I'm always drunk and I'm seldom sober, I'm constant rovin' from town to town; Ah, but I'm old now, my sporting's over, So, Molly, a stór, would you lay me down.
Just lay my head on a keg of brandy, It is my fancy, I do declare; For when I'm drinkin', I'm always thinkin', On lovely Molly from the County Clare.
The ripest apple is the soonest rotten, And the warmest love is the soonest cold; And a young man's fancy is soon forgotten, So beware, young maids, don't make so bold.
Just lay my head on a keg of brandy, It is my fancy, I do declare; For when I'm drinkin', I'm always thinkin', On lovely Molly from the County Clare.
It's youth and folly make a young man wasting, And it makes him tarry a long, long day; What can't be cured, love, must be endured, love, So farewell, darling, I'm going away.
Just lay my head on a keg of brandy, It is my fancy, I do declare; For when I'm drinkin', I'm always thinkin', On lovely Molly from the County Clare.