Tim Finnegan's Wake Lyrics
| Song | Tim Finnegan's Wake |
| Artist | The Clancy Brothers |
| Artist | Tommy Makem |
| Album | A Spontaneous Performance Recording |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| [00:00.44] | Tim finnegan lived in watling street |
| [00:03.68] | A gentle irishman mighty odd |
| [00:05.69] | He'd a beautiful brogue so rich and sweet |
| [00:07.57] | To rise in the world he carried a hod |
| [00:09.42] | See he'd sort of a tipplin' way |
| [00:11.30] | With love for the liquor poor tim was born |
| [00:13.14] | To help him a man with his work each day |
| [00:15.10] | He'd a drop of the craythin' every morn |
| [00:17.02] | Whack fol de dah |
| [00:17.78] | Now dance to your partner |
| [00:18.85] | Welt the floor your trotters shake |
| [00:20.81] | Wasn't it the truth they told ye lots of fun |
| [00:23.45] | At finnegan's wake |
| [00:24.24] | One morning tim got rather full |
| [00:26.22] | His head felt heavy which made him shake |
| [00:28.13] | Fell from a ladder and he broke his skull |
| [00:30.00] | They carried him home his corpse to wake |
| [00:31.76] | Rolled him up in a nice clean sheet |
| [00:33.74] | And laid him out upon the bed |
| [00:35.44] | A gallon of whiskey at his feet |
| [00:37.29] | And a bottle of porter at his head |
| [00:39.33] | Whack fol de dah |
| [00:40.18] | Now dance to your partner |
| [00:41.22] | Welt the floor your trotters shake |
| [00:43.01] | Wasn't it the truth they told ye lots of fun |
| [00:45.64] | At finnegan's wake |
| [00:46.42] | His friends assembled at the wake |
| [00:48.36] | And misses finnegan called for lunch |
| [00:50.37] | First she brought in tea and cake |
| [00:52.18] | Then pipes tobacco and whiskey punch |
| [00:54.13] | Biddy o'brien began to cry |
| [00:55.88] | Such a nice clean corpse did you ever see |
| [00:57.93] | Tim me boy yadda hoy dida ho yada |
| [00:59.80] | Arrah hold your gobâ said patty megee |
| [01:01.55] | Whack fol de dah |
| [01:02.45] | Now dance to your partner |
| [01:03.48] | Welt the floor your trotters shake |
| [01:05.25] | Wasn't it the truth they told ye lots of fun |
| [01:07.85] | At finnegan's wake |
| [01:08.94] | Then o'connor took up the job |
| [01:10.79] | Arrah biddy says she ye're wrong I'm sure |
| [01:12.61] | Biddy then gave her a belt on the gob |
| [01:14.48] | And left her sprawling on the floor |
| [01:16.28] | There the war did soon engage |
| [01:18.15] | Woman to woman and man to man |
| [01:20.03] | Shillelah law was all the rage |
| [01:22.00] | An a row and a ruction soon began |
| [01:23.92] | Whack fol de dah |
| [01:24.83] | Now dance to your partner |
| [01:25.80] | Welt the floor your trotters shake |
| [01:27.50] | Wasn't it the truth they told ye lots of fun |
| [01:30.08] | At finnegan's wake |
| [01:31.20] | Then mickey maloney raised his head |
| [01:32.93] | When a bottle of whiskey flew at him |
| [01:34.81] | It missed him falling on the bed |
| [01:36.48] | The liquor scattered over tim |
| [01:38.46] | Tim revives see how he rises |
| [01:40.37] | Timothy rising from the bed |
| [01:42.18] | Then whirl your whiskey around |
| [01:43.44] | Like blazes thanum o'n dhoul |
| [01:44.72] | Do ye think I'm dead |
| [01:46.07] | Whack fol de dah |
| [01:46.88] | Now dance to your partner |
| [01:47.90] | Welt the floor your trotters shake |
| [01:49.69] | Wasn't it the truth they told ye lots of fun |
| [01:52.23] | At finnegan's wake |
| [01:53.21] | Tim Finnegan's Wake - The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem |
| [00:00.44] | Tim finnegan lived in watling street |
| [00:03.68] | A gentle irishman mighty odd |
| [00:05.69] | He' d a beautiful brogue so rich and sweet |
| [00:07.57] | To rise in the world he carried a hod |
| [00:09.42] | See he' d sort of a tipplin' way |
| [00:11.30] | With love for the liquor poor tim was born |
| [00:13.14] | To help him a man with his work each day |
| [00:15.10] | He' d a drop of the craythin' every morn |
| [00:17.02] | Whack fol de dah |
| [00:17.78] | Now dance to your partner |
| [00:18.85] | Welt the floor your trotters shake |
| [00:20.81] | Wasn' t it the truth they told ye lots of fun |
| [00:23.45] | At finnegan' s wake |
| [00:24.24] | One morning tim got rather full |
| [00:26.22] | His head felt heavy which made him shake |
| [00:28.13] | Fell from a ladder and he broke his skull |
| [00:30.00] | They carried him home his corpse to wake |
| [00:31.76] | Rolled him up in a nice clean sheet |
| [00:33.74] | And laid him out upon the bed |
| [00:35.44] | A gallon of whiskey at his feet |
| [00:37.29] | And a bottle of porter at his head |
| [00:39.33] | Whack fol de dah |
| [00:40.18] | Now dance to your partner |
| [00:41.22] | Welt the floor your trotters shake |
| [00:43.01] | Wasn' t it the truth they told ye lots of fun |
| [00:45.64] | At finnegan' s wake |
| [00:46.42] | His friends assembled at the wake |
| [00:48.36] | And misses finnegan called for lunch |
| [00:50.37] | First she brought in tea and cake |
| [00:52.18] | Then pipes tobacco and whiskey punch |
| [00:54.13] | Biddy o' brien began to cry |
| [00:55.88] | Such a nice clean corpse did you ever see |
| [00:57.93] | Tim me boy yadda hoy dida ho yada |
| [00:59.80] | Arrah hold your gob said patty megee |
| [01:01.55] | Whack fol de dah |
| [01:02.45] | Now dance to your partner |
| [01:03.48] | Welt the floor your trotters shake |
| [01:05.25] | Wasn' t it the truth they told ye lots of fun |
| [01:07.85] | At finnegan' s wake |
| [01:08.94] | Then o' connor took up the job |
| [01:10.79] | Arrah biddy says she ye' re wrong I' m sure |
| [01:12.61] | Biddy then gave her a belt on the gob |
| [01:14.48] | And left her sprawling on the floor |
| [01:16.28] | There the war did soon engage |
| [01:18.15] | Woman to woman and man to man |
| [01:20.03] | Shillelah law was all the rage |
| [01:22.00] | An a row and a ruction soon began |
| [01:23.92] | Whack fol de dah |
| [01:24.83] | Now dance to your partner |
| [01:25.80] | Welt the floor your trotters shake |
| [01:27.50] | Wasn' t it the truth they told ye lots of fun |
| [01:30.08] | At finnegan' s wake |
| [01:31.20] | Then mickey maloney raised his head |
| [01:32.93] | When a bottle of whiskey flew at him |
| [01:34.81] | It missed him falling on the bed |
| [01:36.48] | The liquor scattered over tim |
| [01:38.46] | Tim revives see how he rises |
| [01:40.37] | Timothy rising from the bed |
| [01:42.18] | Then whirl your whiskey around |
| [01:43.44] | Like blazes thanum o' n dhoul |
| [01:44.72] | Do ye think I' m dead |
| [01:46.07] | Whack fol de dah |
| [01:46.88] | Now dance to your partner |
| [01:47.90] | Welt the floor your trotters shake |
| [01:49.69] | Wasn' t it the truth they told ye lots of fun |
| [01:52.23] | At finnegan' s wake |
| [01:53.21] | Tim Finnegan' s Wake - The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem |
| [00:00.44] | Tim finnegan lived in watling street |
| [00:03.68] | A gentle irishman mighty odd |
| [00:05.69] | He' d a beautiful brogue so rich and sweet |
| [00:07.57] | To rise in the world he carried a hod |
| [00:09.42] | See he' d sort of a tipplin' way |
| [00:11.30] | With love for the liquor poor tim was born |
| [00:13.14] | To help him a man with his work each day |
| [00:15.10] | He' d a drop of the craythin' every morn |
| [00:17.02] | Whack fol de dah |
| [00:17.78] | Now dance to your partner |
| [00:18.85] | Welt the floor your trotters shake |
| [00:20.81] | Wasn' t it the truth they told ye lots of fun |
| [00:23.45] | At finnegan' s wake |
| [00:24.24] | One morning tim got rather full |
| [00:26.22] | His head felt heavy which made him shake |
| [00:28.13] | Fell from a ladder and he broke his skull |
| [00:30.00] | They carried him home his corpse to wake |
| [00:31.76] | Rolled him up in a nice clean sheet |
| [00:33.74] | And laid him out upon the bed |
| [00:35.44] | A gallon of whiskey at his feet |
| [00:37.29] | And a bottle of porter at his head |
| [00:39.33] | Whack fol de dah |
| [00:40.18] | Now dance to your partner |
| [00:41.22] | Welt the floor your trotters shake |
| [00:43.01] | Wasn' t it the truth they told ye lots of fun |
| [00:45.64] | At finnegan' s wake |
| [00:46.42] | His friends assembled at the wake |
| [00:48.36] | And misses finnegan called for lunch |
| [00:50.37] | First she brought in tea and cake |
| [00:52.18] | Then pipes tobacco and whiskey punch |
| [00:54.13] | Biddy o' brien began to cry |
| [00:55.88] | Such a nice clean corpse did you ever see |
| [00:57.93] | Tim me boy yadda hoy dida ho yada |
| [00:59.80] | Arrah hold your gob said patty megee |
| [01:01.55] | Whack fol de dah |
| [01:02.45] | Now dance to your partner |
| [01:03.48] | Welt the floor your trotters shake |
| [01:05.25] | Wasn' t it the truth they told ye lots of fun |
| [01:07.85] | At finnegan' s wake |
| [01:08.94] | Then o' connor took up the job |
| [01:10.79] | Arrah biddy says she ye' re wrong I' m sure |
| [01:12.61] | Biddy then gave her a belt on the gob |
| [01:14.48] | And left her sprawling on the floor |
| [01:16.28] | There the war did soon engage |
| [01:18.15] | Woman to woman and man to man |
| [01:20.03] | Shillelah law was all the rage |
| [01:22.00] | An a row and a ruction soon began |
| [01:23.92] | Whack fol de dah |
| [01:24.83] | Now dance to your partner |
| [01:25.80] | Welt the floor your trotters shake |
| [01:27.50] | Wasn' t it the truth they told ye lots of fun |
| [01:30.08] | At finnegan' s wake |
| [01:31.20] | Then mickey maloney raised his head |
| [01:32.93] | When a bottle of whiskey flew at him |
| [01:34.81] | It missed him falling on the bed |
| [01:36.48] | The liquor scattered over tim |
| [01:38.46] | Tim revives see how he rises |
| [01:40.37] | Timothy rising from the bed |
| [01:42.18] | Then whirl your whiskey around |
| [01:43.44] | Like blazes thanum o' n dhoul |
| [01:44.72] | Do ye think I' m dead |
| [01:46.07] | Whack fol de dah |
| [01:46.88] | Now dance to your partner |
| [01:47.90] | Welt the floor your trotters shake |
| [01:49.69] | Wasn' t it the truth they told ye lots of fun |
| [01:52.23] | At finnegan' s wake |
| [01:53.21] | Tim Finnegan' s Wake - The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem |
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