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Thread #7080   Message #2477745
Posted By: Jim Dixon
27-Oct-08 - 10:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Irish Jaunting Car
Subject: Lyr Add: THE IRISH JAUNTING CAR
From:
The Universal Irish Song Book, A Complete Collection of the Songs and Ballads of Ireland. New York: P. J. Kennedy, 1898, page 13:

THE IRISH JAUNTING CAR.

1. MY name is Larry Doolan. I'm a native of the soil.
If you want a day's diversion, I'll drive you out in style.
My car is painted red and green, and on the door a star,
And the pride of Dublin City is my Irish jaunting car.

CHORUS. Then, if you want to hire me, step in to Mickey Maher
And ask for Larry Doolan and his Irish jaunting car.

2. When Queen Victoria came to Ireland her health to revive,
She asked the Lord Lieutenant to take her out to ride.
She replied unto his greatness, before they travelled far,
How delightful was the jogging of the Irish jaunting car.
    Then, if you want to hire me, &c.

3. I'm hired by drunken men, teetotalers, and my friends,
But a carman has so much to do, his duty never ends.
Night and day, both wet and dry, I travelled near and far,
And at night I count the earnings of my Irish jaunting car.
    Then, if you want to hire me, &c.

4. Some say the Russian bear is tough, and I believe it's true,
Though we beat him at the Alma and Balaklava too.
But if our Connaught Rangers would bring home the Russian Czar,
I would drive him off to blazes in my Irish jaunting car.
    Then, if you want to hire me, &c.

5. Some say all wars are over, and I hope to God they are;
For, you know full well they ne'er were good for a jaunting car;
But peace and plenty — may they reign here, both near and far;
Then we drive to feasts and festivals in an Irish jaunting car.
    Then, if you want to hire me, &c.

6. They say they are in want of men, the French and English, too;
And it's all about their commerce now they don't know what to do;
But if they come to Ireland our jolly sons to mar,
I'll drive them to the devil in my Irish jaunting car.
    Then, if you want to hire me, &c.