Tommy Makem
Tommy Makem - Bungle Rye lyrics
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Now, Jack was a sailor who roved New Ross town And she was a damsel who skipped up and down Said the damsel to Jack, as she passed him by 'Would you care for to purchase some queer Bungle Rye- raddy Rye?' Chorus: Fol the diddle I raddy rye raddy rye Said Jack to himself 'Now, what can it be But the finest old whiskey from far Germany Smuggled up in a basket and sold on the sly And the name that it goes by is queer Bungle Rye-raddy- Rye?' Chorus Jack gave her a pound and he thought nothing strange 'Hold the basket young man 'till I run for your change' Jack looked in the basket and a child he did spy 'Oh, be damned and' says Jack 'this is queer Bungle Rye-raddy Rye' Chorus Now, to get the child christened was Jack's first intent For to get the child christened, to the parson he went Says the parson to Jack 'What will he go by?' 'Oh, be damned and' says Jack 'call him queer Bungle Rye- raddy-Rye' Chorus Says the parson to Jack 'That's a very queer name' 'Oh be damned then' says Jack 'and the queer way he came Smuggled up in a basket and sold on the sly And the name that he'll go by is queer Bungle Rye- raddy-Rye' Chorus Now, come all you young sailors that rove on the town Beware of the damsels that skip up and down Take a peek in their baskets as they pass you by Or else they may pawn on you queer Bungle Rye-raddy-Rye Chorus