The Jug of Punch (Roud 1808)
Sung by Joe Heaney on "The Road from Connemara" Topic TSCD518D

It being on the third of June,
as I sat weaving all by my loom. (repeat)
A birdie sang on an ivy bunch
and the song he sang was the jug of punch.

CHORUS:
Laddly fol the diddle idel idel um.
Skithery idle diddle dum,
Skithery idle diddle um dum de.

What more diversion can a man desire
than sit him down oh beside the fire? (repeat)
On the table a jug of punch
and on his knee one tidy wench.

But what more diversion can a man endure
than sit him down oh behind the door? (repeat)
On the table no jug of punch
and on his knee no tidy wench.

When I am dying and my drinking's over,
I'll take one drink and I'll take no more.
When I am dying and my drinking‘s over,
I‘ll take one drink into the fold.
In case I wouldn‘t get another chance
I will take it now and then pass on.

But when I am dead and in my mould
at my head and feet lay a flowing bowl, (repeat)
And every man that passes by
they can take one drink and remember I.