An Poc Ar Buile (The Mad Puck Goat )

Chieftains & Friends.
"As I set out for Dromore town
Pike in hand to go a-workin'
Who did I meet on the hillside
But a tan puck goat stone mad for scrappin'

Aillilú etc

He chased me through the hedges and ditches
Around the bog in frenzy runnin'
But when his horns got caught up in gorse
I leapt on his back despite his buckin'

Aillilú etc

There were no rocks or gaps between
He didn't jump the puc ar buille
And me hangin' on to save me life
When he jumped off the Faille Brice

Aillilú etc

The garda sergeant at Rochestown
Called all his forces to surround us
But the goat stuck both horns suas his hón
And gobbled up his brand new trousers

Aillilú etc

In Dingle Town the next afternoon
The parish priest addressed the meeting
And swore it was The Devil himself
He'd seen ridin' on the puc ar buille."

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• Ballad
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• Kerry
• Ireland
• Gaelic
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[MisterGlasgow]

The garda sergeant at Rochestown

Called all his forces to surround us

But the goat stuck both horns suas ( UP ) his hón ( ARSE )

And gobbled up his brand new trousers

[fearghus66]

daithi o se has a gr8 voice on him

[ingi1996]

@DoctorT2010 Cad a dhéanann tú chiallaíonn? Iarraidh ort le haghaidh an t-ainm an ghrúpa nó d'ainmneacha na ndaoine? (From a young norwegian who translated this from english using google translator, so don't be harsh on me if it was wrong :-))

[ernstbecker1]

Such a fine song ! It captures so much of Ireland.

[sadhbhbyrne]

Ahh i remember doing this song in school xD

[DoctorT2010]

Táid go diail ar fad. Cén t-ainm atá orthú?

[N1k1mon]

Well I just quit smoking and threw my pack with one remaining..Then I found this, why waste a perfectly good fag? I could drink to this music for days...and have!

[speedmutt]

my old girl friend, loved this song, but thought it was a love song because she didn't have the lyrics. Then one day I happened to actually read the CD jacket and saw the translation as the mad puc goat, man did we laugh. Its cool to see the full lyrics here. Thanks for posting them, it definitely matches what we were imagining every time we listened to it, which was quite often. 'I ONCE LOVED A YANKEE GIRL, SEE WAS FAT AND LAZY, THEN I MET AND IRISH GIRL, SHE DAMN NEAR DROVE ME CRAZY!"

[forenoon11]

@4countryroad the man in the hat is labhrás courtney...the blueshirt is daithí ó sé from the telly..the man in the brown is me cousin seamus begley a very famous accordion player and singer..and the the rest are the chieftains...not positive bout the names....