The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God

woohoo, roll on Dublin 09.

It was the general consensus among sailors that a man who drowned at sea came back up to the surface three times before dying.

So "I'm coming up threes boys..."

You get the gist.Drowning is not so pitiful
As the attempt to rise.
Three times, 'tis said, a sinking man
Comes up to face the skies,
And then declines forever
To that abhorred abode

Emily Dickson

greetings*

Anyone have a reference for the line

"It's comin' up threes, boys..."?

Pogues then, now always.

Just a little trivia since everyone is shooting out the their roots here like it matters. Did you all know the roots of these lyrics lie in spain and not Ireland? or England?

Me too, live in UK. First time I came to London I was singing their 'and wonder the dark streets of London'. Adore them.
Shame best days are gone...

I`m From Russia. And I Love Too!!!

with all the money they made why didnt the singer get any new teeth

i live in the same town as shane mcgowan and know his brother-in-law