Tim Finnegan in watling street A Irishman, mighty odd a beautiful brogue so rich and sweet To in the world, he carried a hod
See, sort of a tipplin' way With love for the liquor Tim was born To help him on with his work day a drop of the craythur every morn'
fol, de, dah Now, to your partner Welt the floor, trotters shake Wasn't it the truth, told ye lots of fun At wake
One morning Tim got full His head felt heavy which made him Fell from a ladder and he his skull carried him home, his corpse to wake
Rolled him up in a clean sheet And laid him out the bed A gallon of at his feet And a bottle of at his head
fol, de, dah Now, to your partner Welt the floor, your shake Wasn't it the truth, told ye lots of fun At wake
His friends at the wake And misses Finnegan for lunch she brought in tea and cake Then pipes, and whiskey punch
Biddy O'Brien to cry Such a nice corpse, did you ever see? Tim mavourneen, why did you Arrah, hold your gob, said Megee
fol, de, dah Now, to your partner Welt the floor, your trotters Wasn't it the truth, told ye lots of fun At wake
Maggie O'Connor took 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
There the war did soon to woman and man to man Shillelah law was all the An a row and a soon began
fol, de, dah Now, to your partner Welt the floor, your shake it the truth, they told ye lots of fun At Finnegan's
Then Mickey raised his head When a bottle of whiskey at him It missed him on the bed The scattered over Tim
Tim revives, see how he Timothy from the bed Whirl your whiskey around Like blazes Thanum an Do ye I'm dead?