Lyrics The Irish Rover - The Dubliners , The Pogues
On
the
Fourth
of
July,
1806
We
set
sail
from
the
sweet
Cove
of
Cork
We
were
sailing
away
with
a
cargo
of
bricks
For
the
Grand
City
Hall
in
New
York
'Twas
a
wonderful
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
they
called
her
The
Irish
Rover
We
had
one
million
bags
of
the
best
Sligo
rags
We
had
two
million
barrels
of
stone
We
had
three
million
sides
of
old
blind
horses
hides
We
had
four
million
barrels
of
bones
We
had
five
million
hogs
and
six
million
dogs
Seven
million
barrels
of
porter
We
had
eight
million
bails
of
old
nanny
goats'
tails
In
the
hold
of
the
Irish
Rover
There
was
awl
Mickey
Coote
who
played
hard
on
his
flute
When
the
ladies
lined
up
for
a
set
He
was
tootin'
with
skill
for
each
sparkling
quadrille
Though
the
dancers
were
fluther'd
and
bet
With
his
smart
witty
talk,
he
was
cock
of
the
walk
And
he
rolled
the
dames
under
and
over
They
all
knew
at
a
glance
when
he
took
up
his
stance
That
he
sailed
in
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
drunk
as
a
rule
And
fighting
Bill
Treacy
from
Dover
And
your
man,
Mick
MacCann
from
the
banks
of
the
Bann
Was
the
skipper
of
the
Irish
Rover
For
a
sailor
it's
always
a
bother
in
life
It's
so
lonesome
by
night
and
day
That
he
longs
for
the
shore
and
a
charming
young
whore
Who
will
melt
all
his
troubles
away
Oh,
the
noise
and
the
rout
swillin'
poitin
and
stout
For
him
soon
the
torment's
over
Of
the
love
of
a
maid,
he
is
never
afraid
An
old
salt
from
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
to
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
And
I'm
the
last
of
The
Irish
Rover
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