Paddy Murphy's Wake

[00:02.49] Oh, 'twas the night Pat Murphy died, 'twas a night I'll never forget

[00:09.55] Everyone got roarin' drunk and some not sober yet

[00:13.49] As long as the bottle was passed around and everyone feelin' gay

[00:17.18] 'Til O'Leary came with the bagpipes, some music for to play

[00:20.88] Mrs. Murphy sat in the corner pouring out her grief

[00:24.57] While Kelly and his friends, the dirty robbin' thieves

[00:27.97] They crept into an empty room and a bottle of whiskey stole

[00:31.62] They placed the bottle on the corpse just to keep the liquor cold

[00:35.04] That's how they showed their respect for Paddy Murphy

[00:39.25] That's how they showed their honor and our pride

[00:42.38] They said it was a sin and a shame and they winked at one another

[00:46.07] Oh everything in the wake house went the night Pat Murphy died

[00:49.48] At 3 o'clock in the mornin' a dirty blue-eyed scamp

[00:53.17] Wrote upon the coffin lid, "There lies a tramp"

[00:56.82] They stopped the clock so Mrs. Murphy couldn't tell the time

[01:00.23] And at a quarter after three, they told her it was nine

[01:03.64] And the whole damn gang got merry, they didn't care a thread

[01:07.53] Mrs. Murphy said she'd wait 'til all the gang was dead

[01:10.90] Oh! Of all the sights I ever saw that made me shiver with fear

[01:14.54] They took the ice right off the corpse and placed it on the beer

[01:18.27] That's how they showed their respect for Paddy Murphy

[01:21.96] That's how they showed their honor and our pride

[01:25.37] They said it was a sin and a shame and they winked at one another

[01:29.06] Oh everything in the wake house went the night Pat Murphy died

[01:32.71] Everything was going fine, there was nae ill at all

[01:36.11] 'Til Flinnegan told Flanagan he had an awful gall

[01:39.80] I thought that this would start a row, and sure enough it did

[01:43.21] For Callahan had carved his name upon the coffin lid

[01:46.90] And when the fight got fierce and strong, and everybody in

[01:50.31] Someone knocked the whiskers off the poor old Darby Flinn

[01:54.00] And dirty Andy Burke was there, and whaddya think he done?

[01:57.40] He stood the corpse right on its head in the corner just for fun

[02:01.09] That's how they showed their respect for Paddy Murphy

[02:04.78] That's how they showed their honor and our pride

[02:08.47] They said it was a sin and a shame and they winked at one another

[02:11.88] Oh everything in the wake house went the night Pat Murphy died

[02:15.57] Someone hollered for the cops, they busted through the door

[02:19.23] They jumped upon ol' Paddy's corpse and laid him to the floor

[02:22.63] They bopped him twice behind the ear and kicked him in the head

[02:26.32] And when they jumped up from his back, sure they found out he was dead

[02:29.73] Mrs. Murphy started in to battle with them cops

[02:33.42] She licked 'em all, and one of them, she kicked him several blocks

[02:37.11] Oh! A lovely time was had by all, eighteen of course were tried

[02:40.47] For having caused a riot on the night Pat Murphy died

[02:44.16] That's how they showed their respect for Paddy Murphy

[02:47.85] That's how they showed their honor and our pride

[02:51.25] They said it was a sin and a shame and they winked at one another

[02:54.94] Oh everything in the wake house went the night Pat Murphy died

[02:58.35] At 8 o'clock in the mornin' the funeral left the house

[03:02.28] Everyone but poor old Mrs. Murphy was half soused

[03:05.69] They stopped on the way to the graveyard at the Old Red Door Saloon

[03:09.09] They went in there at 9 o'clock, and they never came out 'til Noon

[03:12.77] Someone asked old Mulligan if anyone had died

[03:16.47] "Well," said he, "I'm not quite sure, I just came for the ride"

[03:19.87] They started off for the graveyard, all in a very straignt line

[03:23.77] But when they got to the grave they found they'd left the corpse behind

[03:27.42] That's how they showed their respect for Paddy Murphy

[03:30.79] That's how they showed their honor and our pride

[03:34.19] They said it was a sin and a shame and they winked at one another

[03:37.89] Oh everything in the wake house went the night Pat Murphy died

[03:41.87] That's how they showed their respect for Paddy Murphy

[03:45.28] That's how they showed their honor and our pride

[03:48.68] They said it was a sin and a shame and they winked at one another

[03:52.37] Oh everything in the wake house went...

[03:54.36] the night Pat Murphy died