Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Twang Man, artist - The Dubliners. Date of issue: 31.12.1992
Song language: English
The Twang Man |
| Come listen to my story, it’s about a nice young man |
| When the militia wasn’t a wantin', he dealt in hawkin' twang |
| He loved a lovely maiden as fair as any midge |
| And she kept a traycle depot one side of the Carlisle bridge |
| Well, another one came a courtin' her and his name was Mickey Baggs |
| He was a commercial traveller and he dealt in bones and rags |
| Well, he took her out to Sandymount for to see the waters roll |
| And he stole the heart of the Twangman’s girl playin' 'Billy In The Bowl' |
| Oh, when the twang man heard of this he flew into a terrible rage |
| And he swore be the content of his twang cart, on him he’d have revenge |
| So he stood in wait near James' gate till the poor old Baggs came up |
| And with his twang knife, sure he took the life of the poor old gather `em up |
| And it’s now ye have heard me story and I hope ye’ll be good men |
| And not go chasing the Twangman’s mot or any other oul' hen |
| For she’ll leave you without a brass farthing, not even your old sack of rags |
| And that’s the end of the story of poor old Mickey the Baggs |