As I went home on Monday night, as drunk as drunk could be I saw a horse outside the door where my old horse should be Well I called me wife and I said to her, will you kindly tell to me Who owns that horse outside the door where my old horse should be Ah you're drunk you're drunk you silly old fool And still you cannot see, that's the lovely sow that me mother sent to me Well it's many a day I travelled a hundred miles or more But a saddle on a sow sure I never saw before
As I went home on Tuesday night, as drunk as drunk could be I saw a coat behind the door where my old coat should be Well I called me wife and I said to her, will you kindly tell to me Who owns that coat behind the door where my old coat shoud be Ah you're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool And still you cannot see, that's the woolen blanket that me mother send to me Well it's many a day I travelled a hundred miles or more But buttons in a blanket sure I never saw before
As I went home on Wednesday night, as drunk as drunk could be I saw a pipe upon the chair where my auld pipe should be Well I called my wife and I said to her, will you kindly tell to me Who owns that pipe upon the chair where my auld pipe should be Ah you're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool And still you cannot see, that's the lovely tin whistle that me mother sent to me Well it's many a day I travelled a hundred miles of more But tobacco in a tin whistle sure I never saw before
And as I went home on Thursday night, as drunk as drunk could be I saw two boots beneath the bed where my auld boots should be Well I called me wife and I said to her, will you kindly tell to me Who owns those boots beneath the bed where my auld boots should be Ah you're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool And still you cannot see, they're the lovely geranium posts me mother sent to me Well it's many a day I've travelled a hundred miles of more But laces in geranium posts I never saw before
And as I went home on Friday night, as drunk as drunk could be I saw a head inside the bed where my auld head should be Well I called my wife and I said to her, will you kindly tell to me Who owns that head with you in the bed where my auld head should be Ah you're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool And still you cannot see, that's the baby boy that me mother sent to me Well it's many a day I've travelled a hundred miles of more But a baby boy with whiskers on I never saw before
~~~ There are two further verses but as WeLoveDonegal is a family friendly site, we have decided not to print them. They are easily available on the internet should anywone wish to find them.