Episode 2 Stiff at the BBC

# I love my label

# And my label loves me

# Well, she's so good and kind

# Together we will make our destiny... #

# In the deserts of Sudan

# And the gardens of Japan

# From Milan to Yucatan

# Every woman, every man

# Hit me with your rhythm stick

# Hit me, hit me

# Je t'adore, ich liebe dich

# Hit me, hit me, hit me

# Hit me with your rhythm stick

# Hit me slowly, hit me quick

# Hit me, hit me, hit me

# In the wilds of Borneo

# And the vineyards of Bordeaux

# Eskimo, Arapaho

# Move their body to and fro

# Hit me with your rhythm stick

# Hit me, hit me

# Das ist gut! C'est fantastique!

# Hit me, hit me, hit me

# Hit me with your rhythm stick

# It's nice to be a lunatic

# Hit me, hit me, hit me

# Hit me, hit me, hit me

# In the dock of Tiger Bay

# On the road to Mandalay

# From Bombay to Santa Fe

# Over hills and far away

# Hit me with your rhythm stick

# Hit me, hit me

# C'est si bon, mmm? Ist es nicht?

# Hit me, hit me, hit me

# Hit me with your rhythm stick

# Two fat persons click, click, click

# Hit me, hit me, hit me

# Hit me, hit me, hit me

# Hit me

# Hit me

# Hit me

# Hit me

# Hit me

# Hit me, hit me

APPLAUSE

It's Devo who played a concert at The Roundhouse a few weeks ago to quite remarkable press response

and who have among their most Devo-tees the less than impressionable David Bowie.

If you've been losing sleep because you weren't there that night

and if you feel you've missed out on the one thing you were told was compulsive viewing,

here is the cure for your insomnia - Devo and this is called Jocko Homo.

# They tell us that

# We lost our tails

# Evolving up

# From little snails

# I say it's all

# Just wind in sails

# Are we not men?

# We are Devo

# Are we not men?

# D-E-V-O

# We're pinheads now

# We are not whole

# We're pinheads all

# Jocko homo

# Are we not men?

# We are Devo

# Are we not men?

# D-E-V-O

# Are we not men?

# We are Devo

# Monkey men all

# In business suits

# Teachers and critics

# All dance the poot

# Are we not men?

# We are Devo

# Are we not men?

# D-E-V-O

# Are we not men?

# We are Devo

# Are we not men?

# D-E-V-O

-# Are we not men?

-We are Devo

-# Are we not men?

-We are Devo

-# Are we not men?

-We are Devo

-# Are we not men?

-We are Devo

-# We must repeat

-D-E-V-O

-# We must repeat

-D-E-V-O

-# We must repeat

-D-E-V-O

-# We must repeat

-D-E-V-O

-# We must repeat

-D-E-V-O

# We must repeat

# OK, let's go

Isn't that quite remarkable stuff?

The R2-D2s of rock 'n' roll, Devo.

# Baby, ooh, baby

# I love to call you baby

# Baby, ooh, baby

# I love for you to call me baby

# When you squeeze me real tight

# You know you make the wrong things right

# And I can't stop loving you

# And I won't stop calling you

# Oh, baby, ooh, baby

# You look so good to me, baby

# Baby, ooh, baby

# You are so good to me, baby

# Just one look in your eyes

# And my temperature goes sky high

# I live for you and can't help it

# You know I really don't want to help it

# B-A-B-Y, baby

# B-A-B-Y, baby

# B-A-B-Y, baby

# Whenever the sun don't shine

# You throw out the lifeline

# Then I get real close to you

# And your sweet kisses see me through, ohhhh

# I said baby, ooh, baby

# You look so good to me, baby

# Baby, ooh, baby

# You are so good to me, baby

# Just one look in your eyes

# And my temperature goes sky high

# I live for you and can't help it

# You know I really don't want to help it

# Baby, ooh, baby

# Please don't tease me, baby

# B-A-B-Y, baby

# B-A-B-Y, baby

# B-A-B-Y, baby

# B-A-B-Y, baby... #

Right! Rachel Sweet there, Baby, B-A-B-Y...

These two ladies have got me this navy hat cos they're navy girls, you see.

How about the Village People - YMCA?

# I never used to cry cos I was all alone

# For me, myself and I is all I've ever known

# I never felt the need to have a hand to hold

# In everything I do I take complete control

# That's where I'm coming from

# My lucky number one

# I'm everything I need to keep me satisfied

# There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind

# I'm having so much fun

# My lucky number's one

# I-I-I-I-I

# I now detect an alien vibration here

# There's something in the air besides the atmosphere

# The object of the action is becoming clear

# An imminent attack upon my heart, I fear

# The evidence is strong

# My lucky number's wrong

# Something tells me my lucky number's gonna be changing soon

# Something tells me my lucky number's gonna be

# Ow-ee, ow-ee, ow-ee, ow-ee, ow-ee

# You certainly do have a strange effect on me

# I never thought that I would feel the way I feel

# Something in your eyes gives me a wild idea

# I never want to be apart from you, my dear

# I guess it must be true

# My lucky number's two

# This rearrangement suits me now, I must confess

# Number one is dull and number two is best

# I wanna stay with you

# My lucky number's two... #

APPLAUSE

We pause now for a word from our producers.

# Hey, you, don't watch that, watch this!

# This is the heavy, heavy monster sound - one step beyond!

# One step beyond!

# One step beyond!

# One step beyond!

# One step beyond! #

# I'm no good at chatting up and I always get rebuffed

# Enough to drive a man to drink I don't do no washing-up

# I always leave the stuff piled up A-piled up in the sink

# But you will always find him in the kitchen at parties

# Me and my girlfriend, we argued and she ran away from home

# She must have found somebody new and now I'm all alone

# Living on my own

# What am I supposed to do?

# That's why you'll always find him in the kitchen at parties

# You will always find him in the kitchen at parties

# You will always find him in the kitchen at parties

# Then I met this debutante I said, "I like new wave rock"

# She was into French cuisine but I ain't no Cordon Bleu

# This was at some do in Palmers Green

# I had no luck with her

# You will still find him in the kitchen at parties

# You will still find him in the kitchen at parties

# At last I met a pretty girl She laughed and talked with me

# We both walked out of the kitchen and danced in a new way

# And now I've done my time in the kitchen at parties

# I've done my time in the kitchen at parties

# He's done his time in the kitchen at parties. #

APPLAUSE

..the chart run-down and The Clash and London Calling,

and now to get things underway

for this first edition of Top Of The Pops from 1980,

it's Madness

and My Girl!

# My girl's mad at me

# I didn't wanna see the film tonight

# I found it hard to say

# She thought I'd had enough of her

# Why can't she see

# She's lovely to me?

# But I like to stay in

# And watch TV on my own Every now and then

# My girl's mad at me

# Been on the telephone for an hour

# We hardly said a word

# I tried and tried but I could not be heard

# Why can't I explain?

# Why do I feel this pain?

# Cos everything I say

# She doesn't understand She doesn't realise

# She takes it all the wrong way

# My girl's mad at me

# We argued just the other night

# I thought we'd got it straight

# We talked and talked until it was light

# I thought we'd agreed

# I thought we'd talked it out

# Now when I try to speak

# She says that I don't care

She says I'm unaware

# And now she says I'm weak

APPLAUSE

Just get a load of this. It's called Stop The Cavalry.

# Hey, Mr Churchill comes over here to say we're doing splendidly

# But it's very cold out here in the snow

# Marching to and from the enemy

# Oh, I say it's tough

# I have had enough

# Can you stop the cavalry?

# I have had to fight almost every night

# Down throughout the centuries

# That is when I say Oh, yes, yet again

# Can you stop the cavalry?

# Mary Bradley waits at home in the nuclear fall-out zone

# Wish I could be dancing now in the arms of the girl I love

# Dub a dub a dum dum Dub a dub a dum

# Dub a dum dum dub a dub Dub a dub a dum

# Dub a dum dum dub a dub Dub a dub a dum

# Dub a dum dum dub a dub Dub a dub a dum

# Wish I was at home for Christmas

# Bang! That's another bomb on another town

# While Luzar and Jim have tea

# If I get home, live to tell the tale

# I'll run for all presidencies

# If I get elected, I'll stop

# I will stop the cavalry

# Dub a dub a dum dum Dub a dub a dum

# Dub a dum dum dub a dub Dub a dub a dum

# Dub a dum dum dub a dub Dub a dub a dum

# Dub a dum dum dub a dub Dub a dub a dum

# Wish I was at home for Christmas

# Wish I could be dancing now in the arms of the girl I love

# Mary Bradley waits at home She has been waiting two years long

# Wish I was at home for Christmas. #

APPLAUSE

Here on Top Of The Pops this Thursday evening, we hope you're enjoying the music. We do.

You're not on yet, because now, at No.4, I might tell you to lock up your daughters,

because this lot are unbelievable.

As you can tell, they live up to their name - it's Madness and Baggy Trousers.

# Naughty boys in nasty schools

# Headmasters breaking all the rules Having fun and playing fools

# Smashing up the woodwork tools

# All the teachers in the pub

# Passing round the ready-rub Trying not to think of when

# The lunch-time bell will ring again

# Oh what fun we had But did it really turn out bad?

# All I learnt at school Was how to bend not break the rules

# Oh what fun we had But at the time it seemed so bad

# Trying different ways To make a difference to the...

# Headmasters had enough today All the kids have gone away

# Gone to fight with nextdoor's school

# Every term that is the rule

# Sits alone and bends his cane Same old backsides again

# All the small ones tell tall tales Walking home and squashing snails

# Oh what fun we had But did it really turn out bad?

# All I learnt at school Was how to bend not break the rules

# Oh what fun we had But at the time it seemed so bad

# Trying different ways To make a difference to the days

# Lots of girls and lots of boys

# Lots of smells and lots of noise

# Playing football in the park Kicking pushbikes after dark

# Baggy trousers, dirty shirt Pulling hair and eating dirt

# Teacher comes to break it up Back of the 'ead with a plastic cup

# Oh what fun we had But did it really turn out bad?

# All I learnt at school Was how to bend not break the rules

# Oh what fun we had But at the time it seemed so bad

# Trying different ways To make a difference to the days

# Baggy trousers, baggy trousers, baggy trousers

# Baggy trousers, baggy trousers, baggy trousers

# Baggy trousers, baggy trousers, baggy trousers... #

Hey, you raucous lot. Get back! Back!

I've told you.

Don't you start!

Get back. Across there, please.

Don't start any trouble with me, pal. I've got a black belt at ludo.

This week at number 10, live from the Top of the Pops studio

we have Tenpole Tudor and a record that's jumped up 12 positions this week to number 10.

Swords of A Thousand Men.

# Deep in the castle and back from the wars

# Back with my baby and the fires burned tall

# Hoorah went the men down below

# All outside was the rain and snow

# Hear their shout, hear their roar

# They've probably all had a barrel or much much more

# Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yeah

# Over the hill with the swords of a thousand men

# We had to meet the enemy A mile away

# Thunder in the air and the sky turned grey

# Assembling the knights And their swords were sharp

# There was hope in our English hearts

# Hear our roar, hear our sound

# We're gonna fight Until we have won this town

# Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yeah

# Over the hill With the swords of a thousand men

# The knights come along At the end of the day

# Some were half-alive and some had run away

# But Hear our triumph, hear our roar

# We're gonna drink a barrel Or much, much more

# Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yea

# # Over the hill With the swords of a thousand men

# Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, yeah Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, yeah yeah

# Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yea Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, yeah yeah. #

Ah, what do my eyes see over here?

Is it my old friend at 26 in the charts, the one and only Alvin Stardust?

# Pretend you're happy When you're blue

# It isn't very hard to do

# And you will find happiness without

# An end if you pretend

# Remember anyone can dream

# And nothin's bad as it may seem

# The little things you haven't got could be

# A lot if you pretend

# You'll find a love you can share

# One you can call your own

# Just close your eyes you'll be there

# You'll never be alone

# And if you sing this melody

# You'll be pretending just like me

# The world is mine It can be yours my friend

# So why don't you pretend?

# You'll find a love you can share

# One you can call your own

# Just close your eyes You'll be there

# You'll never be alone

# And if you sing this melody

# You'll be pretending just like me

# The world is mine it can be yours my friend

# So why don't you pretend?

# So why don't you pretend?

# So why don't you pretend? #

At number 9, Invisible Sun from The Police.

Depeche Mode are at 8 with Just Can't Get Enough.

At 7, Hands Up Give Me Your Love by Ottowan.

The Human League move up 15 places to 6 with Open Your Heart.

Up 3, Toyah with Thunder In The Mountains.

At 4, Adam and the Ants, Prince Charming.

At 3, Under Your Thumb, Godley and Creme.

The Tweets are at number 2 with the Birdie Song.

And right now congratulations to keyboardist Dave Stewart

and vocalist Barbara Gaskin who are at number 1 with It's My Party.

# I'll cry if I want to

# Cry if I want to

# Cry if I want to

# Sigh if I want to

# Cry if I want to

# Cry if I want to

# Cry if I want to

# Cry if I want to

# Nobody knows Where my Johnny has gone

# But Judy left the same time

# Why was he holding her hand

# When he's supposed to be mine?

# It's my party And I'll cry if I want to

# Cry if I want to Cry if I want to

# You would cry too If it happened to you

# Play all my records Keep dancing all night

# But leave me alone for a while

# Till Johnny's dancing with me

# I've got no reason to smile.

# It's my party And I'll cry if I want to

# Cry if I want to Cry if I want to

# You would cry too If it happened to you... #

Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone.

But Judy left the same time.

So I'll cry cry cry...if I want to.

Cry, cry, cry if I want to.

Cry, cry, cry if I want to.

# Judy and Johnny Just walked through the door

# Like a queen with her king

# Oh what a birthday surprise

# Judy's wearing his ring

# It's my party And I'll cry if I want to

# Cry if I want to Cry if I want to

# You would cry too If it happened to you

# It's my party And I'll cry if I want to

# Cry if I want to Cry if I want to

# You would cry too If it happened to you

# It's my party And I'll cry if I want to

# Cry if I want to Cry if I want to

# You would cry too If it happened to you. #

Tenpole Tudor, ladies and gentlemen!

Eins, zwei, drei!

# There is unemployment Misery despair

# Really want to leave my trouble I'm going to the fair

# Love is getting rough Oh, yes I know

# Excuse me but I've got to go

# There is a man in Germany

# He can send a tool

# Wunderbar, Wunderbar Wunderbar, Wunderbar

# Wunderbar, Wunderbar Wunderbar, Wunderbar

# Wunderbar

# Here on the risk of being bold

# Tell me all about that nuclear war

# God I wanna sing to Herr Fuhrer, God knows!

# There is a man in Germany

# He can send a tool

# Wunderbar, Wunderbar Wunderbar, Wunderbar

# Wunderbar, Wunderbar Wunderbar, Wunderbar

# Wunderbar

THEY WHISTLE

# Wunderbar, Wunderbar Wunderbar, Wunderbar

# Wunderbar, Wunderbar Wunderbar... #

# Good morning, miss Can I help you, son?

# 16 today and up for fun

# I'm a big boy now or so they say

# So if you'll serve I'll be on my way

# Box of balloons With the feather-light touch

# Pack of party-poppers That pop in the night

# A toothbrush and hairspray Plastic grin

# Miss Clay on all corners Has just walked in

# Welcome to the House of Fun

# Now I've come of age

# Welcome to the House of Fun

# Welcome to the lion's den

# Temptation's on his way

# Welcome to the house of...

# N-n-n-n-n-n-no no, miss You misunderstood

# 16 big boy Full pint in my manhood

# I'm up to date And the date's today

# So if you'll serve I'll be on my way

# Welcome to the House of Fun Now I've come of age

# Welcome to the lion's den

# Temptation's on his way

# Welcome to the House of (Fun)

# I'm sorry, son But we don't stock

# Party gimmicks in this shop

# Try the House of Fun

# It's quicker if you run

# This is a chemist's Not a joke shop!

# Party hats, simple enough, clear

# Comprehende, savvy, understand Do you hear?

# A pack of party hats With the coloured tips

# Too late! Gorgon's heard gossip

# Well, hello, Joe Hello, Miss Clay

# Many happy returns from the day

# Welcome to the House of Fun Now I've come of age

# Welcome to the House of Fun

# Welcome to the lion's den

# Temptation's on his way

# Welcome to the House of Fun

# Welcome to the House of Fun Now I've come of age

# Welcome to the House of Fun

# Welcome to the lion's den

# Temptation's on his way

# Welcome to the House of Fun... #

Now, she is the funniest lady on television,

apart from Boy George...

She is Tracey Ullman,

and she sings Breakaway.

# I made my reservation

# I'm leaving town tomorrow

# I'll find somebody new

# And there'll be no more sorrow

# That's what I do each time But I can't follow through

# I can't breakaway

# Though you make me cry

# I can't breakaway

# I can't say goodbye

# No, I'll never, never Breakaway from you

# No, no, no, no, no

# No, no, no, no, no, no

# No, no, no, no, no, no

# No, no, no

# I make a vow to myself

# You and I are through

# Nothing can change my mind

# And "sorry" just won't do

# That's what I say each time But I can't follow through

# I can't breakaway

# Though you make me cry

# I can't breakaway

# I can't say goodbye

# No, I'll never, never Breakaway from you

# No, no, no, no, no

# No, no, no, no, no, no

# No, no, no, no, no, no

# No, no, no

# Even though you treat me bad

# And many cruel words are spoken

# You have got a spell on me

# That just can't be broken No, no

# I take your picture down And throw it away

# There'll be no baby now For you to call each day

# That's what I say each time But I can't follow through

# I can't breakaway Though you make me cry

# I can't breakaway

# I can't say goodbye

# No, I'll never, never Breakaway from you

# No, no, no, no, no

# No, no, no, no, no, no

# No, no, no, no, no, no

# No, no, no

# I can't breakaway Though you make me cry

# I can't breakaway

# I can't say goodbye

# No, I'll never, never Breakaway from you

# No, no, no, no, no

# No, no, no, no, no, no

# No, no, no, no, no, no

# No, no, no

# I can't breakaway I can't breakaway

# I can't breakaway I can't breakaway

# I can't breakaway I can't breakaway

# I can't breakaway I can't breakaway... #

Now brace yourself for a tender ballad of drunken eternity.

These people know all about that kind of thing.

It's The Pogues and the new single, Sally MacLennane.

# Well Jimmy played harmonica in the pub where I was born

# He played it from the night time to the peaceful early morn

# He soothed the souls of psychos and the men who had the horn

# And they all looked very happy in the morning

# But Jimmy didn't like his place in this world of ours

# Where the elephant man broke strong men's necks

# When he'd had too many Powers

# Said "I'm sad to see the grieving of the people that I'm leaving"

# And he took the road for God knows in the morning

# We walked him to the station in the rain

# We kissed him as we put him on the train

# And we sang him a song of times long gone

# Though we knew that we'd be seeing him again

-#

-Far away!

-Sad to say I must be on my way

-# So buy me beer and whiskey cos I'm going far away...

-Far away!

# I'd like to think of me returning when I can

# To the greatest little boozer and to Sally MacLennane

# The years went by and times had changed

# I grew to be a man

# I learned to love the virtues of sweet Sally MacLennane

# I took the jeers and drank the beers

# And crawled back home at dawn

# And ended up a barman in the morning

# I played the pump and took the hump and watered whiskey down

# I talked of whores and horses to the men who drank the brown

# I heard them say that Jimmy's making money far away

# And some people left for heaven without warning

# We walked him to the station in the rain

# We kissed him as we put him on the train

# And we sang him a song of times long gone

# Though we knew that we'd be seeing him again

-#

-Far away!

-Sad to say I must be on my way

-# So buy me beer and whiskey cos I'm going far away...

-Far away!

# I'd like to think of me returning when I can

# To the greatest little boozer and to Sally MacLennane

# When Jimmy came back home he was surprised that they were gone

# He asked me all the details of the train that they went on

# Some people they are scared to croak but Jimmy drank until he choked

# And he took the road for heaven in the morning

# We walked him to the station in the rain

# We kissed him as we put him on the train

# And we sang him a song of times long gone

# Though we knew that we'd be seeing him again

-#

-Far away!

-Sad to say I must be on my way

-# So buy me beer and whiskey cos I'm going far away...

-Far away!

# I'd like to think of me returning when I can

# To the greatest little boozer and to Sally MacLennane. #

As I lie here thinking of you

I realise that nothing is new

# Lying in my bed

# Thinking of you

# I realise

# Nothing is new

# You say you love me

# But want success

# I say you're lying

# Nothing has changed

# This is the sign of the times

# Piece of more to come

# This is the sign of the times

# Time to be alone

# This is the sign of the times

# Piece of more to come

# This is the sign of the times

# Time to be alone

# We're strong in bed

# You're weak in love

# You give me nothing

# More than a shove

# I walk alone now

# Thinking of you

# I realise now

# Nothing is new

# This is the sign of the times

# Piece of more to come

# This is the sign of the times

# Time to be alone

# This is the sign of the times

# Piece of more to come

# This is the sign of the times

# Time to be alone... #

Why do we go on with this useless love affair

When it seems to me that you don't really care?

I realise now nothing is new

Time to live my life without you

# I sit alone now

# Wondering about you

# I'm living my life

# What do you do?

# You say you want me

# But need success

# I want your love, boy

# Want nothing less

# This is the sign of the times

# Piece of more to come

# This is the sign of the times

# Time to be alone

# This is the sign of the times

# Piece of more to come

# This is the sign of the times

# Time to be alone

# This is the sign of the times

# Piece of more to come

# This is the sign of the times

# Time to be alone

# This is the sign of the times

# Piece of more to come

# This is the sign of the times

# Time to be alone

# This is the sign of the times

# Piece of more to come... #

APPLAUSE

# I met my love

# By the gas works wall

# Dreamed a dream

# By the old canal

# Kissed my girl

# By the factory wall

# Dirty old town

# Dirty old town

# Clouds a-drifting across the moon

# Cats a-prowling on their beat

# Spring's a girl

# From the streets at night

# Dirty old town

# Dirty old town

# I heard a siren from the docks

# Saw a train

# Set the night on fire

# Smelled the spring

# On the smoky wind

# Dirty old town

# Dirty old town

# I'm going to make me a big sharp axe

# Shining steel

# Tempered in the fire

# I'll chop you down

# Like an old dead tree

# Dirty old town

# Dirty old town

# I met my love

# By the gas works wall

# Dreamed a dream

# By the old canal

# Kissed my girl

# By the factory wall

# Dirty old town

# Dirty old town

# Dirty old town

# Dirty old town. #

Ladies and gentlemen, Tracey Ullman!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# You've been around for such a long time now

# Oh, maybe I could leave you but I don't know how

# And why should I be lonely every night

# When I can be with you Oh, yes you make it right

# And I don't listen to the guys who say

# That you're bad for me

# And I should turn you away

# Cos they don't know about us

# They've never heard of love

# I get a feeling when I look at you

# Wherever you go now I wanna be there too

# They say we're crazy but I just don't care

# And if they keep on talking still they get nowhere

# So I don't mind if they don't understand

# When I look at you and you hold my hand

# Cos they don't know about us

# And they've never heard of love

# Why should it matter to us

# If they don't approve?

# We should just take our chances

# While we've got nothing to lose

# Baby!

# There's no need for living in the past

# Now I've found good loving gonna make it last

# I tell the others don't bother me

# Cos when they look at you

# They don't see what I see

# No, I don't listen to their wasted lines

# Got my eyes wide open and I see the signs

# Cos they don't know about us

# And they've never heard of love

# No, I don't listen to their wasted lines

# Got my eyes wide open and I see the signs

# Cos they don't know about us

# And they've never heard of love

# Ah-ah-ah

# Ah-ah... #

Hi! We've got one heck of a show for you tonight.

In the studio we have Curiosity Killed The Cat,

Ruby Turner and the Fine Young Cannibals...

And I'm made up because at 21 this week with The Irish Rover it's The Pogues and The Dubliners!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# On the fourth of July Eighteen hundred and six

# We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork

# We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks

# For the grand City Hall in New York

# 'Twas a wonderful craft She was rigged fore and aft

# And oh, how the wild wind drove her

# She stood several blasts She had twenty-seven masts

# And they called her The Irish Rover

# We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags

# We had two million barrels of stone

# We had three million sides of old blind horses' hides

# We had four million barrels of bones

# We had five million hogs Six million dogs

# Seven million barrels of porter

# We had eight million bails of old nanny-goats' tails

# In the hold of The Irish Rover

# There was awl Mickey Coote who played hard on his flute

# When the ladies lined up for a set

# He was tootin' with skill for each sparkling quadrille

# Though the dancers were fluther'd and bet

# With his smart witty talk he was cock of the walk

# And he rolled the dames under and over

# They all knew at a glance when he took up his stance

# That he sailed in The Irish Rover

# There was Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee

# There was Hogan from County Tyrone

# There was Johnny McGurk who was scared stiff of work

# And a man from Westmeath called Malone

# There was Slugger O'Toole who was drunk as a rule

# And Fighting Bill Treacy from Dover

# And your man, Mick MacCann from the banks of the Bann

# Was the skipper of The Irish Rover

# We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out

# And the ship lost its way in the fog

# And that whale of a crew was reduced down to two

# Just myself and the captain's old dog

# Then the ship struck a rock Oh, lord! What a shock

# The bulkhead was turned right over

# Turned nine times around

# And the poor old dog was drowned

# And the last of The Irish Rover. #

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