Seven Drunken Nights - The Dubliners

[AndyRepin]

And as I went home on Sunday night as drunk as drunk could be

I saw a body upon the bed where my old body should be

Well, I called me wife and I said to her: Will you kindly tell to me

Who owns that body upon the bed where my old body should be

Ah, you're drunk,

you're drunk you silly old fool,

Still you can not see

That's my mother upon the bed who finally cames to me

Hey, it's many a day I've travelled a hundred miles or more

But a old woman with straight standing dick I've never seen before

[AndyRepin]

There was a russian translation. I sang the song when I was a little boy.

I couldn't find it in Google. Seven night was:

It sounds approximately so

[1798UnitedIrishMen]

Up the Dubs !!!!!

[GrahamMcCullough]

I think I heard a version of this that had a verse about "But an Englishman that could last 'till dawn I never saw before."

[artroesn]

@1:45 and as i went home on a tue- er- wednesday night :)

[Clandestino344]

The part they play at the end of the song is the chorus from The Children of Piraeus (ta paidia tou peiraia) by Manos Hadjidakis

[Olleman93]

R.I.P. Ronnie Drew

[Bauhotte]

Sorry I don't get it, where is the saturday? and what says his wife to him on sunday?

[GWagnerPhotography]

@Bauhotte The instrumental part at the end is from a song called "Never on a Sunday"

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@Bauhotte See above. Those two verses were banned! LOL.

[colbert6]

great song

[marsijanac86]

Hmm, they invented a new day- Tuwednesday xD Cheers from Croatia!!!!

[dcv1]

this brings back special memories as my mum used to sing this to me

[jwood36]

@dcv1 Hardly a lullaby is it lol, but fair play to your ma she gave you a good education ;-)

[mynameiscuffy]

Ronni Drew was legendary. Saw a few fellas do this in the braizen head when I was in Dublin last year, epic. You couldn't ask for a kinder race than the Oirish. Love the country and love the people. Been there 5 times and drunk twice my body weight in Guinness every visit. Can I be an Honary paddy? Lol.

[jwood36]

@mynameiscuffy Of course you can me old pal, and you'll find no finer pub in Dublin than the Brazen Head. You should see it on St Patrick's Day

[mufi523]

So nenadomestljivi in nenadkriljivi. Ne morem se spomnit , kateri delček neke " druge dobre" so vtaknili pri koncu

[sgtjeff56]

One of the guys (the guy in the preview picture) looks exactly like Larry Fine!!!

[speakEazey1916]

a drunk u bolloxxx ur da best lads Ptownxxx

[sonofdark18]

@joesoap81 thank you kindly. we,ll drink till the moon sets and the suns awake

[1patty1953]

One of the greatest bands to ever grace the stage and charts. God bless, 'em all.

[FL0D0S]

project WYK incades ireland...

[BlackFender93]

In mi heart

[ugo2874]

the one and only



[garykemp4]

this song is the story of my life .drunk lol .rest in peace ronnie legend

[SunflowerMaggie7]

so sad Luke, Ronnie and Ciaran are not alive anymore :-( :-( :-( but happily, we still have their music ....

[SunflowerMaggie7]

I just love the Dubliners, they are amazing !! greetz from a BBF - Belgian big fan !! I"ll go to see them again (for the 3rd time) on 14th October in Hasselt (B) CC

[MrHerrrero]

hahahahahaahahah did you hear that in 1:46 came back home in the tuesd...wednesday night hahaha

[RhinoKlox]

I hope that some day I can join Luke and Ronnie in heaven, and I pray that there'll still be booze up there.

[steeky147]

Love this song...Ronnie Drew is the best singer...R.I.P.....

[dmcc20012]

@steeky147 Here here Ronnie R.I.P, Last I saw him he was on the late late show few years back... and he was the most positive man. God bless ya Ronnie!

[WishMonkeyscanskype]

I wish i was Irish i'd do anything to have that accent love them love them! Love and praise from America! x

[MrGloz77]

at 1:48 ronnie says "tue-wednesday" lol!!!

[sonofdark18]

damn lucky irish! they always get good songs to drink to. what do a us americans have to drink to nothing all we got is stupid pop music from idiots who havent even hit puberty. i should take a trip to ireland just to drink to their music.

[joesoap81]

@sonofdark18

C'mon over Ill buy u a pint friend.

[Swede2579]

1984 is right

[dtcov]

@Swede2579

TRy the pogues siesta

[dmcc20012]

Im as drunk as drunk as drunk can be now

[dtcov]

@dmcc2001& Me

[dtcov]

Respond to this video...  & MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[cippa321]

My autobiographic song.... great singers !

Nicola fm Italy

[cyberfox99]

Four people? Dislike this song? Heh, apparently they're English XD

[Ulstermandd]

Ronnies voice conjures up such pride! I loved sticking my Dubliners tunes when I was living abroad! My flatmates got to hear the great voice of the Drew!

[cluelesstgjd]

Is it just me who can tell the year they are singing in, from the length and colour of Ronnie's Beard?

[sockass]

i heard this on the radio, awsum lmao. shame it was recorded like 4 years b4 me.

[dyllock105]

@5bears799 lol

[sonnenfeuerful]

very very very great...

[immeister]

Omfg, 1:28. 

[5bears799]

ah as i went home on a sunday night as drunk as drunk can be ,, i saw a c,,k inside her frock where my old c,,k should be , so i called me wife an i said to her , who owns that c,,k inside yer frock where my old c,,k should be , ah yer drunk yer drunk ye silly old fool as drunk as drunk can be ,, thats alovelly cucumber yer mother sent tae me , well its many a mile i travelled a hundred miles or more ,,but bollox on a cucumber i never saw before,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[cgmadridaz]

@5bears799 poetry



[month32]

From 3:34 to the end is the theme of the movie "Never on Sunday"

[akadread]

second generation English can last till 3, but thats the drinking. the foolin, no i must of inherited the English bit. there. LOL.

[BOOBMIT]

rip to the dubliners live on

[AwesumusMaximus]

Who's the 1 lad that needs a slap?

[stallingstarship]

Elusive final two verses, slightly more ribald than the rest -

Saturday-> I saw two hands on my wife's bre@sts where my own hands should be, That is just a night gown that me mother sent to me, A nightgown with ten fingers I never saw before

Sunday-> I saw a "thing" in my wife's "thing" where my own "thing" should be, That is just a rolling pin (tin whistle or candle) that me mother sent to me, A rolling pin (whistle or candle) made of skin (with hair or with a pair o balls) I never saw before

[TheDubGeek]

@stallingstarship where did you find those lyrics from...heard them before but cant find any trace of them anywhere

[pants72ofsnow]

its all the beards that made this song so manly!

[MrVlamingant]

You can the full text on google (unitedireland tripod)

[henkajpan]

you are gods!

[ZJ05HZ]

tu-wednesday :L

[seanpy9]

Why did they skip saturday

[Pandurris]

@seanpy9 Well, Saturday is Football day...

[chippycarol]

I so love Irish music.

[funkypunk1001]

The Wife disliked this song.

[SingenStattAtmen]

Yester day three more or less drunk guys sang the whole song(all seven verses) at a party, and it was really fun! XD Maybe I'll load the video up in the next few days.

[lonewolf75100]

@SingenStattAtmen you do that, heard them but can't rememer parts of the lyrics.. Too bad he did not sing them, he was the best:)

[t5239857289578947594]

Why do some of you guys hate each other,cause your parents taught you to think this way? We're all human,nationality is a myth,a lie,it does not exist.It's somthing invented in the mind.

[MsSkibereen]

absolutley brilliant ♥

[PrincessGabriela1]

I love the rish, they sound so cooooool, Anyone know what the irish sing? eg; Soul, reggae etc?

[DairDubh]

@PrincessGabriela1

The good ones stick to singing Sean Nós.

[123peadar]

@PrincessGabriela1 Irish folk

[MrDuffmantom]

brings a smile to my face always

[ChibukuBeer]

The Dubliners are great and have been my favourite group for years.

[captbanjo1]

He was so drunk that he only remembered five of the seven nights.

[feeks84]

Excellent song!

[19RaS93]

Find Orthodox Celts on youtube, they are great band of Irish music. From Serbia xD

[Arenow]

That was priceless. I need to find more of this stuff right now.

[el890216]

does anyone know where i can find the uncensored version??

[stuekstuek]

calm down boys all are equals....

nice song anyway

Dubliners are one of the last REAL Irish bands =)

others are also good but only dubliners still have this special pub feeling ;-)

[ConTurk]

Absolute superb song!!! Proper Drinking tune, with a Pint of Guiness in your hand of course!!!!!!

[gmvoets]

For a sighlty different, but full (so up to sunday) version look for: Seven Drunken Nights - Sin e Ri Ra - Nine Fine Irishmen, here on youtube

[leonardo1480]

one of my old time favourites superbly sang

[panterasux22]

fucking paddy scum

[deanfrannerdoyle]

@panterasux22 English cuntttttttttttttttt

[panterasux22]

@deanfrannerdoyle thtasthe spirit!

[MegaBodibodi]

@panterasux22 fuck orf

[MegaBodibodi]

@panterasux22

get farked

[Vin5441]

@panterasux22 U english cunt im irish u cunt so go killl ur self u depressed proddy



[panterasux22]

@Vin5441 fucking terrorists, whats that? the sound of ur uncle blowing himself up in the shed again? hmmm or maybe just blowing himself....or maybe u blew him? yes? would explain ur anger, misplaced sexual confusion hmmmm i think im onto something

[niall8000]

@panterasux22 english fuckin scum

[panterasux22]

@niall8000 where? GET HIM!

[bearswilleatme]

such a fun drinkin' song. I love the dubliners and I love ronnie drew. and I love the fiddler and the banjo player too.

[mathias86x]

Christmas = 24 drunken nights for me haha

[rjw12345678]

@mathias86x LOL and me ;D

[Maxdaebel]

when was this recorded?

[pddybrry]

@Maxdaebel I think it was 1984 but I'm not 100% sure.

[michael061282]

@pddybrry This has to be at least 1988 ish. as Eamonn is in the video, he joined after Ciaran passed away in '88 and Ronnie mentions they sang this on Top of the Pops 20 years ago and that would have been in 1967/68.

[widdermaker83]

@pddybrry eamonn campbell didnt join the band til 87 :)

[w1cked240]

@pddybrry seven drunken nights was on top 20 in 1969. so must be around 89 I think

[liviuvladutu]

@Maxdaebel wiki claims that the version of the Dubliners was recorded back in 1967 (or so):

Cheers !

[MrConeman]

Sitting in Belfast, after several beverages and a family chat, before going to bed, this is the only song that was appropriate. Fucking brilliant lads.

[EchoCannon89]

pure class right here, best drinking song ever

[shuyye]

This song makes we wishing I was Irish. No kidding.

[HeyMacarony]

A bang on tune I am sure it would have gone down a storm in I rish gate in the 60s.

[osthelde]

"as i went home on a tuWEDNESDAY night..." xD

[chansherly212]

what happened on sunday?

[Maxdaebel]

@chansherly212 The wife was fucked

[Koboldin91]

from when is this recording????

[sos955]

i love bein irish

[closertofiftythanyew]

YAWN! Still after cousin american momey? That is the settlement of the national devt, as long as the last verse doesn't come out?

Irish wankers, like your rugby referees, and this is a taf speaking, and if Clancy fucks us up in NZ in the first test, I am going to ask the Welsh Assembly to declare war against yews orish feckars, to be fecking true, you bleeding pathetic voiced creatures, even if the fecking Pope is on your side. Fuck another Wsles side in rugby, Oirish fuck-refs.......

[thewillz]

@closertofiftythanyew Thick Welsh cunt, i`m english  and ive never met a paddy i didn`t like, sheep shaggers like you tho are too backward too see it

[closertofiftythanyew]

@thewillz Well if clancy behaves himself down in NZ on Saturday morning, yewse will be me best mate for life.

Oi'll even introduce yew to my prize ewe, she goes like a banging barn door. So here's hoping for you butty! : )

[Fubs]

@closertofiftythanyew What the fuck does any of that shit mean?

[closertofiftythanyew]

@Fubs it is a brit and hibernian isles old joke, get older and yews will get it eventually, before yews die, maybe.

South African rugger refs are crap too....

[stevieb6966]

@closertofiftythanyew first off your obviously illiterate ,second , and i quote "I am going to ask the Welsh Assembly to declare war against yews orish feckars" . you mean the british government, your england's bitch and dont forget that pal. your gonna bitch out of the rugby just like every other sport!

[closertofiftythanyew]

@stevieb6966

So, stevie6966, your hoping the norman lords will slaughter us again this friday?

You oirish are fecking heartless to us welsh. Yews lot are truewelly a bunch of bastards.

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@stevieb6966 Pot calling kettle black springs to mind here! Its YOU'RE NOT 'YOUR!'

[stevieb6966]

@Factnotfictionpeople Thats just nit-picking !

[evefoshizzle]

the look that Eamonn Campbell gives the camera at 1:30 is brilliant.

need more bands like this.

[Sunclief]

So what happened on Saturday Night when you went home and then on Sunday Night?

[hugodogobob]

@Sunclief on saturday his wife was having her breasts felt and on sunday she was gettin shagged, but in better words, just search for the lyrics

[andypandy571]

his wife was in bed with me if that helps anyone so was me brother ha ha

[mancbabe1]

beautiful..me dad rip..use to sing it when he was drunk..lol..xx

[andypandy571]

love this tune big time you passed away 4 days mam and ive nearly been drunk for 7 days oops c u up there my princess xxxx

[TheDustieV]

this song always puts a smile on my face.

RIP Ronnie....the Brennans ads arent the same without you either :(

[floppetylove]

someone must have a copy of the full song...its just no fun without the last two verses =D

[dmagorrian123]

@floppetylove there never was any other verses

[bubbleshoot]

@floppetylove I have the audio file to this song but not this video... if thats wat ur requesting

[lonepalm58]

@floppetylove And as I went home on a Saturday night, As drunk as drunk could be— I saw two mitts upon the tits Where my own mitts should be. So I called my wife and I said to her, 'Will you kindly tell to me, Whose mitts are those upon the tits, Where my own mitts should be?' Ah you're drunk you're drunk you silly ould fool, So drunk you cannot see! That's a lovely Wonder Bra me mother sent to me! … But a Wonder Bra with fingers? Sure I never saw before!'

[lonepalm58]

And as I went home on a Sunday night, As drunk as drunk could be— I saw a man outside me door At a quarter after three. So I called me wife and I said to her, Will you kindly tell to me, Who was that man outside me door At a quarter after 3?' Ah you're drunk you're drunk you silly ould fool, So drunk you cannot see! That's the tax collector that the Queen sent to me!' Well it's many a day I've traveled, 100 miles or more— But an Englishman? Who can last til 3? Sure I never saw before!

[golfsosse]

@floppetylove

As I went home on sunday night, as drunk can be, I saw a thing within a thing where my old thing should be. So I called me wife and I said to her, Will you kindly tell to me who owns this thing within a thing where my old thing should be. Ah you're drunk, you're drunk......, that's a lovely candlestick my mother sent to me. Well its many a day... but balls upon a candlestick I never saw before.

(I heard it more than 20 years ago, but I think it is correct so)

[Kancil660]

@floppetylove I'm also looking for the full version :(. I've only ever heard the "clean" verses :)

[TheLance50]

@floppetylove

I know about the lyrics on all 7 days......never heard a full version of this song though

[TwistdYetUnbrokn]

@floppetylove Firkin does a sort of punk cover of the song wit all 7 verses, not sure the last two verses aren't made up though.

[proinsiaspad]

Could anyone please tell me the piece of music near the end of this song?. Is it from Fiddler on the Roof?

[smartalek1]

@ proinsiaspad

Close -- same era, and also from a show -- but only a movie, not a live musical (FotR was both -- on B'way in '64, out on film in '71).

The song is "Never on Sunday," from the 1960 flick of the same name.

Since the movie was about a "working girl" (played by Melina Mercouri) who sang the song, having the wife using that song in response to his question implies... well, you can take it from there.

[BALTGMJ]

Sounds like Zorba the Greek to me.

[Dt9447]

@proinsiaspad

Neer on a Sunday? Greek I think.

[mcgzer]

Barney is a legend

[andrew1987young]

CLASSIC TUNE

[DamoBrogan]

hair

[relimes]

I love the Irish Accent.

[Tamivagyokkapjalbe]

@relimes To me it's a bit difficult to understand, I always have to check the lyrics when I listen to irish music... altough, I'm not english so maybe it's not a big shame :)

Anyway, I love this song! And I miss the last 2 verses, they're so funny :D

[lonepalm58]

@relimes It's NOT an accent! :-)

[dragonkinghtlord]

damn this is a good one..to bad they wont sing the hole version of seven drunken nights..that would be awesome!

[Danny30011980]

@dragonkinghtlord exactly, " and I saw a thing inside her thing where my old things should be" this version is too well behaved...heehee

[dragonkinghtlord]

lmao, aye lad ur right! it is way to well behavied..its not befitting a true drunkerd song!

[Danny30011980]

@dragonkinghtlord I'm not a lad, but yeah drunk people don;t mind naughty stuff and especially irish people don't mind singing such stuff...!

[AtomicMick]

@Danny30011980 sure fuck our country would be ruined without it

[AtomicMick]

@Danny30011980 "who owns those mitts, opon your tits, where my oul tits should be?"

[AtomicMick]

@Danny30011980 whoops, "mitts" should be

[SelkShady]

This is the best live version and video of seven drunken nights here on youtube !

thanks for that and greetings from germany !

[muttiplay]

i love his voice!

[ftrzaska]

i love ronnie!

R.I.P. from cologne