歌词
I'll tell you a story that happened to me
One day as I went on the Youghal by the sea
The sun it was bright, and the day it was warm
Says I, a quiet pint would do me no harm
I went up to the barman, I said "Give me a Stout"
But the Barman said, "Sorry, all the beer is sold out."
Try Whiskey, or Vodka, ten years in the wood
Says I, "I'll try Cider, I heard that it's good"
Oh never, oh never, oh never again
If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up
After drinkin' a pint of the Johnny Jump Up
After lowerin' the third I headed straight for the yard
But I bumped into Brophy the big civic guard
"Come here to me boy don't you know I'm the law"
Well I upped my fist and shattered his jaw
He fell to the ground with his knees doubled up
Well it wasn't I hit him 'was the Johnny Jump Up
And the next thing I met down in Youghal by the Sea
Was a cripple on crutches, and says he to me
I'm afraid on me life I'll be hit by a car
Won't you help me across to the Railwayman's Bar
And after three pints of the cider so sweet
He threw down his crutches and he danced on his feet
Oh never, oh never, oh never again
If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up
After drinkin' a pint o' the Johnny Jump Up
Well I went on to Lee Road, a friend 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 bugger bagged up in a cell
Then the guard says to him, "Say these words if you can
Around the ragged rock, the ragged rascal ran"
Tell them I'm not crazy, tell them I'm not mad
'Twas only six pints of the cider I had
Now a man died in the union, by the name of McNabb
They washed him and placed him outside on the slab
And after the coroner, his measurements did take
His wife took him home to a bloody fine wake
About twelve o'clock and the beer it was high
The corpse he sat up and he says with a sigh
"I can't get to heaven, they won't let me up
'Til I bring them a pint of the Johnny Jump Up"
Oh never, oh never, oh never again
If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up
After drinkin' a pint o' the Johnny Jump Up
Oh never, oh never, oh never again
If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up
After drinkin' a pint o' the Johnny Jump Up
