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Right's of Man, Swallowtail Jig, Johnny Jump Up

from Breakfast of Ships by Sibling Rivalry Fiddle Band

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I'll tell you a story that happened to me
One day as I went out to Youghal by the Sea
The sun it was bright and the day it was warm
Says I, 'A quiet pint wouldn't do me no harm'
I says to the bar man, oh give me a stout
Says the bar man, I'm sorry all the beer 'tis sold out
Try whiskey or vodka, ten years in the wood
Says I, I'll try cider, I've heard that it's good

Oh never, oh never, oh never again
If I live to one hundred or one hundred and ten
'Cause I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up
After drinking a pint of the Johnny Jump Up

After lowering the third I headed straight for the yard
Where I bumped into Brophy the big civic guard
He says come here to me boy don't you know we're in the law
Well I upped with my fist and I shatterd his jaw
He fell to the ground with his knees doubled up
But t'wasn't I hit him t'was the johnny jump up
And the next thing I met down in Youghal by the Sea
Was a cripple on crutches, and says he to me
I'm afraid for me life I'll be hit by a car
Would you help me get across to the Railwayman's Bar
And after three pints of the cider so sweet
He threw down his crutches and he danced on his feet

Oh never, oh never, oh never again
If I live to one hundred or one hundred and ten
'Cause I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up
After drinking a pint of the Johnny Jump Up

I went up the Lee road a friend for to see
They call it the Madhouse in Cork by the Lee
But when I got up there, the truth I do to tell
They had the poor bugger locked up in his cell
Says the guard testing him, say these words if you can
'Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran'
Tell them I'm not crazy, tell them I'm not mad
T'was only six pints of that cider I had

Oh never, oh never, oh never again
If I live to one hundred or one hundred and ten
'Cause I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up
After drinking a pint of the Johnny Jump Up

A man died in the Union by the name of McNabb
They washed him and laid him outside on a slab
And after the coroner his measurements did take
His wife took him home to a bloody fine wake
It was twelve of the clock and the beer it was high
When the corpse he sat up and he says with a sigh
Oh I can't get to heaven, they won't let me up
Till I bring them a pint of the Johnny Jump Up

Oh never, oh never, oh never again
If I live to one hundred or aone hundred and ten
'Cause I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up
After drinking a pint of the Johnny Jump Up

Oh never, oh never, oh never again
If I live to one hundred or aone hundred and ten
'Cause I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up
After drinking a pint of the Johnny Jump Up

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from Breakfast of Ships, released May 28, 2022

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Sibling Rivalry Fiddle Band Stafford, Virginia

Four siblings, seven instruments. Making music at Renaissance Faires, pubs, music festivals and parties!

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