Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin' Street A gentle Irishman, mighty odd; He had a beautiful brogue so rich and sweet To rise in the world he carried a hod
You see, he'd a sort of a tipplin' way With a love for the liqour poor Tim was born To help him on with his work each day He'd a drop of the craythur every morn
Whack fol the darn-o, dance to your partner Whirl the floor, your trotters shake; Wasn't it the truth I told you? Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake!
One mornin' Tim got rather full His head felt heavy which made him shake; He fell from a ladder and he broke his skull And they carried him home his corpse to wake
Rolled him up in a nice clean sheet And laid him out upon the bed, A gallon of whiskey at his feet And a barrel of porter at his head
Whack fol the darn-o, dance to your partner Whirl the floor, your trotters shake; Wasn't it the truth I told you? Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake!
His friends assembled at the wake And Mrs. Finnegan called for lunch, First she brought in tea and cake Then pipes, tobacco and whiskey punch
Biddy O'Brien began to cry: "Such a nice clean corpse, did you ever see? Tim, mavourneen, why did you die?" "Arragh, hold your gob!", said Paddy McGhee!
Whack fol the darn-o, dance to your partner Whirl the floor, your trotters shake; Wasn't it the truth I told you? Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake!
Then Maggie O'Connor took up the job "O Biddy," says she, "You're wrong, I'm sure" Biddy she gave her a belt in the gob And left her sprawlin' on the floor.
Then the war did soon engage Woman to woman and man to man, Shillelagh law was all the rage And a row and a ruction soon began.
Whack fol the darn-o, dance to your partner Whirl the floor, your trotters shake; Wasn't it the truth I told you? Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake!
Then Mickey Maloney raised his head When a noggin of whiskey flew at him, It missed and falling on the bed The liquor scattered over Tim!
Tim revives! See how he rises! Timothy rising from the bed, Says,"Whirl your whiskey around like blazes Thanum an Dhul! Do you think I'm dead?"
Whack fol the darn-o, dance to your partner Whirl the floor, your trotters shake; Wasn't it the truth I told you? Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake!