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