Van Langen: Johnny jump up

Ill tell you a story that happened to me One day as I went down to Youghal by the sea, The sun it was bright and the day it was warm Says I a quiet pint wouldnt do me no harm. I went in and I called for a bottle of Stout Says the barman Im sorry all the beer is sold out, Try whisky or Paddy ten years in the wood Says I Ill try the cider, I hear that its good. REF: Oh never oh never oh never again If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten! I fell to the floor and I couldnt get up After drinking a quart of the Johnny Jump Up. After leaving the third I went to the yard Where I bumped into Brophy the big civic guard. Come here to me boy, dont you know Im the law? I upped with my fist and I shattered his jaw. He fell to the ground with his knees doubled up But it wasnt I hit him, it was Johnny Jump Up. The next thing I met down in Youghal by the sea Was a cripple on cruches and he says to me: Im afraid of my life, Ill be hit by a horse, Wont you help me across to the Railway Mans bar? After drinking a quart of the cider so sweet He threw down his crutches and he danced in the street. REF: Oh never oh never oh never again..... I went to the Lee Road friends for to see, They call it the madhouse in Cork by the Lee. But when I got up there the truth I do tell, They had the poor beggar locked up in a cell. Said the guard testing him say these words if you can - Around the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran. Tell them Im not crazy, tell them Im not mad, It was only a drop of the cider I had. REF: Oh never oh never oh never again..... A man died in the Union by the name of Mac Nabb. They washed him and laid him outside on a slab And after O`Connor his measurements did take, His wife took him home for a bloody fine wake. About twelve oclock and the beer it was high, When the corpse he sat up and he says with a sigh: I cant get to heaven, they wont let me up `Till I bring them a quart of the Johnny Jump Up REF: Oh never oh never oh never again...