Darby O'Gill - The Night That Pat Murphy Died lyrics

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Darby O'Gill - The Night That Pat Murphy Died

Oh, the night that Paddy Murphy died, sure that’s the night I’ll never forget

All the boys got roarin’ drunk and some ain’t sober yet

And as long as the bottle was passed around all the boys were brisk and gay

And Auggie came with his bagpipes, the music for to play

Mrs. Murphy in the corner, she was pourin’ out her grief

When Kelly and the lads, oh, the dirty robbin’ thieves

They crept into the anti-room and a bottle of whiskey stole

And they placed the bottle on the corpse to keep the liquor cold

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And that’s how they paid their respects to Paddy Murphy

That’s how they showed their honor and their pride

They said it was a sin and a shame, but they winked at one another

And everything in the wake house went the night Pat Murphy died

It was early in the morning when the funeral left the house

And everyone but poor old Mrs. Murphy was half-soused

They made a stop along the way at the Blarney Stone saloon

They got in there at nine o’clock and they didn’t leave till noon

Then someone asked Pat Barry if anyone had died

Well, says he, I’m not quite sure; see, I just come for the ride

They started for the graveyard then, all walkin’ in a line

But when they reached the grave they found they’d left the corpse behind

It was twenty years ago me boys that old Pat was put underground

And every year to celebrate they all push the jug around

They gather at the graveyard and pour vinegar in his ditch

‘Cause everybody hated that lousy son-of-a-…