The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Finnegan's Wake Lyrics

Lyrics Finnegan's Wake - Tommy Makem , The Clancy Brothers



Tim Finnegan lived in watling street
A gentle Irishman, mighty odd
He'd a beautiful brogue so rich and sweet
To rise in the world, he carried a hod
See, he'd sort of a tipplin' way
With love for the liquor poor Tim was born
To help him a man with his work each day
He'd a drop of the craythin' every morn'
Whack fol, de, dah
Now, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake
Wasn't it the truth, they told ye lots of fun
At Finnegan's wake
One morning Tim got rather full
His head felt heavy which made him shake
Fell from a ladder and he broke his skull
They carried him home, his corpse to wake
Rolled him up in a nice clean sheet
And laid him out upon the bed
A gallon of whiskey at his feet
And a bottle of porter at his head
Whack fol, de, dah
Now, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake
Wasn't it the truth, they told ye lots of fun
At Finnegan's wake
His friends assembled at the wake
And misses Finnegan called for lunch
First she brought in tea and cake
Then pipes, tobacco and whiskey punch
Biddy O'Brien began to cry
Tim me, boy, yadda, hoy, dida, ho, yada
‽Arrah, hold your gob", said Patty Megee
Whack fol, de, dah
Now, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake
Wasn't it the truth, they told ye lots of fun
At Finnegan's wake
Then O'Connor took up the job
"Arrah", biddy says, she ye're wrong, I'm sure
Biddy then gave her a belt on the gob
And left her sprawling on the floor
There the war did soon engage
Woman to woman and man to man
Shillelah law was all the rage
An a row and a ruction soon began
Whack fol, de, dah
Now, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake
Wasn't it the truth, they told ye lots of fun
At Finnegan's wake
Then Mickey Maloney raised his head
When a bottle of whiskey flew at him
It missed him falling on the bed
The liquor scattered over Tim
Tim revives, see how he rises
Timothy rising from the bed
Then Whirl your whiskey around
Like blazes Thanum o'n Dhoul
Do ye think I'm dead?



Writer(s): Tommy Makem


The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Finnegan's Wake
Album Finnegan's Wake
date of release
01-12-2010

1 Whiskey You're the Devil
2 Whiskey You're the Devil
3 The Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe
4 The Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe
5 The Moonshiner
6 The Moonshiner
7 Bold Thady Quill
8 Bold Thady Quill
9 Rosin the Bow
10 Rosin The Bow
11 Finnegan's Wake
12 Finnegan's Wake
13 The Real Old Mountain Dew
14 The Real Old Mountain Dew
15 Courtin' In the Kitchen
16 Courtin' in the Kitchen
17 Mick McGuire
18 Mick Mcguire
19 A Jug of Punch
20 A Jug of Punch
21 Johnny Mceldoo
22 Johnny McEldoo
23 Cruiscin Lan
24 Cruiscin Lan
25 Portlairge
26 Portlairge
27 The Parting Glass
28 The Parting Glass
29 The Rising of the Moon
30 The Rising of the Moon
31 The Croppy Boy
32 The Croppy Boy
33 The Foggy Dew
34 The Foggy Dew
35 The Minstrel Boy
36 The Minstrel Boy
37 The Wind That Shakes the Barley
38 The Wind That Shakes the Barley
39 Tipperary Far Away
40 Tipperary Far Away
41 Kelly the Boy from Killanne
42 Kelly the Boy from Killanne
43 Kevin Barry
44 Kevin Barry
45 Whack Fol the Diddle
46 Whack Fol the Diddle
47 O'Donnell Aboo
48 O Donnell Aboo
49 The Men of the West
50 The Men of the West
51 Eamonn An Chnuic (Ned Of The Hills)
52 Eamonn An Chnuic (Ned Of The Hills)
53 Nell Flaherty's Drake
54 Nell Flaherty's Drake
55 Boulavogue
56 Boulavogue




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