Tim lived in watling street A Irishman, mighty odd He'd a beautiful so rich and sweet To rise in the world, he a hod
See, sort of a tipplin' way With love for the poor Tim was born To help him on with his each day He'd a drop of the craythur every
fol, de, dah Now, to your partner Welt the floor, your trotters Wasn't it the truth, they ye lots of fun At Finnegan's
One morning Tim got rather His head felt heavy made him shake Fell from a ladder and he his skull They carried him home, his to wake
Rolled him up in a 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, dance to your the floor, your trotters shake Wasn't it the truth, they ye lots of fun At Finnegan's
His friends at the wake And misses Finnegan called for First she in tea and cake Then pipes, and whiskey punch
Biddy O'Brien to cry Such a nice clean corpse, did you see? Tim mavourneen, why did you Arrah, hold your gob, said Patty
fol, de, dah Now, dance to your Welt the floor, trotters shake it the truth, they told ye lots of fun At Finnegan's
Then Maggie O'Connor up the job "Arrah", says, she ye're wrong, I'm sure then gave her a belt on the gob And her sprawling on the floor
the war did soon engage Woman to and man to man law was all the rage An a row and a ruction soon
fol, de, dah Now, to your partner Welt the floor, trotters shake Wasn't it the truth, they told ye of fun At wake
Mickey Maloney raised his head When a of whiskey flew at him It missed him on the bed The liquor over Tim
Tim revives, see how he rising from the bed Then Whirl your around blazes Thanum an Dhul Do ye I'm dead?