
Date of issue: 12.02.2015
Record label: Deaf Shepherd
Song language: English
Old Dun Cow |
Some friends and I in a public place |
Were playing cards one night |
When into the room a fireman ran |
His face all chalky while |
«What's up?», says Brown, «Have you seen a ghost |
Or have you seen you aunt Mariah?» |
«Me aunt Maria be buggered!», says he |
«The bleedin' pub’s on fire!» |
«Oh well,» says Brown, «What a bit of luck |
Everybody follow me! |
Ands it’s down to the cellar |
If the fire’s not there |
Then we’ll have a grand old spree.» |
So we all went down with good old Brown |
The booze we could not miss |
And we had’t been in there ten minutes or more |
Till we were all quite pissed |
And there was Brown upside down |
Lappin' up the Whiskey on the floor |
«Let's booze, booze!» |
The firemen cried |
As they came knockin' on the door |
O don’t let, em in till it’s all drunk up |
Somebody shouted: «MacIntyre!» |
— MACINTYRE! |
And we all got blue-blind paralytic drunk |
When the old Dun Cow caught fire |
Then Smith walked over to the port wine tub |
And he gave it a few hard knocks |
The he started takin' off his pantaloons |
Likewise his shoes and socks |
«Oh, no!» |
says Brown, «that ain’t allowed! |
You can’t do that thing here! |
Don’t wash your trousers in the port wine tub |
When we got guinness beer!» |
And the there came a mighty crash |
Half the bloody roof caved in |
We were almost drowned by the firemen’s hose |
But I swear it tastes like gin |
So we got some tacks and some old wet sacks |
And nailed ourselves inside |
And we sat there drinking down pints of Stout |
Till we were bleary-eyed |
And there was Brown upside down |
Lappin' up the Whiskey on the floor |
«Let's booze, booze!» |
The firemen cried |
As they came knockin' on the door |
O don’t let, em in till it’s all drunk up |
Somebody shouted: «MacIntyre!» |
— MACINTYRE! |
And we all got blue-blind paralytic drunk |
When the old Dun Cow caught fire |
Then there came from the old back door |
The vicar of the local church |
And when he saw our drunken ways |
He began to scream and curse |
«Ah, you drunkend sods! |
You heathen clods! |
You’ve take to a drunken spree! |
You drank up all the benedictine wine |
And you didn’t save a drop for me!» |
Late that night, when the fire was out |
We came up from the cellar below |
Our pub was burned, our booze was drunk |
Our heads was hanging low |
«Oh look!», says Brown with a look quite queer |
Something raised his eye |
«We gotta get down to Murphy’s Pub |
It closes on the hour!» |
And there was Brown upside down |
Lappin' up the Whiskey on the floor |
«Let's booze, booze!» |
The firemen cried |
As they came knockin' on the door |
O don’t let, em in till it’s all drunk up |
Somebody shouted: «MacIntyre!» |
And there was Brown upside down |
Lappin' up the Whiskey on the floor |
«Let's booze, booze!» |
The firemen cried |
As they came knockin' on the door |
O don’t let, em in till it’s all drunk up |
Somebody shouted: «MacIntyre!» |
— MACINTYRE! |
And we all got blue-blind paralytic drunk |
When the old Dun Cow caught fire |
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