The Juice Of The Barley ----- Sean Dunphy + Lyrics

Down In Waterford Town on a cold winter's night
All the turf fires were burning when I first saw the light
And a drunken old midwife went tipsy with joy
As she danced round the floor with her slip of a boy

Singing banya na mo if an ganna
And the juice of the barley for me

Now when I was a lad about eight years or so
With me books and me pencils to school I did go
To the dirty old school house without any door
Where lay the school master blind drunk on the floor

Singing banya na mo if an ganna
And the juice of the barley for me

Now At learning I wasn't a genius I'm thinking
But I soon beat the master entirely at drinking
Not a wake or a wedding for five miles around
But meself in the corner was sure to be found

Singing banya na mo if an ganna
And the juice of the barley for me

Then One Sunday the preacher said i'd cooked me goose
Said "You'll end up one day with your neck in a noose
And you'll dance a fine jig between heaven and hell"
And his words they did frighten me truth for to tell

Singing banya na mo if an ganna
And the juice of the barley for me

So the very next day when the dawn it did break
I went to the church, the pledge for to take
And there in a room they all sat in a bunch
Round a big roaring fire drinking tumblers of punch

Singing banya na mo if an ganna
And the juice of the barley for me

So from that day to this I have wandered alone
I'm a jack of all trades and I'm master of none
With the sky for me roof and the earth for me floor
And I'll finish my days drinking whiskey galore

Singing banya na mo if an ganna
And the juice of the barley for me

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[YoshiIguana698]

And I'll finish my days drinking whiskey galore

Singing bainne na mbo is na gamnha.

[YoshiIguana698]

It should be bainne na mbo is na gamnha.

[YoshiIguana698]

Banya na mo if en ganna translates to milk is for the cows and calves.

[balfnet]

Great version.

[spriteapuddy]

lol! Great song!