David Allan Coe - Wild Irish Rose lyrics

[Verse 1] My daddy would not go to work on mornings He'd been with Jack Daniel's out all night long Though daddy never cared too much for dancing He loved to hear a good old country song And son, he said, I never had much money And I never had the time for fancy clothes And I've always been a fool for Jim Beam whiskey And I guess I've always loved Wild Irish Rose [Chorus] Yes daddy was a gambler My daddy loved the racetrack What he saw in that God only knows He loved his wife and children But he also loved the horses And I guess he always loved Wild Irish Rose [Verse 2] My daddy always cried the morning after Mom and him argued for so long He said, when I do right no one remembers And for sure no one forgets when I do wrong But momma, she accused my dad of cheating She swore that she could smell it on his clothes So finally dad confessed his sins to momma And he told her all about Wild Irish Rose [Chorus X2]