Name: Irish Rover
Channel: Trad. PD
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Darby O'Gill

Irish Scottish Celtic Rock Blues original Songs in a Stage show of Comedy Fun and Diversion from Life with Love Beer Drink and Spirit

Rollickin' Irish Stage Show

Song Info

Genre

World • Traditional Irish

Charts

Peak #20

Peak in subgenre #1

Author

Trad. PD

Rights

2000, Darby O'Gill

Uploaded

June 15, 2009

Track Files

MP3

MP3 7.9 MB • 320 kbps • 3:26

Lyrics

The Irish Rover
Traditional

In the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and six
We set sail from the coal quay of Cork
We were sailin away with a cargo of bricks
For the grand city hall in New York
Wed an elegant craft; she was rigged fore and aft
And oh, how the trade winds drove her
She had twenty-three masts and she stood several blasts
And we called her the Irish Rover

Fare-thee-well my pretty little girl; I must sail away
Fare-thee-well my pretty little girl; I must sail away

There was Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee
There was Hogan from County Tyrone
There was Johnny McGurk who was scared stiff o work
And a chap from West Meath named Malone
There was Slugger OToole who was drunk as a rule
And fighting Bill Tracey from Dover
And your man, Mic McCaan from the banks of the Bhan
Was the skipper of the Irish Rover

We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out
And the ship lost its way in the fog
And the whole of the crew was reduced down to two
Meself and the captains old dog
Then the ship struck a rock, and oh, what a shock
We nearly tumbled over
We turned nine times around, and the poor old dog was drowned
Im the last of the Irish Rover