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Thread #10325 Message #4179174
Posted By: and e
14-Aug-23 - 02:54 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Riley's Daughter / Reilly's Daughter
Subject: RE: Origin: Riley's Daughter / Reilly's Daughter
[3803]
December 14, 1931
THE ONE-EYED REILLY
Sittin' by the fireside, drinkin' rum and water
Suddenly a thought come to my mind;
I'll go and shag O'Reilly's daughter,
The nearest girl that I can find.
Tiddle-aye, aye. Tiddle-aye, aye.
Tiddle-aye, aye, for the one-eyed Reilly,
Boom, boom, boom,
Balls and all,
Jig-a-jig-a-jig. Tres boom!
Went upstairs an' got in bed,
First I threw my left lag over;
What d'ye think the lady said?
She laughed like hell 'til the fun was over.
Comes a knockin' at the door,
Who should it be but the girl's ol' man,
Pair of pistols at his side,
An' a big stick in his han'.
Took the big stick from his hand,
Shoved his head in a pail of water;
Stuck the pistols up his ass
A dam' sight further than I shagged his daughter.
"Originally heard sung by an Irish stoker on a Squarehead
freighter off Belize, about 1920. Since then in various places
about the States. This version from the "Slime Sheet", Paris,1930."
Godfrey Irwin
Gordon "Inferno" Collection, #3803.
See here: https://archive.org/details/1917gordoninfernocollection/page/3/mode/1up?q=3803