Gaelic Storm - Johnny jump up

I'll ^Emtell ye a story that happened to me One ^Dday as I went out to Youghal by the Sea The ^Emsun it was bright and the ^Gday it was ^Dwarm Says ^EmI, A quiet ^Dpint wouldn't ^Emdo me ^Dno ^Emharm

I ^Emwent to the barman, I says give me a stout Says the ^Dbarman, I'm sorry all the beer is sold out Try ^Emwhiskey or vodka, ten ^Gyears in the ^Dwood Says ^EmI, I'll try ^Dcider, I ^Emheard ^Dthat it's^Em good

Oh ^Emnever, oh never, oh never again If I ^Dlive to a hundred or a hundred and ten I ^Emfell to the ground and I ^Gcouldn't get ^Dup After ^Emdrinking a ^Dpint of the ^EmJohnny ^DJump ^EmUp

After ^Emlowering the third I headed straight for the yard Where I ^Dbumped into Brophy the big civic guard He says ^Emcome here to me boy, don't you ^Gknow I'm the ^Dlaw Well I ^Emupped with my ^Dfist and I ^Emshattered ^Dhis ^Emjaw

He ^Emfell to the ground with his knees crumpled up But it ^Dwasn't I hit him, t'was the johnny jump And the ^Emnext thing I met down in ^GYoughal by the ^DSea Was a ^Emcripple on ^Dcrutches, and ^Emsays he ^Dto ^Emme

I'm a^Emfraid o' me life I'll be hit by a car Would you ^Dhelp me across to the Railwayman's Bar And ^Emafter three pints of the ^Gcider so ^Dsweet He ^Emthrew down his ^Dcrutches and he ^Emdanced on ^Dhis ^Emfeet

Oh ^Emnever, oh never, oh never again If I ^Dlive to a hundred or a hundred and ten I ^Emfell to the ground and I ^Gcouldn't get ^Dup After ^Emdrinking a ^Dpint of the ^EmJohnny ^DJump ^EmUp

Now I ^Emwent up the Lee road a friend for to see They ^Dcall it the Madhouse in Cork by the Lee But ^Emwhen I got up there, the ^Gtruth I do ^Dtell They ^Emhad the poor ^Dbugger locked ^Emup in ^Dhis ^Emcell

Says the ^Emguard testing him, say these words if you can 'A^Dround the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran' Tell ^Emthem I'm not crazy, tell ^Gthem I'm not ^Dmad T'was ^Emonly six ^Dpints of that ^Emcider ^DI ^Emhad

Now a ^Emman died in the Union by the name of Mcnabb They ^Dwashed him and laid him outside on a slab And ^Emafter the parlors ^Gmeasurements did ^Dtake His ^Emwife took him ^Dhome to a ^Embloody ^Dfine ^Emwake

'Twas ^Emabout twelve o'clock and the beer it was high The ^Dcorpse he sat up and he says with a sigh I ^Emcan't get to heaven, they ^Gwon't let me ^Dup Till I ^Embring them a ^Dpint of the ^EmJohnny ^DJump ^EmUp

Oh ^Emnever, oh never, oh never again If I ^Dlive to a hundred or a hundred and ten I ^Emfell to the ground and I ^Gcouldn't get ^Dup After ^Emdrinking a ^Dpint of the ^EmJohnny ^DJump ^EmUp

Oh ^Emnever, oh never, oh never again If I ^Dlive to a hundred or a hundred and ten I ^Emfell to the ground and I ^Gcouldn't get ^Dup After ^Emdrinking a ^Dpint of the ^EmJohnny ^DJump ^EmUp