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Johnny Jump Up Famous Cork drinking song.

1. Come and listen, I'll tell you what happened to me One day as I went down to Cork by the sea The day it was hot and the sun it was warm, So says I, a quiet pint wouldn't do me no harm 2. I went in and I called for a bottle of stout Says the barman, I'm sorry, all the beer is sold out Try whiskey or paddy, ten years in the wood Says I, I'll try cider, I've heard it was good. (Chorus): Oh never, Oh never, Oh never again If I live to be a hundred or a hundred and ten I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up After drinking a quart of the Johnny Jump Up 3. After downing the third I went out to the yard Where I bumped into Brody, the big civic guard Come here to me bo, don't you know I'm the law? Well, I up with me fist and I shattered his jaw. 4. He fell to the ground with his knees doubled up But it wasn't I hit him, 'twas Johnny Jump Up The next thing I remember down in Cork by the sea Was a cripple on crutches and says he to me 5. I'm afraid of me life I'll be hit by a car Won't you help me across to the railway man's Bar? After drinking a quart of that cider so sweet He threw down his crutches and danced on his feet (Repeat chorus) 6. I went down the Lee road, a friend for to see They call it the madhouse in Cork by the Sea Well when I got there, sure the truth I will tell, They had this poor bugger locked up in a cell. 7. Said the guard, testing him, say these words if you can Around the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran Tell him I'm not crazy, tell him I'm not mad It was only six pints of the cider I had (Repeat chorus) 8. A man died in the mines by the name of McNabb They washed him and laid him outside on the slab Well after the parlors measurements did take His wife brought him home to a bloody fine wake. 9. 'Twas about 12 o'clock and the beer was high The corpse, sits up, and says with a sigh I can't get to heaven, they won't let me up 'Til I bring them a quart of the Johnny Jump Up! 10. So if ever you go down to Cork by the sea Stay out of the ale house and take it from me If you want to stay sane don't you dare take a sup Of that devil drink cider called Johnny Jump Up. (Repeat chorus)

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