Tim Finnegan in watling street A gentle Irishman, odd He'd a brogue so rich and sweet To in the world, he carried a hod
See, he'd sort of a way With love for the liquor poor Tim was To him on with his work each day He'd a drop of the craythur every
fol, de, dah Now, dance to your Welt the floor, your trotters it the truth, they told ye lots of fun At wake
One morning Tim got full His head heavy which made him shake Fell from a ladder and he broke his They carried him home, his to wake
Rolled him up in a nice sheet And laid him out the bed A of whiskey at his feet And a bottle of porter at his
fol, de, dah Now, to your partner Welt the floor, your trotters Wasn't it the truth, they ye lots of fun At wake
His friends assembled at the And misses called for lunch First she brought in tea and Then pipes, tobacco and punch
Biddy began to cry Such a nice clean corpse, did you ever Tim mavourneen, why did you Arrah, hold your gob, said Patty
fol, de, dah Now, dance to your the floor, your trotters shake Wasn't it the truth, told ye lots of fun At wake
Then Maggie took up the job "Arrah", biddy says, she wrong, I'm sure Biddy then gave her a on the gob And left her sprawling on the
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, your shake Wasn't it the truth, told ye lots of fun At Finnegan's
Then Mickey Maloney his head When a bottle of flew at him It missed him on the bed The liquor scattered Tim
Tim revives, see how he Timothy rising the bed Then Whirl whiskey around blazes Thanum an Dhul Do ye think I'm