another irish drinking song

gather 'round ye lads and lasses

set ye for a while

and harken to me mournful tale about the emerald isle

let's all raise our glasses high to friends and family gone

and lift our voices in another irish drinkin' song

consumption took me mother and me father got the pox

me brother drank the whiskey 'till he wound up in a box

me other brother in the troubles met with his demise

me sister has forever closed her smilin' irish eyes

now everybody's died

so until our tears are dried

we'll drink and drink and drink and drink and then we'll drink some more

we'll dance and sing and fight until the early mornin' light

then we'll throw up

pass out

wake up and then go drinkin' once again

kenny was killed in kilkenny and claire she died in clare

tip from tipperary died out in the derry air

shannon jumped into the river shannon back in june

ernie fell into the erne and tom is in the toome

cleanliness is godliness