Lyrics The Louse House at Kilkenny - The Dubliners
Oh,
the
first
of
me
downfall
I
set
out
the
door
I
straight
made
me
way
on
for
Carrick-on-Suir
Going
out
by
Rathronan
′twas
late
in
the
night
Going
out
the
West
Gate
for
to
view
the
gaslight
Radley
fal
the
diddle
ay
Radley
fal
the
diddle
airo
I
went
to
the
town's
hall
to
see
the
big
lamp
And
who
should
I
meet
but
a
bloody
big
tramp
I
finally
stepped
over
and
to
him
I
said:
"Will
you
kindly
direct
me
to
where
I′ll
get
a
bed?"
Radley
fal
the
diddle
ay
Radley
fal
the
diddle
airo
'Twas
then
he
directed
me
down
to
Cooks
Lane
To
where
old
Buck
St
John
kept
an
old
sleeping
cage
From
out
of
the
door
was
a
small
piece
of
board
Hung
out
on
two
nails
with
a
short
piece
of
cord
Radley
fal
the
diddle
ay
Radley
fal
the
diddle
airo
I
looked
up
and
down
till
I
found
out
the
door
And
a
queerer
old
household
sure
I
ne'er
saw
before
Then
the
Misses
came
out
and
these
words
to
me
said:
"If
you
give
me
three
coppers,
sure
I′ll
give
you
a
bed"
Radley
fal
the
diddle
ay
Radley
fal
the
diddle
airo
Well
I
then
stood
aside
with
me
back
to
the
wall
And
the
next
thing
I
saw
was
an
oul
cobbler′s
stall
And
there
was
the
cobbler
and
he
mending
his
brogues
With
his
hammers
and
pinchers
all
laid
in
a
row
Radley
fal
the
diddle
ay
Radley
fal
the
diddle
airo
Then
she
brought
me
upstairs
and
she
put
out
the
light
And
in
less
than
five
minutes
I
had
to
show
fight
And
in
less
than
five
more
when
the
story
was
best
The
fleas
came
around
me
and
brought
me
a
curse
Radley
fal
the
diddle
ay
Radley
fal
the
diddle
airo
'Twas
all
around
me
body
they
formed
a
march
′Twas
all
around
me
body
they
played
the
Death
march
For
the
bloody
oul
major
gave
me
such
a
pick
That
he
nearly
made
away
with
half
of
me
hip
Radley
fal
the
diddle
ay
Radley
fal
the
diddle
airo
Now
I'm
going
to
me
study,
these
lines
to
pen
down
And
if
any
poor
traveller
should
e′er
come
to
town
And
if
any
poor
traveller
should
be
nighted
like
me
Beware
of
Buck
St
John
and
his
black
cavalry
Radley
fal
the
diddle
ay
Radley
fal
the
diddle
airo
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