{"id":1376,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/crooked-jack"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"crooked-jack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/crooked-jack\/","title":{"rendered":"CROOKED JACK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

Come Irish men both young and stern
\nWith adventure in your soul
\nThere are better ways to spend the day
\nThan working down a hole<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nI was tall and true all of six foot two
\nTill they broke me across the back
\nBy a name I’m known and it’s not my own
\nAnd they call me crooked Jack<\/p>\n

The ganger’s blue eyed pet was I
\nBold Jack could do no wrong
\nAnd the reason simply was because
\nI could work hard hours and long<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

I saw men old before their time
\nTheir faces drawn and gray
\nI never thought so soon would mine
\nBe lined that self same way<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

I cursed the day I went away
\nTo work on the hydra dams
\nOur sweat and tears our hopes and fears
\nBound up in shuttering jams<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

They say that honest toil is good
\nFor the spirit and the soul
\nBut believe me boys it’s for sweat and blood
\nThat they want you down the hole<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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