best sligo rags

[00:00:43] We had two million barrels of stones

[00:00:47] 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 six million dogs

[00:00:57] Seven million barrels of porter

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

[00:01:04] In the hold of the Irish rover

[00:01:08] There was awl mickey cootie who played hard on his flute

[00:01:12] When the ladies lined up for his set

[00:01:15] He was tooting with skill for each sparkling quadrille

[00:01:19] Though the dancers were flutter and bet

[00:01:22] With his sparse witty talk he was cock of the walk

[00:01:25] As he rolled the dames under and over

[00:01:29] They all knew at a glance when he took up his stance

[00:01:32] And he sailed in the Irish rover

[00:02:05] There was barney McGee from the banks of the lee

[00:02:08] There was hogan from county Tyrone

[00:02:11] There was jimmy McGuire who was scarred stiff of work

[00:02:15] And a man from west-neath called me alone

[00:02:18] There was slugger O'Toole who was drunk as a rule

[00:02:22] And fighting bill Tracey from Dover

[00:02:25] And your man mick McCain from the banks of the bane

[00:02:28] Was the skipper of the Irish rover

[00:03:01] We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out

[00:03:04] And the ship lost it's way in a fog

[00:03:08] And that whale of the crew was reduced down to two

[00:03:11] Just myself and the captain's old dog

[00:03:15] Then the ship struck a rock oh lord what a shock

[00:03:18] The bulkhead was turned right over

[00:03:23] Turned nine times around and the poor dog was drowned

[00:03:31] I'm the last of the Irish rover