The Dubliners - Finnegan’s Wake - Karaoke Version from Zoom Karaoke

This karaoke version has been produced by Zoom Karaoke and the recording rights are owned and controlled by Zoom Entertainments Limited - Song lyrics: AH, TIM FINNEGAN LIVED IN WALKIN STREET A GENTLEMAN IRISH MIGHTY ODD HE HAD A BROGUE BOTH RICH AND SWEET AND TO RISE IN THE WORLD HE CARRIED A HOD BUT TIM HAD A BIT OF A TIPPLER’S WAY WITH THE LOVE OF THE LIQUOR HE WAS BORN AND TO SEND HIM ON HIS WAY EACH DAY HE’D A DROP OF THE CRAYTHUR EVERY MORN WHACK FOL THE DAH WILL YA DANCE TO YA PARTNER AROUND THE FLOOR WITH YOUR TROTTERS SHAKE ISN’T IT THE TRUTH I TELL YA LOTS OF FUN AT FINNEGAN’S WAKE ONE MORNIN’ TIM WAS RATHER FULL HIS OLD HEAD FELT HEAVY WHICH MADE HIM SHAKE HE FELL OFF THE LADDER AND HE BROKE HIS SKULL AND THEY CARRIED HIM HOME HIS CORPSE TO WAKE OH, THEY WRAPPED HIM UP IN A NICE CLEAN SHEET AND THEY LAID HIM OUT UPON THE BED WITH A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY AT HIS FEET AND A BOTTLE OF PORTER AT HIS HEAD WHACK FOL THE DAH WILL YA DANCE TO YA PARTNER AROUND THE FLOOR WITH YOUR TROTTERS SHAKE ISN’T IT THE TRUTH I TELL YA LOTS OF FUN AT FINNEGAN’S WAKE WELL, HIS FRIENDS ASSEMBLED AT THE WAKE AND MRS FINNEGAN CALLED FOR LUNCH WELL, FIRST SHE BROUGHT THEM TAY AND CAKE THEN PIPES, TOBACCO AND BRANDY PUNCH THEN THE WIDOW MALONE BEGAN TO CRY AH, SUCH A LOVELY CORPSE DID YOU EVER SEE WATCHA, TIM AVOURNEEN AND WHY DID YOU DIE WILL YOU HOLD YOUR GOB SAID MOLLY McGEE WHACK FOL THE DAH WILL YA DANCE TO YA PARTNER AROUND THE FLOOR WITH YOUR TROTTERS SHAKE ISN’T IT THE TRUTH I TELL YA LOTS OF FUN AT FINNEGAN’S WAKE OH WELL, MARY MURPHY TOOK UP THE JOB AH, BIDDY SAYS SHE YOU’RE WRONG, I’M SURE OH WELL, BIDDY FETCHED HER A BELT IN THE GOB AND LEFT US BRAWLIN’ ON THE FLOOR OH, CIVIL WAR IT DID THEN ENGAGE WAS WOMAN TO WOMAN AND MAN TO MAN SHILLELAGH LAW WAS ALL THE RAGE AND A ROW AND A RUCTION HAD SOON BEGAN WHACK FOL THE DAH WILL YA DANCE TO YA PARTNER AROUND THE FLOOR WITH YOUR TROTTERS SHAKE ISN’T IT THE TRUTH I TELL YA LOTS OF FUN AT FINNEGAN’S WAKE WELL, MICK MALONEY DUCKED HIS HEAD WHEN A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY FLEW AT HIM HE DUCKED AND LANDING ON THE BED THE WHISKEY SCATTERS OVER TIM OH, BEDAD HE REVIVES AND SEE HOW HE RISES TIM FINNEGAN RISIN’ IN THE BED SAYIN’ TWIDDLE YOUR WHISKEY AROUND LIKE BLAZES BE T’UNDERIN’ JAYSUS DID YOU THINK I WAS DEAD WHACK FOL THE DAH WILL YA DANCE TO YA PARTNER AROUND THE FLOOR WITH YOUR TROTTERS SHAKE ISN’T IT THE TRUTH I TELL YA LOTS OF FUN AT FINNEGAN’S WAKE HOW WITH YOUR OLD ONE GAME BALL!
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