The Pogues – The Limerick Rake (Guitar)

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I am a young fellow that's easy and bold,

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In Castletown Corners I'm very well known;

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In Newcastle West I spent many a note

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With Kitty and Jenny and Mary.

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My parents rebuked me for being such a rake

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And spending my time in such frolicsome ways,

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But I ne've could forget the good nature of Jane,

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Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.

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There's some say I'm foolish, there's more say I'm wise,

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For love of the women I'm sure 'tis no crime;

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For the son of King David had ten thousand wives

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And his wisdom is highly regarded.

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If I chance for to go to the town of Rathkeel,

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The girls all around me do flock on the square,

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Some give me a bottle and others sweetcakes,

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To treat me unknown to their parents,

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There's one from Askeaton and one from the Pyke,

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And another from Ardour, my heart was beguiled,

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And being from the mountains, her stockings were white,

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Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.

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John Damer of Shronel had plenty of gold

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And Devonshire's treasure was twenty times more,

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But he's laid on his back among nettles and stones,

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Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.

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And when I'm on my back and I'm laid to rest

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The women will crowd for to cry at my wake,

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And their sons and their daughters will utter their prayers

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To the Lord for the sake of their father.