The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Limerick Rake

[catsireland]

I love this song.. Real spirit!

[PageofPentacles]

Verse 1

I am a young fellow that's easy and bold,

In Castletown conners I'm very well known.

In Newcastle West I spent many a note,

With Kitty and Judy and Mary.

My father rebuked me for being such a rake,

And spending my time in such frolicsome ways,

But I ne'er could forget the good nature of Jane,

Agus fágaimíd siúd mar atá sé.

[PageofPentacles]

Verse 2

If I chance for to go to the market at Croom,

With a cock in my hand and my pipes in full tune,

I am welcome at once and brought up to a room,

Where Bacchus is sporting with Venus.

There's Peggy and Jane from the town of Bruree,

And Biddy from Bruff and we all on the spraoí,

Such a combing of locks as there was about me,

Agus fágaimíd siúd mar atá sé.

[PageofPentacles]

Verse 3

To quarrel for riches I ne'er was inclined,

For the greatest of misers must leave them behind.

I'll purchase a cow that will never run dry,

And I'll milk her by twisting her horn.

John Damer of Shronel had plenty of gold,

And Devonshire's treasure is twenty times more,

But he's laid on his back among nettles and stones,

Agus fágaimíd siúd mar atá sé.

[PageofPentacles]

Verse 4

There's some say I'm foolish and more say I'm wise,

But being fond of the women I think is no crime,

For the son of King David had ten hundred wives,

And his wisdom was highly recorded.

I'll take a good garden and live at my ease,

And each woman and child can partake of the same,

If there's war in the cabin, themselves they may blame,

Agus fágaimíd siúd mar atá sé.

[PageofPentacles]

Verse 5

And now for the future I mean to be wise,

And I'll send for the women that acted so kind,

And I'll marry them all on the morrow by and by,

If the clergy agree to the bargain.

And when I'm on my back and my soul is at peace,

These women will crowd for to cry at my wake,

And their sons and their daughters will offer their prayer,

To the Lord for the soul of their father.

[SeppukuDoll]

Thanks a lot!

[SeppukuDoll]

Somebody could post the lyrics for this one... the Pogues version is way different. I like this one better.

[amdesro]

is it possible to get the other songs of this tape up on here/ thatd be awesome

[PageofPentacles]

I'm just about to do so as soon as I give the LP to MP3 converter to a relative for Christmas... she has a LP player.

[amdesro]

scratch that I found a burn a friend made for me way back when on a cd, of the mp3s from that tape. Send me your email I can send you the mp3s one at a time...:)