A GOOD ROARING FIRE
(Johnny Patterson)

A good roarin' fire and the kettle on the boil,
It makes a chap feel jolly when he’s done his daily toil.
A tidy smilin’ wife and a clean hearth-stone,
O it's very, very cosy when a chap comes home.

Three or four around it and a good bit on the board,
It makes a chap feel happy as the daddy of a lord.
A tidy smilin’ wife and a clean hearth-stone,
O it's very, very jolly when a chap comes home.

To meet your wife in kindness and to see the children run,
Your home is like a palace and you never need to roam,
A tidy smilin' wife and a clean hearth-stone,
O, it's very, very cosy when a chap comes home.


Walton's New Treasury of Irish Songs and Ballads
Published by Walton's Musical Instrument Galleries, Publications Department, Dublin
Part 2, page 93