{"id":1784,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/old-dun-cow"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"old-dun-cow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/old-dun-cow\/","title":{"rendered":"OLD DUN COW"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Some friends and I in a public house
\nWas playing a game of chance one night
\nWhen into the pub a fireman ran
\nHis face all a chalky white.
\n“What’s up”, says Brown, “Have you seen a ghost,
\nOr have you seen your Aunt Mariah?”
\n“Me Aunt Mariah be buggered!”, says he,
\n“The bleedin’ pub’s on fire!”<\/p>\n

And there was Brown upside down
\nLappin” up the whiskey on the floor.
\n“Booze, booze!” The firemen cried
\nAs they came knockin’ on the door (clap clap)
\nOh don’t let ’em in till it’s all drunk up
\nAnd somebody shouted MacIntyre! MACINTYRE!
\nAnd we all got blue-blind paralytic drunk
\nWhen the Old Dun Cow caught fire.<\/p>\n

“Oh well,” says Brown, “What a bit of luck.
\nEverybody follow me.
\nAnd it’s down to the cellar
\nIf the fire’s not there
\nThen we’ll have a grand old spree.”
\nSo we went on down after good old Brown
\nThe booze we could not miss
\nAnd we hadn’t been there ten minutes or more
\nTill we were quite pissed.<\/p>\n

Then, Smith walked over to the port wine tub
\nAnd gave it just a few hard knocks (clap clap)
\nStarted takin’ off his pantaloons
\nLikewise his shoes and socks.
\n“Hold on, ” says Brown, “that ain’t allowed
\nYa cannot do that thing here.
\nDon’t go washin’ trousers in the port wine tub
\nWhen we got Guinness beer.”<\/p>\n

Then there came from the old back door
\nThe Vicar of the local church.
\nAnd when he saw our drunken ways,
\nHe began to scream and curse.
\n“Ah, you drunken sods! You heathen clods!
\nYou’ve taken to a drunken spree!
\nYou drank up all the Benedictine wine
\nAnd you didn’t save a drop for me!”<\/p>\n

And then there came a mighty crash
\nHalf the bloody roof caved in.
\nWe were almost drowned in the firemen’s hose
\nBut still we were gonna stay.
\nSo we got some tacks and some old wet sacks
\nAnd we nailed ourselves inside
\nAnd we sat drinking the finest Rum
\nTill we were bleary-eyed.<\/p>\n

Later that night, when the fire was out
\nWe came up from the cellar below.
\nOur pub was burned. Our booze was drunk.
\nOur heads was hanging low.
\n“Oh look”, says Brown with a look quite queer.
\nSeems something raised his ire.
\n“Now we gotta get down to Murphy’s Pub,
\nIt closes on the hour!”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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