This version was quoted above, TWICE:

Did you ever go into an Irishman's shanty
where money is scarce but whiskey is plenty...

The way I heard it as a child, quoted above only once, not only rhymes, but also has a bit more logic to it:

Did you ever go back to an Irishman's shanty
where whiskey is plenty but water is scanty...

Trouble is, I don't remember ever having heard more than just those two opening lines!