Ye maids of Dunhallow who're anxious for courting A word of advice I will give unto ye Proceed to Banteer to the athletic sporting And hand in your names to the club committee And never commence any skits on your programme Till the carriage you see flying over the hill Right down through the valleys and glens of Kilcorney With our own darling sportsman the bold Thady Quill
For ramblin', for rovin', for football' or courtin' For drinkin' black porter as fast as you'd fill In all your days rovin' you'll find none so jovial As our Muskerry sportsman, the bold Thady Quill
At the great hurling match between Cork and Tipperary 'Twas played in the park on the banks of the Lee Our own darling lads were afraid of being beaten So they sent for bold Thady to Ballinagree He hurled the ball right and left in their faces And showed the Tipperary men action and skill If they touched on his lines he would certainly brain them And the papers were full of the praise of Thade Quill
For ramblin', for rovin', for football' or courtin' For drinkin' black porter as fast as you'd fill In all your days rovin' you'll find none so jovial As our Muskerry sportsman, the bold Thady Quill
At the Cork Exhibition there was a fair lady Whose fortune exceeded a million or more But a bad constitution had ruined her completely And medical treatment had failed o'er and o'er Our Mother, says she, sure I know what will ease me And cure this disease which will certainly kill Give over your doctors and medical treatment I'd rather one squeeze out of bold Thady Quill
For ramblin', for rovin', for football' or courtin' For drinkin' black porter as fast as you'd fill In all your days rovin' you'll find none so jovial As our Muskerry sportsman, the bold Thady Quill
Thady was famous in many other places At the athletic meeting held out in Cloghroe He won the long jump without throwing off his braces Going fifty-four feet every sweep he would throw At the putting of the weight there was a Dublin man foremost But Thady outreached and exceeded him still And around the whole field rang the wild ringing chorus Here's luck to our hero, the bold Thady Quill
For ramblin', for rovin', for football' or courtin' For drinkin' black porter as fast as you'd fill In all your days rovin' you'll find none so jovial As our Muskerry sportsman, the bold Thady Quill
In the year ninety-one before Parnell was taken Thade was outrageously breaking the peace He got a light sentence for causing commotion And six months' hard labour for batin' police But in spite of coercion he's still agitating Every drop of his life's blood he's willing to spill To gain for old Ireland complete liberation Till then there's no rest for me, says bold Thady Quill
For ramblin', for rovin', for football' or courtin' For drinkin' black porter as fast as you'd fill In all your days rovin' you'll find none so jovial As our Muskerry sportsman, the bold Thady Quill