Lyrics - Mush Mush by Clancy Brothers

Mush
Mush
Oh, 'twas there
I learned readin' and writin',
At
Bill
Brackett's where
I went to school,
And 'twas there
I learned howlin' and fightin'
With me schoolmaster,
Mister
O'
Toole.
Him and me we had many a scrimmage,
An' divil a copy
I wrote;
There was ne'er a gossoon in the village
Dared tread on the tail o' me...cho:
Mush, mush, mush toor-i-li-ady
Mush, mush, mush toor-i-li-ay
There was ne'er a gossoon in the village
Dared tread on the tail o' me coat.
Oh, 'twas there that
I learned all me courtin'
O the lessons
I took in the art!
Till
Cupid, the blackguard, while sportin'
An arrow drove straight through my heart.
Miss
Judy, she lived just forinst me,
And tender lines to her
I wrote,
If ye dare say one hard word agin her
I'll tread on the tail o' yer...cho:
But a blackguard called
Mickey
Maloney,
Came an' stole her affections away
For he'd money and
I hadn't any,
So
I sent him a challenge next day.
In the evenin' we met at the
Woodbine
The
Shannon we crossed in a boat,
An'
I lathered him with me shillelagh
For he trod on the tail o' me...cho:
Oh, me fame went abroad through the nation,
An' folks came a-flockin' to see
An' they cried out, without hesitation"
You're a fightin' man,
Billy
Mc
Ghee!"
Oh,
I've cleaned out the
Finnegan faction
An'
I've licked all the
Murphys afloat,
If you're in for a row or a ruction,
Just tread on the tail o' me...cho:
Recorded by
Patric
Galvin,
Clancys (
I think), featured in film "
The
Quiet
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