The Pogues - Haunting

Sit down on that stool hear the cant of a fool
And a strange tale I'll impart to ye
Of a time that I lived at the buff of a hill
'Neath the burial chambers you see

One Saturday night I got up on my bike
To go to a dance in the town
I set off at seven to be there at eleven
No thought of the rain coming down

As I pushed up the hill the rain started to spill
So for shelter I had to resort
Helter skelter I went as downhill I sped
To the trees at the old fairy fort

I pulled up my bike be a tree in the gripe
To find shelter out of the storm
The rain it came down and like stones beat the ground
But it was grand to be dry in that storm

I was dreaming away about better days
When a voice it says dirty ould night
I fell over me bike I got such a fright
When the ghostly voice bid me the night

I jumped up with a start gave the storm not a thought
As the hail beat a rhythm on me
And I stared at the tree that had spoken to me
Not a body was there I could see

The voice I had heard not another word said
As the hair on the head stood on me
And I said an "Our Father" as I peddled much faster
Away from that ghost haunted tree

For weeks and weeks after with nerves a disaster
Nowhere near that road would I go
And from dusk through the night I would shake with the fright
Of the tree that had haunted me so

Now whenever I go to a dance in the town
I make sure not to stop on the way
To be there for eleven I still leave at seven
But I go by a different way

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[suburbinitetanker]

oops i didnt no u made this vid i was under the impression this wasnt on utube yet oops

[SwindonByf]

Ah well we can have a contest to see who gets the most views!

[Oddpod11]

Maybe my favorite Pogues song, but that just means it's a 30-way 2nd place tie.

[WhiteTimplar]

This Song is Epic!!!

[xeiroe]

This song scared me and I forgot about it and then tried to find it for night upon a decade...until me dear friend, Julio, reminded me.

[sunhasfade]

jebeno mocna pesma

[wabblum99]

@Soulinisolation1 yeah definitely shane made the pogues really the pogues without shane is like.... thin lizzy without phil lynott just doesnt seem right

[Soulinisolation1]

@wabblum99 I don't know, not heard it. I think I love you till the end is on that album. The stuff with Shane is definitely better!

[wabblum99]

@Soulinisolation1 oh right didnt know that i love the poggues and shane macgowan but i dont get to hear to much about them i thought of pogue mahone just after i wrote that comment but dont really know the album... would you recommend???

[Soulinisolation1]

@wabblum99 Pogue Mahone. Spider Stacey and Phil Chevron did most of the song writing, but I think by this point people had lost interest and they weren't really well received. Not to worry, he's back in the band now and even though all his teeth have fallen out it's still a good show.

[wabblum99]

@Soulinisolation1 whats the other??? its kinda bad shane mcgawan got kicked out but a good thing to ye ever here of shane macgowan and the popes there class

[Soulinisolation1]

@strokesfan1107 Waiting for herb, first of two albums they made without Shane MacGowan.

[strokesfan1107]

just kidding..

[strokesfan1107]

which album is this from?