Amadan - Johnny Jump Up/The Swallowtail Jig lyrics

I'll tell you a story that happened to me One day as I went down to Yawl be the sea The day it was bright and the sun it was warm Says I, 'a quiet pint wouldn't do me no harm' I went up to the barman and said 'give me a stout' Says the barman, 'I'm sorry. All the beers sold out Try whiskey or vodka, ten years in the wood' Says I, 'I'll try cider-I've heard its good' Chorus Oh never oh never oh never again If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten I fell to the ground and couldnt get up After drinking a pint of that Johnny Jump Up After lowering the third I headed straight for the yard Where I ran into Brophy the big civic guard Come here to me boy dont you know I'm the law Well I up with my fist and shattered his jaw He fell to the ground with his knees crumpled up Wish'd it wasnt i'd hit him for that Johnny Jump Up And the next thing i saw down in Yawl by the sea Was a cripple on crutches and says he to me Im afraid for me life ill be hit by a car Wont you help me across to the Railwayman's Bar And after three pints of that cider so sweet He threw down his crutches and he danced on his feet Chorus Oh never oh never oh never again If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten I fell to the ground and couldnt get up After drinking a pint of that Johnny Jump Up Well i went up the Lee Road a friend for to see They call it the madhouse in Cork by the Lee And when i got up there the truth i do tell They had the poor bugger locked up in his cell Says the guard testing him say these words if you can Around the ragged rocks the ragged rascal ran Tell them im not crazy tell them im not mad it was only six pints of that cider i had Chorus Oh never oh never oh never again If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten I fell to the ground and couldnt get up After drinking a pint of that Johnny Jump Up A man died in the union by the name of McNabb they washed him and placed him outside on a slab and after the coroner his measurement did take his wife took him home to a bloody fine wake it was about twelve o'clock and the beer it was high and the corpse he sat up and he says with a sigh i cant get to heaven they wont let me up until i bring them a pint of that johnny jump up Chorus Oh never oh never oh never again If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten I fell to the ground and couldnt get up After drinking a pint of that 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 couldnt get up After drinking a pint of that Johnny Jump Up