Irish traditional song lyrics — collected by Beer Belly Band.
Oh me name is Dick Darby, I’m a cobbler, I served me time at old camp
Some call me an old agitator, but now I ‘m resolved to repent
Chorus:
With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an I-doe
With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an I-day
With me roo-boo-boo roo-boo-boo randy
And me lab stoned keeps beatin’ away
Now me father was hung for sheep stealing, me mother was burned for a witch
Me sister’s a dandy housekeeper and I’m a mechanical switch
Chorus
Its forty long years I have traveled, all by the contents of me pack
Me hammers, me awls and me pinchers, I carry them all on me back
Chorus
Oh me wife she is humpy, she’s lumpy, me wife she’s the divil she’s black
And no matter what I may do with her, her tongue it goes clickety clack
Chorus
It was early one fine summer’s morning, a little before it was day
I dipped her three times in the river and carelessly bade her, ‘Good day.’
Chorus