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The Irish Rover
Bryn Terfel
,
Patrick Rimes
,
Ben Tunnicliffe
,
Evan Carson
,
Archie Churchill-Moss
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On the fourth of July, eighteen hundred and six
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 blowed her
She stood several blasts, her twenty-seven masts
And they called her The Irish Rover
We had one million bags of the finest Sligo rags
We had two million barrels of stone
We had three million sides of old blind horses' hinds
We had four million barrels of bones
We had five million hogs, six million dogs
Seven million barrels of porter
We had eight million bales of old nanny goats' tails
In the hold of the Irish Rover
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There was old 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 fluted and bent
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 McKirk who was scared stiff of work
And the man from Westmeath, Paul Malone
There was Slugger O'Toole who was drunk as a rule
And Fighting Bill Tracy from Dover
And your man Mick McCann from the banks of the Bann
Was the skipper of the Irish Rover
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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 the last of the Irish Rover
And the last of the Irish Rover
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