Shane MacGowan and The Popes - The Donegal Express

Who dares to speak of Donegal
You get kicks in the bars and kicks in the balls
The harp that played in Tara's halls
Is burning on the dump
Virginia is a gin town
Belturbot is a sin town
And all the boys from Skintown
Are in England on the lump
Got pissed in Letterkenny
With darlin' sportin' Jenny
Spent me very last penny
And we made it in the press
The husband caught me in the bed
Tried to shoot me in the head
Had to swim the stream to get
The Donegal Express

Kahaya! You fuck!
Come Hell of high water
I might have fucked your Missus
But I never fucked your daughter
Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh
Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh
Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh
Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh

As sure as I'm Father Emmett
I've a King Dong down me Semmett
As any girl will tell you
From Cavan down to Clare
Back in sweet Virginia
In the toilet with Lavinia
I nearly fucked her brains out
And tore her party dress
A shit, a shave, a shower
And half a pint of powers
Then off again to get on board
The Donegal Express

Kahaya! You fuck!
Come Hell of high water
I might have fucked your Missus
But I never fucked your daughter
Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh
Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh
Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh
Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh

Kahaya! You fuck!
Come Hell of high water
I might have fucked your Missus
But I never fucked your daughter
Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh
Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh
Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh
Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh

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[connaught2008]

thanks for posting these tracks, are all these songs from that new compilation?

[SwindonByf]

Most of them, not this one though, this is from "The Snake", MacGowan's first solo album after leaving the Pogues, released in 1994

[kevingeorge420]

i might of fucked your missis but i never fucked yor daughter

[Wanderlustus]

Thanks for being alive, Shane.

[paddym667]

@tiloundana fuck yeah

[paddym667]

it is a shockin fact but the fucker will neer be reckonised as true wordsmith til the cunt is dead(i know this is a popes song).p

[paddydism]

fadiddllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[YorkTheDuchess]

THE POPES are playing live at The Duchess, York - Weds 21st March 2012

[realdealdemon666]

This is probably some of the greatest Mc Gowan lyrics ever wrote straight from the heart.

[MrBillcale]

@SwindonByf i have the cd and its on my itunes

[tgoswitz]

used to strut down the street singin this song on many a drunken night!

[MWIBTV]

I know Shane is hard to understand at times so the real line is Come here you fuck.

[martyfan11]

I heard this a few hours ago, and it's right up my street, cause I prefer banjos and mandolins to drum machines and DJs, and that's just my opinion.