{"id":1809,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/paddy-lay-back"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"paddy-lay-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/paddy-lay-back\/","title":{"rendered":"PADDY LAY BACK"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

‘Twas a cold and frosty morning in December
\nAll of me money, it was spent,
\nWhere it went to, Lord, I can’t remember
\nSo I down to the shipping office went<\/p>\n

Paddy lay back, Paddy lay back! Take in the slack, Take in the slack
\nTake a turn around the capstan, Heave away! Heave away!
\nAbout ship’s stations, boys, be handy,
\nWe’re bound for Valparaiso ’round the Horn!<\/p>\n

That day there was a great demand for sailors,
\nFor the colonies, for ‘Frisco and for France.
\nSo I shipped aboard a limey barge, the Hotspur,
\nAn’ got paralytic drunk on my advance.<\/p>\n

I woke up in the mornin’ sick an’ sore,
\nI knew I was on me way again;
\nI hear a voice a-bawlin’ at the door,
\n“Get up ya buggers, an’ answer to yer names.”<\/p>\n

‘Twas on the quarterdeck where I first saw ’em.
\nSuch an ugly bunch I never seen before,
\nFor the captain shipped a shanghai crew of Dutchmen,
\nit made me poor ol’ heart feel sick and sore.<\/p>\n

There was Spaniards an’ Dutchmen an’ Rooshians,
\nan’ Jolly Jacks across the sea from France.
\nAn’ none of them could speak a word of English,
\nbut answered to the name of `Month’s Advance!’<\/p>\n

I wished I was in the “Jolly Sailor,”
\nalong with Irish Kate a-drinking’ beer,
\nAn’ then I thought what jolly chaps were sailors,
\nAn’ with me flipper I wiped away a tear.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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