Song Lyrics
I WISH THEY'D DO IT NOW [2]
I was born of Scottish parents, one day when I was young
That's why the Scottish dialect became my native tongue
For I'm the image of my father, my mother she'd a vowed
And the girls they'd come to kiss me, how I wish they'd do it now
How, I wish they'd do it now, oh yes, I wish they'd do it now
And the girls they'd come to kiss me, and I wish they'd do it now
And when I was just a tiny babe, the girls would come to me
Some would hold me to their bosom; some would dandle me on their knee
And they'd put me in my pram then, and if I made a row
Well they'd tickle me all over, how I wish they'd do it now
How, I wish they'd do it now, oh yes, I wish they'd do it now
Well they'd tickle me all over, and I wish they'd do it now
And these same girls would call for me when the weather it was mild
To take me out a swimmin' in the river for a while
They'd splash the water over me, dip me like a yow
Then they'd wash me nice all over, how I wish they'd do it now
How, I wish they'd do it now, oh yes, I wish they'd do it now
Then they'd wash me nice all over, and I wish they'd do it now
Aye and these same girls would come for me when I was just thirteen
To take me out a playin', out on the village green
And they'd make their finest daisy chain and put them round me brow
Then they'd roll me in the clover, how I wish they'd do it now
How, I wish they'd do it now, oh yes, I wish they'd do it now
Then they'd roll me in the clover, and I wish they'd do it now
So it's awful hard for a chap like to lead a single life
So I think I'll go to the Cactus Cafe and get myself a wife
Oh, my fortune it is thirty pounds, likewise a big fat sow
So, they'll be plenty bacon waitin' for the girl who'll have me now
For the girl who'll have me now, for the girl who'll have me now
They'll be plenty bacon waitin' for the girl who'll have me now
Now I'm a fat folksinger, I live all alone
No nagging wife, no noisy kids for me when I get home
It's so quiet and so peaceful, I'm better off I think
If I can't get the women I can always get a drink
IF I HAD A BOAT
(Lyle Lovett)
If I had a boat I would go out on the ocean
If I had a pony I would ride him on my boat
We could all together go out on the ocean
Set me upon my pony on my boat
If I was Roy Rogers I would sure enough be single
Couldn't bring myself to marry an old Dale
There would just be me and Trigger we'd go ridin' through them movies
We'd buy a boat and on the sea we'd sail
If I was a lightning I would never need no sneakers
I could come and go whenever I would please
I would scare them by the shady trees, scare them by the lightpole
I wouldn't scare my pony on my boat out on the sea
Now the Mystery Masked Man was smart, he got himself a Tonto
Tonto did the dirty work for free
But Tonto he was smarter and one day said, Kimo sabe
Kiss my ass, I bought a boat, I'm going out to sea
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE UNIONS
(Matt McGinn)
Toora loora loora loo
I'll tell you something awfu' true
Wouldn't have your telly the noo
If it wasn't for the union
I had a boss in Aberdeen
The nicest fella that ever was seen
He must have thought me helluva green
Before I joined the union
I had a boss named Allardyce
He was really helluva nice
Except for the way he loaded the dice
Before I joined the union
A pal of mine has bought a car
A second-handed Jaguar
He wouldn't hae travelled half as far
If it wasn't for the union
The bosses they were doing fine
Little children working down the mine
They'd have them on the assembly lines
If it wasn't for the union
So men and women all agree
It's time to rise up off your knee
And raise the banner of unity
Forward with the union
IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE GENERAL
(Trad)
If you want to see the general I know where he is
I know where he is
I know where he is
If you want to see the general I know where he is
Sitting in the Folies Bergères
I saw him, I saw him sitting in the Folies Bergères, I saw him
Sitting in the Folies Bergères
If you want to see the colonel I know where he is
I know where he is
I know where he is
If you want to see the colonel I know where he is
Knocking off the adjutant's wife
I saw him, I saw him knocking off the adjutant's wife, I saw him
Knocking off the adjutant's wife
If you want to see the sergeant I know where he is
I know where he is
I know where he is
If you want to see the sergeant I know where he is
Fiddling the company's rum
I saw him, I saw him Fiddling the company's rum, I saw him
Fiddling the company's rum
If you want to see your husband I know where he is
I know where he is
I know where he is
If you want to see your husband I know where he is
Dying on the old barbed wire
I saw him, I saw him dying on the old barbed wire, I saw him
Dying on the old barbed wire
IF YOU'RE IRISH COME INTO THE PARLOR
In sweet Limerick Town, they say,
Lived a chap named Patrick John Molloy.
Once he sailed to U.S.A.
His luck in foreign parts he thought he'd try.
Now he's made his name, and is a wealthy man,
He put a bit away for a rainy day;
So if you gaze upon the house of Patrick John,
You'll find a notice that goes on to say:
Chorus:
If you're Irish come into the parlour, there's a welcome there for you;
If your name is Timothy or Pat, so long as you come from Ireland,
There's a welcome on the mat,
If you come from the Mountains of Mourne, or Killarney's lakes so blue,
We'll sing you a song and we'll make a fuss, whoever you are you are one of us,
If you're Irish, this is the place for you!
Patrick loved the girl he wed,
But he could not stand his Ma-n-aw,
Once with joy he turned quite red,
When she got into trouble thro' her jaw.
Six police they had to take her to the Court,
She was informed a month she would have to do,
So Patrick quickly wrote up to the Judge a note explaining,
"Sir, I'm much obliged to you!"
Chorus:
If you're Irish come into the parlour, there's a welcome there for you;
If your name is Timothy or Pat, so long as you come from Ireland,
There's a welcome on the mat,
If you come from the Mountains of Mourne, or Killarney's lakes so blue,
We'll sing you a song and we'll make a fuss, whoever you are you are one of us,
If you're Irish, this is the place for you!
I'LL REMEMBER YOU THAT WAY
(Mick Fitzgerald)
There were no good-byes, good-byes were for strangers
You turned and you go, don't look over your shoulder
Still Dublin was easy, though it rained all the morning
I was caught between streets in a grey pencil drawing
And I can't write a love song and I don't want to try
But the break in the clouds was like the light in your eye
When you woke up in the morning
And I'll remember you that way
And it was coming on Christmas there was truth in the song
My pockets were empty, another year gone
Still I think I was smiling, but I sure don't why
I was running on empty, I'd be there by and by
So I gazed at the windows like some people do
But I didn't see nothing, I was thinking of you
When you woke up in the morning
And I'll remember you that way
It was getting much warmer; I'd been walking a while,
The day it was clearing and the clouds left the sky
Take a whole lot of drinking to save me tonight
Chase the blues away
And the whole world just passed me, the traffic gone wild
People going nowhere, running on blind
With just one night with someone, one yesterday
And nothing to stop me feeling this way
And I can't write a love song and I don't want to try
But the break in the clouds was like the light in your eye
When you woke up in the morning
And I'll remember you that way
I'LL TELL MY MA
Chorus:
I'll tell my ma when I go home, the boys won't leave the girls alone
They pulled my hair they stole my comb, but that's all right till I go home
She is handsome she is pretty, she is the belle of Dublin City
She is a courtin' one, two, three, please won't you tell me who is she
Albert Mooney sez he loves her, all the boys are fighting for her
Rappin' on the door and ringin' on the bell, "Oh, my true love are you well?"
Out she comes as white as snow, rings on her fingers and bells on here toes
Oul' Johnny Murphy sez she she'll die, if she doesn't get the fella with the rovin' eye
Chorus:
I'll tell my ma when I go home, the boys won't leave the girls alone
They pulled my hair they stole my comb, but that's all right till I go home
She is handsome she is pretty, she is the belle of Dublin City
She is a courtin' one, two, three, please won't you tell me who is she
Let the wind, the rain the hail blow, high and the snow come travelin' from the sky
She's as nice as apple pie; she'll get her own lad by and by
When she gets a man of her own, she won't tell her ma when she goes home
Let them all try as they will, it's Albert Mooney she loves still
Chorus:
I'll tell my ma when I go home, the boys won't leave the girls alone
They pulled my hair they stole my comb, but that's all right till I go home
She is handsome she is pretty, she is the belle of Dublin City
She is a courtin' one, two, three, please won't you tell me who is she
I'll tell my ma when I go home, the boys won't leave the girls alone
They pulled my hair they stole my comb, but that's all right till I go home
She is handsome she is pretty, she is the belle of Dublin City
She is a courtin' one, two, three, please won't you tell me who is she
I'M A ROVER
I'm a rover and seldom sober, I'm a rover, o' high degree;
And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinkin, how to gain my love's company.
Though the nicht be dark as dungeon, no' a star to be seen above,
I will be guided without a stumble into the airms o' my ain true love.
I'm a rover and seldom sober, I'm a rover, o' high degree;
And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinkin, how to gain my love's company.
He steppit up to her bedroom window, kneelin' gently upon a stone;
He rappit at her bedroom-window, "Darlin' dear, do you lie alone?"
I'm a rover and seldom sober, I'm a rover, o' high degree;
And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinkin, how to gain my love's company.
She raised her heid on her snaw-white pillow Wi' her arms aboot her breast,
"Wha' is that at my bedroom window disturbin' me at my lang night's rest?"
I'm a rover and seldom sober, I'm a rover, o' high degree;
And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinkin, how to gain my love's company.
"It's only me, your ain true lover, open the door and let me in.
For I hae come on a lang journey, and I'm near drenched to the skin."
I'm a rover and seldom sober, I'm a rover, o' high degree;
And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinkin, how to gain my love's company.
She opened the door wi' the greatest pleasure, she opened the door and let him in,
They baith shook hands and embraced each other until the mornin' they lay as one.
I'm a rover and seldom sober, I'm a rover, o' high degree;
And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinkin, how to gain my love's company.
The cocks were crawin', the birds were whistlin' the burns they ran free abune the
brae;
"Remember, lass, I'm a ploughman laddie and the fairmer I must obey."
I'm a rover and seldom sober, I'm a rover, o' high degree;
And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinkin, how to gain my love's company.
"Noo, my lass, I must gang and leave thee and though the hills they are high above,
I will climb them wi' greater pleasure since I been in the airms o' my love.
I'm a rover and seldom sober, I'm a rover, o' high degree;
And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinkin, how to gain my love's company.
I'M ASKING YOU SERGEANT WHERE'S MINE
(Billy Connolly)
I'm lying in bed I'm in room Twenty-six
Thinking on things that I've done
Like drinkin' with squaddies and bullin' my boots
I'm countin' the medals I've won
These hospital wards they're all drab lookin' joints
But the ceiling's as much as I see
It could do with a wee touch of paper
And paint but then again maybe that's me
Chorus:
Oh sergeant is this the adventure you meant
When I put my name down on the line
All that talk of computers and sunshine and skis
All I'm asking you sergeant where's mine
I've a brother in Glasgow with long curly hair
When I joined up he said I was daft
He's says shooting strangers just is'na his game
That brother of my is'na saft
But I can put up with most things I've done in my time
I can even put up with the pains
But what do you do with a gun in your hand
When you're faced with a hundred odd wanes
Chorus:
Oh sergeant is this the adventure you meant
When I put my name down on the line
All that talk of computers and sunshine and skis
All I'm asking you sergeant where's mine
Oh sergeant is this the adventure you meant
When I put my name down on the line
All that talk of computers and sunshine and skis
All I'm asking you sergeant where's mine
IN KIRKINTILLOCH
Chorus:
In Kirkintilloch there's nae pubs and I'm sure you'll wonder why
My Brother and me we went on a spree and drank the pubs all dry
All dry—drank the pubs all dry
My grandpa he worked down the pit and so did my faither tae
You worked like a mule but you leave the school
And you drink on a Saturday, me lads
Drink on a Saturday
Chorus:
In Kirkintilloch there's nae pubs and I'm sure you'll wonder why
My Brother and me we went on a spree and drank the pubs all dry
All dry—drank the pubs all dry
Well the gaffer doon the pit me, lads, could scarce believe his een
My brother and me we howt wi' the coal
And he's lathed his cuttin' machine, me lads
Lathed his cuttin' machine
Chorus:
In Kirkintilloch there's nae pubs and I'm sure you'll wonder why
My Brother and me we went on a spree and drank the pubs all dry
All dry—drank the pubs all dry
My faither he was a Glasgow man, my mother came frae Trune
They bathe did say the other day
It's time you settled doon, my lad
It's time you settled doon
Chorus:
In Kirkintilloch there's nae pubs and I'm sure you'll wonder why
My Brother and me we went on a spree and drank the pubs all dry
All dry—drank the pubs all dry