Tim lived in watling street A gentle Irishman, odd a beautiful brogue so rich and sweet To in the world, he carried a hod
See, he'd sort of a way With love for the liquor poor Tim was To help him on with his work day He'd a of the craythur every morn'
fol, de, dah Now, dance to partner the floor, your trotters shake Wasn't it the truth, they told ye of fun At wake
One morning Tim got full His head heavy which made him shake Fell from a ladder and he broke his They carried him home, his corpse to
him up in a nice clean sheet And laid him out the bed A of whiskey at his feet And a bottle of porter at his
fol, de, dah Now, dance to partner Welt the floor, trotters shake Wasn't it the truth, they ye lots of fun At wake
His friends at the wake And misses Finnegan for lunch First she brought in tea and Then pipes, tobacco and whiskey
Biddy O'Brien to cry a nice clean corpse, did you ever see? Tim mavourneen, why did you Arrah, hold gob, said Patty Megee
fol, de, dah Now, dance to partner Welt the floor, your trotters Wasn't it the truth, they told ye of fun At Finnegan's
Then O'Connor took up the job "Arrah", biddy says, she wrong, I'm sure Biddy then gave her a on the gob And left her sprawling on the
There the war did soon to woman and man to man Shillelah law was all the An a row and a ruction soon
fol, de, dah Now, dance to partner Welt the floor, your trotters Wasn't it the truth, told ye lots of fun At wake
Then Maloney raised his head When a of whiskey flew at him It him falling on the bed The liquor scattered Tim
Tim revives, see how he Timothy rising the bed Then Whirl whiskey around Like blazes an Dhul Do ye think I'm