Unknown - Limerick Rake Lyrics

Lyrics Directory >> U >> Unknown Singer Lyrics >> Limerick Rake Song Lyrics

Artist:	Unknown
Song Title:	Limerick Rake
Visits:	823

Print Version

The Limerick Rake

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 Molly and Mary.
My parents rebuked me for being such a rake
And spending my time in such frolicsome ways,
But I ne've could forget the good nature of Jane,
Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.
My parents, they reared me to shake and to sow,
To plough and to harrow, to reap and to mow;
But my heart was too airy to drop it so low,
I set out on a high speculation.
On paper and parchment they taught me to write
And in Euclid and grammar they opened my eyes,
But in multiplication, in truth, I was bright,
Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.

To quarrel for riches I ne'er was inclined,
For the greatest of misers must leave them behind;
I'll purchase a cow that will never run dry
And I'll milk her by twisting her horn.
John Damer of Shronel had plenty of gold
And Devonshire's treasure was twenty times more,
But he's laid on his back among nettles and stones,
Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.
If I chance for to go to the market at Croom,
With a cock in my hat and my pipes in full tune,
I am welcome at once and brought up to a room
Where Bacchus is sporting with Venus.
There's Peggy and Jane from the town of Bruree,
And Biddy from Bruff and we all on the spree,
Such a combing of locks as there was about me,
Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.

There's some say I'm foolish, there's more say I'm wise,
For love of the women I'm sure 'tis no crime;
For the son of King David had ten hundred wives
And his wisdom is highly recorded.
I'll till a good garden and live at my ease
And the women and children can partake of the same,
If there's war in the cabin, themselves are to blame,
Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.
And now for the future I mean to be wise,
And I'll send for the women that treated me kind;
And I'll marry them all on the morrow, by and by
If the clergy agree to the bargain.
And when I'm on my back and my soul is at peace
The women will crowd for to cry at my wake,
And their sons and their daughters will utter their prayers
To the Lord for the sake of their father.

Recorded by Patric Galvin
See also LIMERPRG, CHAMP1, CHAMP2, FKLAMENT
@Irish @rake
filename[ LIMERAKE
play.exe LIMERPRG
BR
===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY

Limerick Rake Lyrics at Lyricstrue

E-Mail, IM, Text :
Websites & Blogs :
Forums :


Other Unknown song Lyrics
99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall "Midnight Mass a yellow moon Wonder walked from my window Now she sings a different tune Golden tones, out of the blue..."	A Bird in a Gilded Cage "99 Bottles of Beer on the wall, 99 Bottles of Beer, If one of those bottles should happen to fall, 98 bottles of beer on the wall...."
A Fenian Song "A Bird in a Gilded Cage The ballroom was filled with fashion's throng, It shone with a thousand lights; And there was a woman who passed along,..."	A Fool Such As I "A Fenian Song 1. The Queen's Own Regiment was their name; From fair Toronto town they came To put the Irish all to shame -..."
A Friend Like You "I need a friend I can really depend on Not just someone funny or cool Someone who follows the Lord just like I do Don't wanna be the friend of a fool..."	A Hero of the Wrong War "A Gentleman of Exeter A gentleman of Exelter, He had but one only daughter dear. When she was scarce sixteen years of age,..."
A Horse Named Bill "A Hero of the Wrong War I recall the afternoon, I had just come home from school When the FBI came knocking on our door They were looking for my dad..."	A Hundred Years from Now "A HORSE NAMED BILL I had a horse, his name was Bill And when he ran, he couldn't stand still He ran away, one day And also, I ran with him..."