Lemme tell you a story About a man named Tarr He was a drinking son of a preacher at the bar
Lager the tap Or shots of from the shelf He could his throttle And throw a bottle As quick as the Devil himself, Johnny
And the word got That Johnny Tarr was no From Claire to they'd lock up the beer When Johnny on a bender
Down at Dickey The Rising Sun, or at the He was at seven, by ten to eleven Well, all the booze would be gone, Tarr
And if you saw it yourself, you wouldn't believe it But I wouldn't trust a person me, if I were you Sure I wasn't there, I swear I have an I heard it from a man who knows a fella who says it's
It was nine in the On a cold and rainy walked into the Castle Bar Looking to get
He had in his pocket He had in his eye He said, "Get up off asses And set up the I'm drinking this dry"
Now all the boozers were soon broken hearted When Johnny off six And he was only started
Guzzling down the Knockin' em back like He was lookin' to be drinkin' all night Then Nora brought out the brandy, Tarr
And even if you saw it yourself, you wouldn't it But I wouldn't a person like me, if I were you I wasn't there, I swear I have an alibi I it from a man who knows a fella who says it's true
Johnny drank the whole damn Had another or two it made no impression He started a session Murphy's Millennium Brew
He was for his pint his face turned green Jesus, Johnny fell After only
And you heard a pin drop the crowd let out a roar It took Cork women To Johnny off the floor
The doctor him over And said, "Better call the But not what you're thinkin' It wasn't the this man died of thirst" Johnny Tarr
And even if you saw it yourself, you believe it But I wouldn't trust a person like me, if I you Sure I wasn't there, I I have an alibi I heard it from a man who a fella who says it's true
And even if you saw it yourself, you believe it But I wouldn't a person like me, if I were you I wasn't there, I swear I have an alibi I heard it from a man who a fella who says it's true