Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Irish Rover, artist - Blaggards. Date of issue: 28.01.2013
Song language: English
Irish Rover |
| On the Fourth of July 1806 |
| We set sail from the sweet Cobh of Cork |
| We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks |
| For the Grand City Hall in New York |
| Twas a wonderfull craft |
| She was rigged fore and aft |
| And oh how the wild wind drove her |
| She stood several blasts |
| She had twenty seven masts |
| And the called her The Irish Rover |
| We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags |
| We had two million barrels of stones |
| We had three million bales of oly nanny goats tails |
| We had four million barrels of bones |
| We had five million hogs |
| Six million dogs |
| Seven million barrels of porter |
| We had eight million sides of old blind horses hides' |
| In the hold of the Irish Rover |
| There was Barney McGee |
| From the banks of the Lee |
| There was Hogan from County Tyrone |
| There was Johnny McGurk |
| Who was scared stiff of work |
| And a man from Westmeath called Malone |
| There was Slugger O’Toole |
| Who was drunks as a rule |
| And Fighting Bill Tracy from Dover |
| And your man Mick McCann |
| From the banks of the Bann |
| Was the Skipper of the Irish Rover |
| We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags |
| We had two million barrels of stones |
| We had three million bales of oly nanny goats tails |
| We had four million barrels of bones |
| We had five million hogs |
| Six million dogs |
| Seven million barrels of porter |
| We had eight million sides of old blind horses hides' |
| In the hold of the Irish Rover |
| We had sailed seven years |
| When the measles broke out |
| And the ship lost its way in the fog |
| And that whale of a crew |
| Was reduced down on two |
| Just myself and the Captain’s old dog |
| Then the ship struck a rock |
| Oh Lord! |
| what a shock |
| The bulkhead was turned right over |
| Turned nine times around |
| And the poor old dog was drowned |
| I’m the last of the Irish Rover |
| We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags |
| We had two million barrels of stones |
| We had three million bales of oly nanny goats tails |
| We had four million barrels of bones |
| We had five million hogs |
| Six million dogs |
| Seven million barrels of porter |
| We had eight million sides of old blind horses hides' |
| In the hold of the Irish Rover |