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Irish Rover (Live)

from Five Years at Sea by Pyrates!

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Irish Rover - (Live)
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In the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and six
We set sail from the grand cove of Cork.
We were sailing far away with a cargo of bricks
For the fine city hall of New York.
with a very fine craft, she was rigged fore-and-aft
And oh, how the wild winds drove her.
She had twenty-seven masts and withstood several blasts
And we called her the Irish Rover.

There was Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee,
There was Hogan from County Tyrone.
there's a chap from Falkirk who was scared stiff of work
And a chap from West Meade called Mellone.
There was Slugger O'Toole who was drunk as a rule
And fighting Bill Tracy from Dover.
There was Dooley 'oClaire who was strong as a bear
And the skipper of the Irish Rover.

We had one million bales of old billy goats' tails,
We had two million buckets of stones.
We had three million sides of old blind horses hides,
We had four million packets of bones.
We had five million hogs, we had six million dogs,
seven million barrels of porter.
We had eight million bags of the best Sligo rags
In the hold of the Irish Rover.

There was awl mickey coote Who played hard on his flute
As the ladies lined up for a set
He was tootin' with skill For each sparkling quadrille
Though the ladies they were fluther'd and bet
With his smart witty talk
He was cock of the walk
He rolled the dames under and over
We all knew at a glance When he took up his stance
That he sailed in the Irish rover

We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out
And the ship lost it's way in a fog.
And the whole of the crew was reduced unto five,
was us four and the captain's old dog.
Then the ship struck a rock what a terrible shock
And then she keeled right over,
Well she turned nine times around, and the poor dog was drowned
We're the last of the Irish Rover.

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from Five Years at Sea, released August 18, 2023

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Pyrates! Are an award winning sea shanty folk rock band who will take you on a musical excursion across the oceans themselves as they breathe new life back into sea shanties, traditional songs, old folk favourites and ballads whose origins have been forgotten and lost in time. ... more

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