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THE IRISH ROVER

In the year of the Lord eighteen hundred and six
We set sail from the coal quay of Cork,
We were sailing away with a cargo of clay
For the grand City Hall in New York.
We'd an elegant craft, she was rigged fore and aft,
And how the trade winds drove her;
She had twenty-three masts and she stood sev'ral blasts,
And they called her the Irish Rover.

There was Barney Magee, from the banks of the Lee;
There was Hogan from County Tyrone.
There was Johnny McGurk, who was scared stiff of work,
And a chap from Westmeath named Malone.
There was Slugger O'Toole, who was drunk as a rule,
And fighting Bill Tracy from Dover;
And your man Mick McCann, from the banks of the Bann,
Was the skipper of the Irish Rover.

We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags,
We had two million barrels of bone;
We had three million bales of old nanny goats' tails,
We had four million barrels of stone.
We had five million hogs and six million dogs
And seven million barrels of porter;
We had eight million sides of old blind horses' hides
In the hold of the Irish Rover.

We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out,
And our ship lost her way in the fog.
And the whole of the crew was reduced down to two;
That was me and the captain's old dog.
Then the ship struck a rock, O Lord, what a shock,
And nearly tumbled over;
It turned nine times around, and the poor dog was drowned
So I'm the last of the Irish Rover.

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from roots to fly (online version), released May 2, 2014

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FlatlandersFolk Germany

Fabian - vocals, guitar
Martin - mandolin, vocals

We're a folk-duo from the Lower Rhine area in the West of Germany.

These are recordings from our latest album, live recorded and produced by FLF in 2014.
It's mainly containing traditional Irish folk songs and tunes. We did several cover versions of newer songs, too, but these are only included on the physical CD. ... more

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