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歌手: The High Kings
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The Irish Rover - The High Kings[00:00:00]
In the Year of our Lord[00:00:24]
Eighteen hundred and six[00:00:26]
We set sail from the coal quay of Cork[00:00:28]
We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks[00:00:32]
For the Grand City Hall of New York[00:00:36]
We had an elegant craft[00:00:40]
She was rigged fore and aft[00:00:41]
And oh how the wild winds drove her[00:00:44]
She had twenty seven masts[00:00:47]
And withstood several blasts[00:00:49]
And they called her The Irish Rover[00:00:51]
There was Barney McGee[00:01:02]
From the banks of the Lee[00:01:04]
There was Hogan from County Tyrone[00:01:06]
There was Charlie McGurk[00:01:09]
Who was scared stiff of work[00:01:11]
And a chap from Westmeath [00:01:13]
Called Malone[00:01:15]
There was Slugger O'Toole[00:01:17]
Who was drunk as a rule[00:01:19]
And Fighting Bill Tracy from Dover[00:01:21]
And your man Mick McCann[00:01:25]
From the banks of the Bann[00:01:27]
Was the skipper of the Irish Rover[00:01:29]
Well we had five million[00:01:39]
Bags of the best Sligo rags[00:01:40]
We had six million barrels of stones[00:01:43]
And we had seven million[00:01:47]
Bales of old nanny goats tails[00:01:48]
We had eight million barrels of bones[00:01:50]
We had nine million hogs[00:01:55]
Ten million dogs[00:01:57]
Eleven million barrels of porter[00:01:59]
And we had twelve million[00:02:02]
Sides of old blind horses' hides[00:02:03]
In the hold of the Irish Rover[00:02:06]
We had sailed seven years[00:02:45]
When the measles broke out[00:02:47]
And the ship lost its way in a fog[00:02:49]
And that whole of the crew[00:02:52]
Was reduced down to two[00:02:54]
Just myself and the Captain's old dog[00:02:56]
Well the ship struck a rock[00:03:00]
Oh Lord what a shock[00:03:02]
The boat she turned right over[00:03:04]
She turned nine times around[00:03:07]
And the poor old dog was drowned[00:03:09]
I'm the last of The Irish Rover[00:03:15]