When I was bore on a Moray shore they hoisted a pint for me. On a boreen green when I turned thirteen they hoisted a pint for me. In the Galway sand I became a man and they hoisted a pint for me. When I left home for the world to roam they hoisted a pint for me. Hoist a pint for me, hoist a pint for me, hoist a pint for me, From the Moray shore to the hills of k**arney. In the old school yard of the Irish Guard they hoisted a pint for me. I was far away on a Cyprian bay and they hoisted a pint for me. When I got lost in McCarum dust they hoisted a pint for me.
I was off to find the Parisian Rhine and they hoisted a pint for me. Hoist a pint for me, hoist a pint for me, hoist a pint for me, From the Moray shore to the hills of k**arney. I'll go off today and return tonight and they'll hoist up a pint for me. We'll fill our guts and they'll raise me up and they'll hoist up a pint for me. If I should fall or I stand tall they'll hoist up a pint for me. When they gather 'round for to lower me down they'll hoist up a pint for me.