The Merry Wives Of Windsor - Paddy Murphy lyrics

Oh the night that Paddy Murphy died, is a night I'll never forget The whole damn room got stinkin' drunk and we ain't been sober yet; The only thing we did that night that filled my heart with fear, We took the ice from off the corpse to chill the bloody beer That's how we show our respect for Paddy Murphy That's how we show our honour and our pride; We said it was a sin and shame and we winked at one another And every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy died At three o'clock in the morning after empty'ing out the jug Doyle rose up the coffin lid to see poor Paddy's mug; Well we fixed the clock so Mrs. Murphy couldn't tell the time And at a quarter after three we argued it was nine That's how we show our respect for Paddy Murphy That's how we show our honour and our pride; We said it was a sin and shame and we winked at one another And every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy died Now everything was doin' fine, there was no ill at all, ‘Till Finnegan told Callaghan, "You've got an awful gall." I thought that it might start a row, and sure enough it did, For Callaghan had carved his name upon the coffin lid. That's how we show our respect for Paddy Murphy That's how we show our honour and our pride; We said it was a sin and shame and we winked at one another And every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy died Then the fight got fierce and strong, everyone was in, Someone knocked the whiskers off poor old Darby Flynn; Now Dirty Andy Burke was there, and whadda ya think he done? He placed the corpse right on its head, in the corner just for fun. That's how we show our respect for Paddy Murphy That's how we show our honour and our pride; We said it was a sin and shame and we winked at one another And every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy died Someone asked ol' Finnegan if anyone had died, "Lou," he said, "I'm not quite sure, I just came for the ride." They filed out for the graveyard, all holy and sublime, When they got there, they realized, they'd left the corpse behind. That's how we show our respect for Paddy Murphy That's how we show our honour and our pride; We said it was a sin and shame and we winked at one another And every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy died T'was twenty years ago we put Murphy in the ground And every year to celebrate we pa** the jug around We gather at the grave and pour vinegar in his ditch ‘Cause everybody hated that lousy son-of-a-… That's how we show our respect for Paddy Murphy That's how we show our honour and our pride; We said it was a sin and shame and we winked at one another And every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy died Every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy died