AH, TIM FINNEGAN
LIVED IN WALKIN STREET
A GENTLEMAN
IRISH MIGHTY ODD
HE HAD A BROGUE
BOTH RICH AND SWEET
AND TO RISE IN THE WORLD
HE CARRIED A HOD
BUT TIM HAD A BIT
OF A TIPPLER'S WAY
WITH THE LOVE OF THE
LIQUOR HE WAS BORN
AND TO SEND HIM
ON HIS WAY EACH DAY
HE'D A DROP OF THE
CRAYTHUR EVERY MORN
WHACK FOL THE DAH
WILL YA DANCE
TO YA PARTNER
AROUND THE FLOOR
WITH YOUR TROTTERS SHAKE
ISN'T IT THE TRUTH
I TELL YA
LOTS OF FUN
AT FINNEGAN'S WAKE
ONE MORNIN'
TIM WAS RATHER FULL
HIS OLD HEAD FELT HEAVY
WHICH MADE HIM SHAKE
HE FELL OFF THE LADDER
AND HE BROKE HIS SKULL
AND THEY CARRIED HIM HOME
HIS CORPSE TO WAKE
OH, THEY WRAPPED HIM UP
IN A NICE CLEAN SHEET
AND THEY LAID HIM OUT
UPON THE BED
WITH A BOTTLE OF
WHISKEY AT HIS FEET
AND A BOTTLE OF
PORTER AT HIS HEAD
WHACK FOL THE DAH
WILL YA DANCE
TO YA PARTNER
AROUND THE FLOOR
WITH YOUR TROTTERS SHAKE
ISN'T IT THE TRUTH
I TELL YA
LOTS OF FUN
AT FINNEGAN'S WAKE
WELL, HIS FRIENDS
ASSEMBLED AT THE WAKE
AND MRS FINNEGAN
CALLED FOR LUNCH
WELL, FIRST SHE
BROUGHT THEM TAY AND CAKE
THEN PIPES, TOBACCO
AND BRANDY PUNCH
THEN THE WIDOW MALONE
BEGAN TO CRY
AH, SUCH A LOVELY CORPSE
DID YOU EVER SEE
WATCHA, TIM AVOURNEEN
AND WHY DID YOU DIE
WILL YOU HOLD YOUR GOB
SAID MOLLY McGEE
WHACK FOL THE DAH
WILL YA DANCE
TO YA PARTNER
AROUND THE FLOOR
WITH YOUR TROTTERS SHAKE
ISN'T IT THE TRUTH
I TELL YA
LOTS OF FUN
AT FINNEGAN'S WAKE
OH WELL, MARY MURPHY
TOOK UP THE JOB
AH, BIDDY SAYS SHE
YOU'RE WRONG, I'M SURE
OH WELL, BIDDY FETCHED
HER A BELT IN THE GOB
AND LEFT US BRAWLIN'
ON THE FLOOR
OH, CIVIL WAR
IT DID THEN ENGAGE
WAS WOMAN TO WOMAN
AND MAN TO MAN
SHILLELAGH LAW
WAS ALL THE RAGE
AND A ROW AND A
RUCTION HAD SOON BEGAN
WHACK FOL THE DAH
WILL YA DANCE
TO YA PARTNER
AROUND THE FLOOR
WITH YOUR TROTTERS SHAKE
ISN'T IT THE TRUTH
I TELL YA
LOTS OF FUN
AT FINNEGAN'S WAKE
WELL, MICK MALONEY
DUCKED HIS HEAD
WHEN A BOTTLE OF
WHISKEY FLEW AT HIM
HE DUCKED
AND LANDING ON THE BED
THE WHISKEY
SCATTERS OVER TIM
OH, BEDAD HE REVIVES
AND SEE HOW HE RISES
TIM FINNEGAN
RISIN' IN THE BED
SAYIN' TWIDDLE YOUR WHISKEY
AROUND LIKE BLAZES
BE T'UNDERIN' JAYSUS
DID YOU THINK I WAS DEAD
WHACK FOL THE DAH
WILL YA DANCE
TO YA PARTNER
AROUND THE FLOOR
WITH YOUR TROTTERS SHAKE
ISN'T IT THE TRUTH
I TELL YA
LOTS OF FUN
AT FINNEGAN'S WAKE
HOW WITH YOUR OLD ONE
GAME BALL!