The night pat murphy died lyrics

Artist  : Great big sea 
Song : The night pat murphy died
 
Oh, the night that Paddy Murphy died, is a night
I'll never forget,
Some of the boys got loaded drunk and they ain't
got sober yet!
As long as a bottle was passed around every man
was feeling gay,
O'Leary came with the bagpipes some music for to
play!
That's how they showed their respect for Paddy
Murphy,
That's how they showed their honour and their
pride,
They said it was, "a sin" and "a shame" they
winked at one and another,
And every drink in the place was full the night
Pat Murphy died!
As Missus Murphy sat in the corner pourin' out
her grief,
Kelly and his gang came tearin' down the street,
They went into an empty room and a bottle of
whiskey stole,
They put that bottle with the corpse to keep that
whiskey cold!
That's how they showed their respect for Paddy
Murphy,
That's how they showed their honour and their
pride,
They said it was, "a sin" and "a shame" they
winked at one and another,
And every drink in the place was full the night
Pat Murphy died!
Well, two o'clock in the mornin' after emptyin'
the jug,
Doyle rose up the icebox lid to see poor Paddy's
mug,
They stopped the clock so Missus Murphy couldn't
tell the time,
And at a quarter after two we argued it was nine!
That's how they show their respect for Paddy
Murphy,
That's how we show our honour and our pride,
They said it was, "a sin" and "a shame" they
winked at one and another,
And every drink in the place was full the night
Pat Murphy died!
Well, they stopped the hearse on George Street
outside some damn saloon,
They all went in at half past eight and staggered
out at noon,
The went up to the graveyard so holy and sublime,
Found out when they'd got there they'd left the
corpse behind!
That's how they showed their respect for Paddy
Murphy,
That's how they showed their honour and their
pride,
They said it was, "a sin" and "a shame" we winked
at one and another,
And every drink in the place was full the night
Pat Murphy died!
Oh, the night that Paddy Murphy died, is a night
I'll never forget,
Some of the boys got loaded drunk and they ain't
been sober yet!
As long as a bottle was passed around every man
was feeling gay,
O'Leary came with bagpipes some music for to
play!
That's how they showed their respect for Paddy
Murphy,
That's how they showed their honour and their
pride,
They said it was, "a sin" and "a shame" we winked
at one and another,
And every drink in the place was full the night
Pat Murphy died!
Well, every drink in the place was full the night
Pat Murphy died!