[00:00.00]Finnegan's Wake - Waxy Brothers/The Velvet Players
[00:02.51]Tim Finnegan lived in Watlin Street
[00:06.72]A gentle Irishman mighty odd
[00:10.88]He'd a beautiful brogue so rich and sweet
[00:14.84]But to rise in the world he carried a hod
[00:19.33]But you see he'd sort of a tipplin' way
[00:23.32]With love for the liquor poor Tim was born
[00:28.12]To help him on with his work each day
[00:32.51]He'd a drop of the craythur every morn'
[00:35.56]Whack fol de dah
[00:36.57]Now dance to your partner
[00:38.26]Welt the floor your trotters shake
[00:40.70]Wasn't it the truth they told ye lots of fun
[00:44.16]At Finnegan's wake
[00:47.94]One morning Tim got rather full
[00:50.62]His head felt heavy which made him shake
[00:53.11]He fell from a ladder and he broke his skull
[00:55.42]And they carried him home his corpse to wake
[00:58.18]Rolled him up in a nice clean sheet
[01:00.57]And laid him out upon the bed
[01:03.09]A bottle of porter at his feet
[01:05.45]And a gallon of whiskey at his head
[01:08.24]Whack fol de dah
[01:09.18]Now dance to your partner
[01:10.59]Welt the floor your trotters shake
[01:13.05]Wasn't it the truth they told ye lots of fun
[01:16.55]At Finnegan's wake
[01:20.34]His friends assembled at the wake
[01:22.95]When Miss Finnegan called for lunch
[01:25.42]First she brought in tea and cake
[01:27.74]Then pipes tobacco and whiskey punch
[01:30.46]Biddy O'Brien began to cry
[01:32.71]Such a nice clean corpse did you ever see
[01:35.42]Tim mavourneen why did you die
[01:37.73]Arrah hold your gob said Patty Megee
[01:40.24]Whack fol de dah
[01:41.35]Now dance to your partner
[01:42.84]Welt the floor your trotters shake
[01:45.30]Wasn't it the truth they told ye lots of fun
[01:48.70]At Finnegan's wake
[01:51.96]Then Maggie O'Connor took up the job
[01:54.54]Biddy says you're wrong I'm sure
[01:57.04]Biddy then gave her a belt on the gob
[01:59.37]And left her sprawling on the floor
[02:01.96]There the war did soon engage
[02:04.39]Woman to woman and man to man
[02:06.78]Shillelah law was all the rage
[02:09.10]And a row and a ruction soon began
[02:11.75]Whack fol de dah
[02:12.74]Now dance to your partner
[02:14.21]Welt the floor your trotters shake
[02:16.66]Wasn't it the truth they told ye lots of fun
[02:20.09]At Finnegan's wake
[02:23.17]Then Mickey Maloney raised his head
[02:26.48]When a bucket of whiskey flew at him
[02:29.99]It missed him landing on the bed
[02:33.44]The liquor scattered over Tim
[02:37.94]Tim revives see how he rises
[02:41.86]Timothy rising from the bed
[02:45.53]Then Whirl your whiskey around
[02:47.92]Like blazes Thanum an Dhul
[02:49.75]Do ye think I'm dead
[02:51.12]Whack fol de dah
[02:52.17]Now dance to your partner
[02:53.48]Welt the floor your trotters shake
[02:55.92]Wasn't it the truth they told ye lots of fun
[02:59.35]At Finnegan's wake