My original traditional sounding Irish song. Meant for a better voice than I. If you want to cover it, I will promote it and post a link to your version. Written during FAWM 2016.
Wanted to write a traditional sounding Irish song. So I did. Like a good number of my songs, this is meant for a singer with a very different voice. If anyone would like to cover it, I will post your version and promote it.
#484- Jimmy 0’ Whiskey ©2016 by Rob Lincoln Capo 1
G
Around Paterson town
Em
Never wore a frown
G D
Came a rambling and a gambling Jimmy O
G
A sweetheart by his side
Em
Told them to come inside
G D G
A smiling and lying Jimmy O
C
Says he’s a lucky man
G
And he’s glad to lend a hand
C G D
To everyone and anyone he knows
C
But he’s got sing a song
G
Wants all to sing along
C G D
He clears his throat and this is how it goes
Chorus
G D Em C
Jimmy O’Whiskey Jimmy O’ Whiskey
G D G D
That’s the name they gave to good old me
Jimmy O’Whiskey 2x
G D G
I’m so glad I am free
Now he’s stumbling out the door
Says he cannot drink no more
A dizzy in a tizzy Jimmy O
A bottle in his hand
A solitary man
Down the streets are spinning Jimmy O
Says he feels no pain
As he stumbles in the rain
Passes everyone he thought he used to know
But he’s got sing a song
Wants all to sing along
He clears his throat and this is how it goes
Chorus 2x
Jimmy O’Whiskey 2x
That’s the name they gave to poor old me
Jimmy O’Whiskey 2x
Someday I will be free