Seamus Kennedy - Old dun cow

Some f^Amriends and I in a public house Were p^Glaying dominoes one night. ^Am When in^Gto the ^Froom the barman came His ^Fface all chalky ^Ewhite. “What^Am‟s up?” says Brown. “Have seen a ghost?" "Have you see^G your Aunt Mar^Amia?” “Oh, me Aunt^G Maria b^Fe buggered,” says he, “the b^Floody pub‟s on fi^Ere!”

“^AmOn fire?” says Brown, “What a bit of luck!" ^G"Everybody follo^Amw me!" "Down to ^Gthe cellar, ^Fif the fire‟s not there," "we‟ll have^F a rare old spree^E.” So we^Am all went down after good old Brown, And booz^Ge we could not ^Ammiss, And we ^Gweren‟t ther^Fe five minutes or more ^FTill we were all h^Ealf-pissed.

And t^Amhere was Brown, upside down, L^Gicking up the whiskey off the flo^Amor. ^G“Booze, Booze!” the ^Ffiremen cried, As t^Fhey came knockin’ at the ^Edoor (clap clap) “Don‟^Amt let them in till it‟s all mopped up," someb^Gody! shouted "Ma^AmcIntyre." (MACINTYRE) And we ^Gall got blu^Fe-blind p^Earalytic drunk when the ^FOld Dun ^ECow / caugh^Amt fire.

Then S^Ammith went over to the port-wine tub and ^Ggave it a few hard knocks^Am; (clap clap) And s^Gtarted ^Ftaking off his pantaloons, Likew^Fise his shoes and ^Esocks “Hold^Am on,” says Brown, “we can‟t have that," "yo^Gu can‟t do that i^Amn here. “Don‟t go^G washing^F your trotters in the port-wine tub," when we‟^Fve got all this Li^Ete beer.”

And t^Amhere was Brown, upside down, L^Gicking up the whiskey off the flo^Amor. ^G“Booze, Booze!” the ^Ffiremen cried, As t^Fhey came knockin’ at the ^Edoor (clap clap) “Don‟^Amt let them in till it‟s all mopped up," someb^Gody! shouted "Ma^AmcIntyre." (MACINTYRE) And we ^Gall got blu^Fe-blind p^Earalytic drunk when the ^FOld Dun ^ECow / caugh^Amt fire.

Well^Am, then there came an awful crash, ha^Glf the bloody roof gave ^Amway. We were ^Gdrowned^F in the firemen‟s hose, stil^Fl we were goin^Eg to stay. So we ^Amgot some tacks and our old wet slacks and we ^Gnailed ourselves in^Amside, And we ^Gsat there ^Fswallyin‟ pints of stout till w^Fe were bleary ^Eeyed.

And t^Amhere was Brown, upside down, L^Gicking up the whiskey off the flo^Amor. ^G“Booze, Booze!” the ^Ffiremen ^Ecried, As t^Fhey came knockin’ at the ^Edoor (clap clap) “Don‟^Amt let them in till it‟s all mopped up," someb^Gody! shouted "Ma^AmcIntyre." (MACINTYRE) And we ^Gall got blu^Fe-blind p^Earalytic drunk when the ^FOld Dun ^ECow / caugh^Amt fire.

L^Amater that night when the fire was out We ^Gcame up from the cellar ^Ambelow Our p^Gub was b^Furned, our booze was drunk And our ^Fheads were a-hangin’ ^Elow "Oh lo^Amok,” says Brown, with a look quite queer It seemed ^Gsomething caught his ^Amire "We’ve ^Ggotta get ^Fdown to Murphy’s pub It ^Fcloses on the ^Ehour!"

And t^Amhere was Brown, upside down, L^Gicking up the whiskey off the flo^Amor. ^G“Booze, Booze!” the ^Ffiremen cried, As t^Fhey came knockin’ at the ^Edoor (clap clap) “Don‟^Amt let them in till it‟s all mopped up," someb^Gody! shouted "Ma^AmcIntyre." (MACINTYRE) And we ^Gall got blu^Fe-blind p^Earalytic drunk when the ^FOld Dun ^ECow / caugh^Amt fire.