{"id":1774,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/the-ould-alarm-clock"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"the-ould-alarm-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/the-ould-alarm-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"THE OULD ALARM CLOCK"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

When first I came to London in the year of thirty-nine
\nThe city was so wonderful and he girls were so divine
\nBut the coppers got suspicious and they soon gave me the knock
\nI was charged with being the owner of an ould alarm clock<\/p>\n

Next morning down by Marlborough Street I cause no little stir
\nFor the IRA were busy and the telephone did burr
\nSays the judge I’m going to charge you with the possession of this machine
\nAnd I’m also going to charge you with the wearing of the green<\/p>\n

Now says I to him, “Your honor, if you give me half a chance”
\n“I’ll show you how this small machine can make the polis dance”
\n“It ticks away politely, till you get an awful shock”
\n“And it ticks away the gelignite in me ould alarm clock”<\/p>\n

The judge says, “Listen here my man and I’ll tell you of my plan”
\n“For you and all your countrymen I do not give a damn”
\n“The only time you’ll take is mine, ten years is Dartmoor dock”
\n“And you can count it by the ticking of your ould alarm clock”<\/p>\n

This lonely Dartmoor city would put many in the jigs
\nNow the cell it isn’t pretty and it isn’t very big
\nI’d long ago have left the place if I had only got
\nAh me couple of sticks of gelignite and me ould alarm clock<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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