《Finnegan’s Wake》歌词

[00:00:00] Finnegan's Wake - The Dubliners/Ronnie Drew

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

[00:00:05] A gentleman Irish mighty odd

[00:00:08] Well he had a tongue both rich and sweet

[00:00:10] An' to rise in the world he carried a hod

[00:00:13] Ah but Tim had a sort of a tipplin' way

[00:00:16] With the love of the liquor he was born

[00:00:18] An' to send him on his way each day

[00:00:20] He'd a drop of the craythur every morn

[00:00:22] Whack fol the dah will ya dance to yer partner

[00:00:24] Around the flure yer trotters shake

[00:00:26] Wasn't it the truth I told you

[00:00:28] Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake

[00:00:30] One morning Tim was rather full

[00:00:33] His head felt heavy which made him shake

[00:00:36] He fell off the ladder and he broke his skull

[00:00:38] And they carried him home his corpse to wake

[00:00:41] Well they rolled him up in a nice clean sheet

[00:00:44] And they laid him out upon the bed

[00:00:46] With a bottle of whiskey at his feet

[00:00:48] And a barrel of porter at his head

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

[00:00:52] Around the flure yer trotters shake

[00:00:54] Wasn't it the truth I told you

[00:00:56] Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake

[00:00:58] Well his friends assembled at the wake

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

[00:01:04] Well first they brought in tay and cake

[00:01:06] Then pipes tobacco and brandy punch

[00:01:09] Then the widow Malone began to cry

[00:01:12] "Such a lovely corpse did you ever see

[00:01:14] Arrah Tim avourneen why did you die "

[00:01:17] "Will ye hould your gob " said Molly McGee

[00:01:19] Whack fol the dah will ya dance to yer partner

[00:01:21] Around the flure yer trotters shake

[00:01:22] Wasn't it the truth I told you

[00:01:24] Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake

[00:01:27] Well Mary O'Connor took up the job

[00:01:30] "Biddy" says she "you're wrong I'm sure"

[00:01:33] Well Biddy gave her a belt in the gob

[00:01:35] And left her sprawling on the floor

[00:01:38] Well civil war did then engage

[00:01:40] T'was woman to woman and man to man

[00:01:43] Shillelagh law was all the rage

[00:01:45] And a row and a ruction soon began

[00:01:47] Whack fol the dah will ya dance to yer partner

[00:01:49] Around the flure yer trotters shake

[00:01:51] Wasn't it the truth I told you

[00:01:52] Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake

[00:01:55] Well Tim Maloney raised his head

[00:01:58] When a bottle of whiskey flew at him

[00:02:01] He ducked and landing on the bed

[00:02:03] The whiskey scattered over Tim

[00:02:06] Bedad he revives see how he rises

[00:02:09] Tim Finnegan rising in the bed

[00:02:11] Saying "Whittle your whiskey around like blazes

[00:02:14] T'underin' Jaysus do ye think I'm dead "

[00:02:16] Whack fol the dah will ya dance to yer partner

[00:02:18] Around the flure yer trotters shake

[00:02:20] Wasn't it the truth I told you

[00:02:22] Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake