Shane McGowan & The Popes - Irish Rover (From "Live In Montreux 1995")

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Shane MacGowan first came to prominence as the frontman and principal songwriter of The Pogues performing huge international hits such as Fairytale Of New York and The Irish Rover. After splitting from the band in 1991 he reappeared with a new band, The Popes, who released their debut album The Snake in 1995. He remains an iconic figure in Irish music.
During the tour to support the release of their album, Shane and The Popes played the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 15, 1995. The show combines tracks from the Snake album such as Nancy Whiskey, Donegal Express and Bring Down The Lamp with Pogues classics such as If I Should Fall From Grace With God, Streams Of Whiskey, A Pair Of Brown Eyes and The Irish Rover along with a rousing version of the Hippy Hippy Shake that's so good they have to play it twice!
This track is from the Eagle Vision DVD "Live in Montreux 1995", available now.

On the fourth of July eighteen hundred and six
We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork
We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks
For the grand city hall in New York
'Twas a wonderful craft, she was rigged fore-and-aft
And oh, how the wild winds drove her.
She'd got several blasts, she'd twenty-seven masts
And we called her the Irish Rover.

We had one million bales of the best Sligo rags
We had two million barrels of stones
We had three million sides of old blind horses hides,
We had four million barrels of bones.
We had five million hogs, we had six million dogs,
Seven million barrels of porter.
We had eight million bails of old nanny goats' tails,
In the hold of the Irish Rover.

There was awl Mickey Coote who played hard on his flute
When the ladies lined up for his set
He was tootin' with skill for each sparkling quadrille
Though the dancers were fluther'd and bet
With his sparse witty talk he was cock of the walk
As he rolled the dames under and over
They all knew at a glance when he took up his stance
And he sailed in the Irish Rover

There was Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee,
There was Hogan from County Tyrone
There was Jimmy McGurk who was scarred stiff of work
And a man from Westmeath called Malone
There was Slugger O'Toole who was drunk as a rule
And fighting Bill Tracey from Dover
And your man Mick McCann from the banks of the Bann
Was the skipper of the Irish Rover

We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out
And the ship lost it's way in a fog.
And that whale of the crew was reduced down to two,
Just meself and the captain's old dog.
Then the ship struck a rock, oh Lord what a shock
The bulkhead was turned right over
Turned nine times around, and the poor dog was drowned
I'm the last of the Irish Rover

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[achilleamilla]

Why should you memorise lyrics if you can improvise them while you're singing? :-))

I like this one a lot, his voice sounds so rough here, great!!!

[zlobas1]

svaka cast matori!!! pozzdrav iz SRBIJE

[27ukjeff]

Shaun ..living legend

[Ryan Soyka]

Meth ==== NoTeeth

[Nathan Richardson]

He's been perpetually drunk since he was 5 years old. (No joke). How do you think all his teeth got rotten and misplaced?

[nuckingfutsguy]

lol drunk much?

[Frederik F Jæger]

Megan. He was just as drunk, when he performed Fairytale In New York.

[Megan Tierney]

Its such a shame that what used to be such a great singer is always drunk-you wouldnt think he is the man who sang fairytale of new york this is from a fellow irish person

[wjbnsg]

man they suck

[TommY2033M]

And so are you.