Well, I'm Irish, but a ramblin' boy There are many a cities I did enjoy
And now I'm marryin' me a pretty little wife And I love her dear heart, and I love my life
My mother says she's all alone My sister says she has no home
My wife, she left in sad despair With an achin' heart and a baby fair
Now, when I die, don't bury me at all
Just place me away in alcohol My forty-four foot by my feet
Tell everyone I'm just a slave Well, I'm Irish, but a ramblin' boy
There are many a cities I did enjoy And now I'm marryin' me a pretty little wife
And I love her dear heart, and I love my life
My mother says she's all alone My sister says she has no home
My wife, she left in sad despair With an achin' heart and a baby fair