(The Pogues)
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I am a young fellow that's easy and bold,
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In Castletown Conners I'm very well known;
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In Newcastle West I spent many a note
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With Kitty and Jenny and Mary.
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My parents rebuked me for being such a rake
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And spending my time in such frolicsome ways,
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But I ne've could forget the good nature of Jane,
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Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.
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There's some say I'm foolish, there's more say I'm wise,
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For love of the women I'm sure 'tis no crime;
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For the son of King David had ten thousand wives
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And his wisdom is highly recorded.
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If I chance for to go to the town of Rathkeel,
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The girls all around me do flock on the square,
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Some give me a bottle and others sweetcakes,
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To treat me unknown to their parents,
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There's one from Askeaton and one from the Pyke,
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And another from Ardour, my heart was beguiled,
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And being from the mountains, her stockings were white,
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Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.
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John Damer of Shronel had plenty of gold
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And Devonshire's treasure was twenty times more,
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But he's laid on his back among nettles and stones,
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Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.
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And when I'm on my back and I'm laid to rest
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The women will crowd for to cry at my wake,
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And their sons and their daughters will utter their prayers
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To the Lord for the sake of their father.
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The Limerick Rake
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| The Pogues |
