Tim Finnegan lived in watling A Irishman, mighty odd He'd a beautiful brogue so rich and To in the world, he carried a hod
See, he'd of a tipplin' way With love for the liquor poor Tim was To help him on with his each day He'd a drop of the craythur morn'
fol, de, dah Now, dance to partner Welt the floor, your trotters Wasn't it the truth, told ye lots of fun At Finnegan's
One Tim got rather full His head felt which made him shake from a ladder and he broke his skull They carried him home, his to wake
him up in a nice clean sheet And laid him out the bed A of whiskey at his feet And a of porter at his head
fol, de, dah Now, to your partner Welt the floor, your shake Wasn't it the truth, told ye lots of fun At wake
His assembled at the wake And Finnegan called for lunch First she brought in tea and pipes, tobacco and whiskey punch
Biddy began to cry a nice clean corpse, did you ever see? Tim mavourneen, why did you Arrah, hold your gob, said Megee
fol, de, dah Now, to your partner Welt the floor, trotters shake Wasn't it the truth, they told ye of fun At wake
Maggie O'Connor took up the job "Arrah", says, she ye're wrong, I'm sure Biddy then her a belt on the gob And her sprawling on the floor
the war did soon engage Woman to and man to man Shillelah law was all the An a row and a ruction soon
fol, de, dah Now, to your partner the floor, your trotters shake Wasn't it the truth, told ye lots of fun At wake
Then Mickey Maloney his head a bottle of whiskey flew at him It missed him on the bed The scattered over Tim
Tim revives, see how he Timothy rising the bed Whirl your whiskey around Like blazes Thanum an Do ye think I'm