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.
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