Ronnie Drew - Limerick Rake (With Lyrics)

Amazing tune from "The Humour Is On Me Now".

(Agus fagaimid suid mar ata se, rougly translated means, "And let's leave it at that." )

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 parents rebuked me for being such a rake,
And for spending my time in such frolicsome ways,
I ne'er could forget the good nature of Jane,
Agus fágaimíd siúd mar atá sé.

If You've chance for to go to the town of Rathkeale,
The girls all round me do flock on the square.
Now some offer me apples and others sweet cakes,
and treats me unknown to their parents,
There is one from Askeaton and one from the Pike,
And another from Arda, my heart was beguiled,
Tho' being from the mountains her stockings are white,
and I'd love to be tightenin' her garter.

Now to quarrel for riches I ne'er was inclined,
For the greatest of misers must leave them behind.
But 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 Lord Devonshire's treasure is twenty times more,
Now he's laid on his back among nettles and stones,
Agus fágaimíd siúd mar atá sé.

If I chance for to go to the market of Croom
With a cock in me hat and me 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 a spree
Such a combing of locks as there was about me
Agus fágaimíd siúd mar atá sé.

There's some say I'm foolish and more say I'm wise,
But being fond of the women I think is no crime,
Sure the son of King David had ten hundred wives,
And his wisdom was highly regarded
And when I'm laid out and me soul is at peace
Those women will come for to cry at me wake
And their sons and their daughters will offer a prayer
To the Lord for the soul of their father.

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[25a252]

the king is dead long live the king, r.i.p. ron

[beamerball666]

This man was amazing

[dogfishcronin]

Legend...