Tim Finnegan lived in watling A gentle Irishman, odd a beautiful brogue so rich and sweet To rise in the world, he a hod
See, sort of a tipplin' way With love for the liquor Tim was born To help him on his work each day He'd a drop of the craythur morn'
fol, de, dah Now, dance to your Welt the floor, your shake it the truth, they told ye lots of fun At wake
One morning Tim got full His head heavy which made him shake Fell a ladder and he broke his skull They carried him home, his corpse to
him up in a nice clean sheet And laid him out the bed A of whiskey at his feet And a bottle of at his head
fol, de, dah Now, to your partner the floor, your trotters shake Wasn't it the truth, they told ye of fun At wake
His friends at the wake And Finnegan called for lunch First she brought in tea and Then pipes, and whiskey punch
Biddy O'Brien to cry Such a nice clean corpse, did you see? Tim mavourneen, why did you Arrah, your gob, said Patty Megee
fol, de, dah Now, dance to partner Welt the floor, trotters shake it the truth, they told ye lots of fun At Finnegan's
Then O'Connor took up the job "Arrah", biddy says, she ye're wrong, I'm Biddy then gave her a on the gob And left her on the floor
the war did soon engage Woman to and man to man Shillelah law was all the An a row and a soon began
fol, de, dah Now, dance to partner Welt the floor, trotters shake Wasn't it the truth, told ye lots of fun At Finnegan's
Then Maloney raised his head When a bottle of whiskey at him It him falling on the bed The liquor over Tim
Tim revives, see how he Timothy from the bed Then Whirl whiskey around blazes Thanum an Dhul Do ye I'm dead?