Kilkenny Man
Sure as I was borne in Ireland, I was weaned on whiskey, but raised
on gin
Drinking so long as I was born, never been so high as a kite in
a storm
Hey ho, whataya know, when you're outta good Whiskey you're out
on the road
On your way to Kilkenny where liquor is plenty & people are
friendly wherever you go
Hey ho, whataya know, when you're glass is empty you're bound to go
Back on the job just to earn a few bob for good liquor & grub
at the Kilkenny Pub
Well I left my home when I was 12 was out on the road like a bat
outta hell
Looking for work in the county of Cork with a thick headed dummy
named Paddy O' Rourke
Hey ho, whataya know, when you're outta good Whiskey you're out
on the road
On your way to Kilkenny where liquor is plenty & people are
friendly wherever you go
Hey ho, whataya know, when you're glass is empty you're bound to
go
Back on the job just to earn a few bob for good liquor & grub
at the Kilkenny Pub
Kickin' & splashin' & pissin' & cussin' & guzzlin'
& laughin' & blowin' your load
Dancin' & singin' shilaylees are swinging' we're arm in arm
as we're staggering home
Diddlee-aye, Diddlee-aye, Diddlee-aye, Diddlee-aye, Diddlee-aye,
Diddlee-aye,
Hey ho, whataya know, when you're outta good Whiskey you're out
on the road
On your way to Kilkenny where liquor is plenty & people are
friendly wherever you go
Hey ho, whataya know, when you're glass is empty you're bound to
go
Back on the job just to earn a few bob for good liquor & grub
at the Kilkenny Pub
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