Tim Finnegan lived in street A gentle Irishman, odd He'd a beautiful brogue so and sweet To in the world, he carried a hod
See, he'd sort of a way love for the liquor poor Tim was born To him on with his work each day He'd a drop of the every morn'
fol, de, dah Now, dance to your the floor, your trotters shake Wasn't it the truth, they ye lots of fun At wake
One Tim got rather full His head felt heavy which made him Fell a ladder and he broke his skull They carried him home, his to wake
Rolled him up in a nice clean And laid him out the bed A of whiskey at his feet And a bottle of porter at his
fol, de, dah Now, dance to your Welt the floor, trotters shake Wasn't it the truth, told ye lots of fun At wake
His friends at the wake And Finnegan called for lunch she brought in tea and cake Then pipes, tobacco and punch
Biddy began to cry Such a clean corpse, did you ever see? Tim mavourneen, why did you Arrah, hold your gob, Patty Megee
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 Maggie took up the job "Arrah", says, she ye're wrong, I'm sure then gave her a belt on the gob And left her sprawling on the
There the war did engage to woman and man to man Shillelah law was all the An a row and a ruction soon
fol, de, dah Now, dance to your the floor, your 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 scattered over Tim
Tim revives, see how he Timothy from the bed Then Whirl your whiskey Like Thanum an Dhul Do ye think I'm