Johnny Mac Adoo


There was Johnny McEldoo and McGee and me
And a couple or two or three
went on a spree one day
We had a bob or two, which we knew how to blew,
And the beer and whiskey flew and we all felt gay
We visited McCann's, McLemann's, Humpty Dan's;
We then went into Swann's our stomachs for to pack
We ordered out a feed, which indeed we did need
And we finished it with speed, but we still felt slack
Johnny McEldoo turned red,white, and blue
[original seems to have been "as blue as a Jew],
And a plate of Irish stew he soon put out of sight
He shouted out "Encore" with a roar for some more
That he never felt before such a keen appetite
He ordered eggs and ham, bread and jam, what a cram,
But him we couldn't ram though we tried our level best,
For everything we brought, cold or hot, mattered not
It went down him like a shot, and he still stood the test
He swallowed tripe and lard by the yard We got scared,
We thought it would go hard when the waiter brought the bill
We told him to give o'er but he swore he could lo'er
Twice as much again and more before he had his fill
He nearly sucked a trough full of broth Says McGrath,
"He'll devour the table cloth, if you don't hold him in"
When the waiter brought the charge McEldoo felt so large
He began to scowl and barge and his blood went on fire
He began to curse and swear, tear his hair in despair,
And to finish the affair, called the shopman a liar
The shopman he drew out and no doubt he did clout,
McEldoo he kicked about like an old football
He tattered all his clothes, broke his nose, I suppose
He'd have killed him with a few blows in no time at all
McEldoo began to howl and to growl by my soul,
He threw an empty bowl at the shopkeeper's head
It struck by Mickey Finn, peeled the skin off his chin,
And the ructions did begin and we all fought and bled
The Peelers did arrive, man alive, four or five
At us the made a drive, us all to march away
We paid for all the meat that we ate, stood a treat,
And went home to ruminate on the spree that day
copyright 1961 Tiparm Music Pu
Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem,
"Hearty and Hellish" Columbia CS 8571
(The album has the text on the back)







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