The Limerick Rake The Pogues

I am a young fellow that's easy and bold In Castletown Conners I'm very well known In Newcastle West I spent many a note With Kitty and Jenny and Mary My parents rebuked me for being such a rake And spending

Rake Townes Van Zandt

Rake by Townes Van Zandt Proofread and authorized by Jeanene Van Zandt I used to wake and run with the moon I lived like a rake and a young man I covered my lovers with flowers and wounds my

Love You 'Till The End Pogues

I just want to see you When you're all alone I just want to catch you if I can I just want to be there When the morning light explodes On your face it radiates I can't escape I love you till the

Streams Of Whiskey Pogues

Last night as I slept I dreamt I met with Behan I shook him by the hand and we passed the time of day When questioned on his views On the crux of life's philosophies He had but these few clear and

Negotiation Limerick Files Beastie Boys

love it when you hit those switches A curve ball's what my pitch is So here we here we come Like dum ditty dum I keep all five boroughs in stitches The sound sounds sweeter through the echolex

Where Love Lives (Come On In) Alison Limerick

me with an apology But I'll share it So why don't you take my hand Come away, come out of your blues Boy everything you give, so will I give something to you I'll take you down, deep down where the

Where Love Lives (7' Radio Edit) Alison Limerick

out for me with an apology But I'll share it So why don't you take my hand Come away, come out of your blues Boy everything you give, so will I give something to you I'll take you down, deep down where the

Where Love Lives (Radio Edit) Alison Limerick

out for me with an apology But I'll share it So why don't you take my hand Come away, come out of your blues Boy everything you give, so will I give something to you I'll take you down, deep down where the

The Negotiation Limerick File Beastie Boys

My DJ's got the cuts and the beats are on We're comin with the limericks and we're comin' strong And the rhythm's on time to every word and rhyme When it comes to keep it real I keep it really wrong

The Sun and The Moon The Pogues

The snakes they can crawl And the cheetahs they can bawl And their ghosts can wait for the hereafter But if you are so proud As to say that's not allowed We will get sick and choke ourselves with laughter

The Sunnyside Of The Street The Pogues

Seen the carnival at Rome Had the women I had the booze All I can remember now Is little kids without no shoes So I saw that train And I got on it With a heartful of hate And a lust for vomit Now I'm walking

The Irish Rover (Feat. The Dubliners) The Pogues

In the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and six We set sail from the fair Cobh of Cork We were bound far away with a cargo of bricks For the fine city hall of New York In a very fine craft she was rigged

When The Ship Comes In The Pogues

Oh the time will come up When the winds will stop And the breeze will cease to be breathin' Like the stillness in the wind 'Fore the hurricane begins The hour when the ship comes in Oh the seas will split

Four O'Clock in the Morning The Pogues

4 O'Clock in the morning When the ambulance arrived 4 O'Clock in the morning When the ambulance arrived The blue lights were flashing As they lay my baby down inside They took her to the hospital In the

Tosspint The Pogues

Tosspint rises early Sprung from a nightmare's claw Thrice crows the dawn cock The mist is on the moor Tosspint cries from croaking gills Thank God I'm not forsaken From the hellish depths of sleep At

Anniversary The Pogues

The dawn shines her light To scare off the night And the sun from his slumber is woken The bells are ringing out As the town crier shouts Words too strong to be spoken There's a rumble in the ground And

Sit Down By The Fire The Pogues

> Sit down by the fire And I'll tell you a story To send you away to your bed Of the things you hear creeping When everyone's sleeping And you wish you were out here instead It isn't the mice in the

Bright Lights The Pogues

The bright lights are calling me The bright lights are calling me When the world is dark and cold And I'm heading down the road The bright lights are calling me As the world is round, the road is long

Bottle Of Smoke The Pogues

> Thanks and praises Thanks to Jesus I bet on the Bottle of Smoke I went to hell And to the races To bet on the Bottle of Smoke The day being clear The sky being bright He came up on the left Like a

Bottle Of Smoke (Live At The Olympia, Paris / 2012) The Pogues

"Thanks and praises Thanks to Jesus I bet on the Bottle of Smoke I went to hell And to the races To bet on the Bottle of Smoke The day being clear The sky being bright He came up on the left Like a streak

Misty Morning, Albert Bridge The Pogues

I dreamt we were standing By the banks of the Thames Where the cold grey waters ripple In the misty morning light Held a match to your cigarette Watched the smoke curl in the mist Your eyes, blue as the

Lullaby Of London The Pogues

> As I walked down by the riverside One evening in the spring Heard a long gone song From days gone by Blown in on the great North wind Though there is no lonesome corncrake's cry Of sorrow and delight

Lullaby Of London (Live At The Olympia, Paris / 2012) The Pogues

"As I walked down by the riverside One evening in the spring Heard a long gone song From days gone by Blown in on the great North wind Though there is no lonesome corncrake's cry Of sorrow and delight

Turkish Song Of The Damned The Pogues

> I come old friend from Hell tonight Across the rotting sea Nor the nails of the cross Nor the blood of Christ Can bring you help this eve The dead have come to claim a debt from thee They stand outside

London Girl The Pogues

The devil moon took me through the alley Down by the Kardomah and the Centrale To the Mews running through the backstreets Where the Blacks sold fire and sleep The devil moon took me out of Soho Up to

White City The Pogues

Here a tower shinning bright Once stood gleaming in the night Where now there's just the rubble In the hole here the paddies and the frogs Came to gamble on the dogs Came to gamble on the dogs not long

The Old Main Drag The Pogues

When I first came to London I was only sixteen With a fiver in my pocket and my ole dancing bag I went down to the dilly to check out the scene And I soon ended up on the old main drag There the he-males

The Irish Rover (Live At The Olympia, Paris / 2012) The Pogues

On the Fourth of July, 1806 We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks For the Grand City Hall in New York 'Twas a wonderful craft She was rigged fore and aft And

Sally MacLennane The Pogues

Well Jimmy played harmonica in the pub where I was born He played it from the night time to the peaceful early morn He soothed the souls of psychos and the men who had the horn And they all looked very

Thousands Are Sailing (Live At The Olympia, Paris / 2012) The Pogues

The island, it is silent now But the ghosts still haunt the waves And the torch lights up a famished man Who fortune could not save Did you work upon the railroads? Did you rid the streets of crime?

The Body Of An American (Live At The Olympia, Paris / 2012) The Pogues

The cadillac stood by the house And the yanks they were within And the tinker boys they hissed advice 'Hot-wire her with a pin' We turned and shook as we had a look In the room where the dead men lay So

Sally MacLennane (Live At The Olympia, Paris / 2012) The Pogues

"Well Jimmy played harmonica in the pub where I was born He played it from the night time to the peaceful early morn He soothed the souls of psychos and the men who had the horn And they all looked very

Thousands Are Sailing The Pogues

> The island it is silent now But the ghosts still haunt the waves And the torch lights up a famished man Who fortune could not save Did you work upon the railroad Did you rid the streets of crime Were

Greenland Whale Fisheries The Pogues

In eighteen hundred and forty six And of March the eighteenth day We hoisted our colors to the top of the mast And for Greenland sailed away brave boys And for Greenland sailed away The lookout in the

Greenland Whale Fisheries (Live At The Olympia, Paris / 2012) The Pogues

"In eighteen hundred and forty-six And of March the eighteenth day, We hoisted our colors to the top of the mast And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys, And for Greenland sailed away.

The Irish Rover The Pogues

On the fourth of July eighteen hundred and six We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks For the grand city hall in New York 'Twas a wonderful craft, she was rigged

The Body Of An American The Pogues

The cadillac stood by the house And the yanks they were within And the tinker boys they hissed advice 'Hot-wire her with a pin' Then we turned and shook as we had a look In the room where the dead men

The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn The Pogues

whiskey in a brothel in Madrid And you decked some fucking blackshirt who was curing all the Yids At the sick bed of Cuchulainn we'll kneel and say a prayer And the ghosts are rattling at the door and

The Broad Majestic Shannon The Pogues

> The last time I saw you was down at the greeks There was whiskey on sunday and tears on our cheeks You sang me a song as pure as the breeze Blowing up the road to glenaveigh I sat for a while at the

Dirty Old Town The Pogues

I met my love by the gas works wall Dreamed a dream by the old canal Kissed a girl by the factory wall Dirty old town Dirty old town Clouds a drifting across the moon Cats a prowling on their beat Spring's

Oretown The Pogues

The night stank of diesel And a stranger came to town A cold wind blowing And the rain pouring down Street lights flicker And the power lines moan The moon beat down On a river of bone Someone put the

If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues

If I should fall from grace with god Where no doctor can relieve me If I'm buried 'neath the sod But the angels won't receive me Let me go boys Let me go boys Let me go down in the mud Where the rivers

If I Should Fall From Grace With God (Live At The Olympia, Paris / 2012) The Pogues

"If I should fall from grace with god Where no doctor can relieve me If I'm buried 'neath the sod But the angels won't receive me Let me go, boys Let me go, boys Let me go down in the mud Where the rivers

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda The Pogues

when i was a young man i carried my pack And i lived the free life of a rover From the murrays green basin to the dusty outback I waltzed my matilda all over Then in nineteen fifteen my country said son

The Broad Majestic Shannon (Live At The Olympia, Paris / 2012) The Pogues

The last time I saw you was down at the Greeks There was whiskey on Sunday and tears on our cheeks You sang me a song that was pure as the breeze Blowing up the road to Glenaveigh I sat for a while at

Hell's Ditch The Pogues

Life's a bitch, then you die Black Hell Hell's ditch - naked howling freedom The killer's hands are bound with chains At six o'clock it starts to rain He'll never see the dawn again Our lady of the flowers

Dirty Old Town (Live At The Olympia, Paris / 2012) The Pogues

"I met my love by the gas works wall Dreamed a dream by the old canal Kissed a girl by the factory wall Dirty old town Dirty old town Clouds a drifting across the moon Cats a prowling on their beat Spring's

Navigator The Pogues

The canals and the bridges, the embankments and cuts They blasted and dug with their sweat and their guts They never drank water but whiskey by pints And the shanty towns rang with their songs and their

The Sunnyside Of The Street (Live At The Olympia, Paris / 2012) The Pogues

Seen the carnival at Rome Had the women I had the booze All I can remember now Is little kids without no shoes So I saw that train And I got on it With a heartful of hate And a lust for vomit Now I'm

Star Of The County Down (Live At The Olympia, Paris / 2012) The Pogues

Near Banbridge Town in the County Down One morning last July A boreen green came a sweet colleen And she smiled as she passed me by She looked so sweet from her two bare feet To the sheen of her nut brown