Darby O'Gill - The Night That Pat Murphy Died lyrics

Oh, the night that Paddy Murphy died, sure that's the night I'll never forget All the boys got roarin' drunk and some ain't sober yet And as long as the bottle was pa**ed around all the boys were brisk and gay And Auggie came with his bagpipes, the music for to play Mrs. Murphy in the corner, she was pourin' out her grief When Kelly and the lads, oh, the dirty robbin' thieves They crept into the anti-room and a bottle of whiskey stole And they placed the bottle on the corpse to keep the liquor cold (Chorus) And that's how they paid their respects to Paddy Murphy That's how they showed their honor and their pride They said it was a sin and a shame, but they winked at one another And everything in the wake house went the night Pat Murphy died It was early in the morning when the funeral left the house And everyone but poor old Mrs. Murphy was half-soused They made a stop along the way at the Blarney Stone saloon They got in there at nine o'clock and they didn't leave till noon Then someone asked Pat Barry if anyone had died Well, says he, I'm not quite sure; see, I just come for the ride They started for the graveyard then, all walkin' in a line But when they reached the grave they found they'd left the corpse behind It was twenty years ago me boys that old Pat was put underground And every year to celebrate they all push the jug around They gather at the graveyard and pour vinegar in his ditch ‘Cause everybody hated that lousy son-of-a-…