THE MICKEY DAM

I'm an honest Irish labourer and I come from the County Clare.
Once I had a farm there with nothin' much to spare.

But I had to sell me donkey and me famous billy goat,
And with the money I received, to Glasgow took the boat.

On the mornin' when I landed there, before me hair got dry,
I was started in the Mickey Dam in a place they call Mull Guy.

The ganger that I started with, they called him John the Mouse,
And the very first day that I was there, at me he'd start to grouse.

Well, I quickly surprised him and I said, "You little brat,
I'll tie a string around your neck and throw you to the cat."

For I'm as strong as any lion. I was reared on eggs and ham.
I'm a terror to all fighting men 'round the Mickey Dam.

Well, this roused the mouse's temper and at me he made to jump.
He swore he'd paralyze me with the handle of a pump.

But I quickly surprised him; I grabbed him by the throat,
And I shook that little monkey till the tail fell off his coat.

For I'm as strong as any lion. I was reared on eggs and ham.
I'm a terror to all fightin' men 'round the Mickey Dam.

Well, the big hotels we're stopping at, they call them navvy huts,
And the bugs and fleas that are in the bed are as big as coconuts.

And on Saturday nights, when I get there, I stand behind the door,
And as they come out, one by one, I bash them to the floor.

For I'm as strong as any lion. I was reared on eggs and ham.
I'm a terror to all fighting men 'round the Mickey Dam.

For I'm as strong as any lion. I was reared on eggs and ham.
I'm a terror to all fighting men 'round the Mickey Dam.