Irish traditional song lyrics — collected by Beer Belly Band.
Chorus:
Maggie, Nellie and Mary Ann, Lizzie, Willie and Phil McGann
Get your jacket and don’t be late, Murder Polis in the Gallowgate
In the Gallowgate on a Friday night folk all gathered to see the sight
They came from miles and miles around, ten o’clock when the pub shut doon
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Time up bell began to ring, then the barmaid began to fling
Big souls, wee souls, every kind, a’ stone drunk wi’ the cheap red wine
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First man oot was big Shug Grant, “Up the Celtic” was his chant
He roars a toot just to show whose boss, he shouts “Up Rangers” at Brickton Cross
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Blackpool Mae came oot and ran, followed by a wee fat man
If he catches her she’ll surely choke, she drank his wine and she picked his poke
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Danny Owens comes oot tae fight, threatens every man in sight
He trips and falls and he’s oot the game, his wife will murdered him when he gets hame
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Two big polis are the next we see, Eat the Moose and John the Pea
Into the public hoose they ran, late night drink with the publican
Chorus