PADDY MCGINTY'S GOAT
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Patrick McGinty, an Irishman of note
Fell in for fortune and bought himself a goat
Said he 'Sure of goat's milk I'm gonna have me fill'
But when he got his nanny home he found it was a bill
And now all the ladies who live in Killaloo
Are all wearing bustles like their mothers used to do
They each wear a bolster beneath their petticoat
And leave the rest to providence and Paddy McGinty's goat
Missus Burke to her daughter said 'Listen Mary Jane
Who was the man you were cuddling in the lane?
He'd long wirey whiskers all hangin' from his chin.'
'Twas only Pat McGinty's goat' she answered with a grin
Then she went away from the village in disgrace
She came back with powder and paint upon her face
She'd rings on her fingers and she wore a sable coat
You bet your life she didn't get those from Paddy McGinty's goat
Little Nora McCarthy, the knot was going to tie
She washed all her troussea and hung it out to dry
Then up came the goat and he saw the bits of white
He chewed up all her falderals and on her wedding night
'Oh turn out the gas quick!' she shouted out to Pat
For though I'm your bride, sure I'm not worth looking at
I had two of everything, I told you when I wrote
But now I've one of nothing all thro' Paddy McGinty's goat!'
Mickey Reilly he went to the races t'other day
He won twenty dollars and he shouted 'Hip hooray!'
He held up the note, shouting 'Look at what I've got!'
The goat came up and grabbed it and swallowed all the lot
'He's eaten my banknote' said Mickey with a hump
They ran for the doctor and the got a stomach pump
He pumped and he pumped for that twenty dollar note
But all they got was ninepence out of Paddy McGinty's goat
Now auld Paddy's goat had a wonderous appetite
And one day for breakfast he had some dynamite
A big box of matches he swallowed all serene
Then out he went and swallowed up a quart of parafin
He sat by the fireside, he didn't give a hang
He swallowed a spark and exploded with a bang
So if you go to Heaven, you can bet a dollar note
That the angel with the whiskers on
Is Paddy McGinty's goat
(Click here to listen to 'Paddy McGinty's Goat')
Patrick McGinty, an Irishman of note
Fell in for fortune and bought himself a goat
Said he 'Sure of goat's milk I'm gonna have me fill'
But when he got his nanny home he found it was a bill
And now all the ladies who live in Killaloo
Are all wearing bustles like their mothers used to do
They each wear a bolster beneath their petticoat
And leave the rest to providence and Paddy McGinty's goat
Missus Burke to her daughter said 'Listen Mary Jane
Who was the man you were cuddling in the lane?
He'd long wirey whiskers all hangin' from his chin.'
'Twas only Pat McGinty's goat' she answered with a grin
Then she went away from the village in disgrace
She came back with powder and paint upon her face
She'd rings on her fingers and she wore a sable coat
You bet your life she didn't get those from Paddy McGinty's goat
Little Nora McCarthy, the knot was going to tie
She washed all her troussea and hung it out to dry
Then up came the goat and he saw the bits of white
He chewed up all her falderals and on her wedding night
'Oh turn out the gas quick!' she shouted out to Pat
For though I'm your bride, sure I'm not worth looking at
I had two of everything, I told you when I wrote
But now I've one of nothing all thro' Paddy McGinty's goat!'
Mickey Reilly he went to the races t'other day
He won twenty dollars and he shouted 'Hip hooray!'
He held up the note, shouting 'Look at what I've got!'
The goat came up and grabbed it and swallowed all the lot
'He's eaten my banknote' said Mickey with a hump
They ran for the doctor and the got a stomach pump
He pumped and he pumped for that twenty dollar note
But all they got was ninepence out of Paddy McGinty's goat
Now auld Paddy's goat had a wonderous appetite
And one day for breakfast he had some dynamite
A big box of matches he swallowed all serene
Then out he went and swallowed up a quart of parafin
He sat by the fireside, he didn't give a hang
He swallowed a spark and exploded with a bang
So if you go to Heaven, you can bet a dollar note
That the angel with the whiskers on
Is Paddy McGinty's goat
