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Rosin' the Beau (Traditional Irish Lyrics)

Rosin' the Beau(Traditional Irish Lyrics)


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I've traveled all over this world 
And now to another I go 
And I know that good quarters are waiting 
To welcome old Rosin the Beau 
To welcome old Rosin the Beau 
To welcome old Rosin the Beau 
And I know that good quarters are waiting 
To welcome old Rosin the Beau 

When I'm dead and laid out on the counter 
A voice you will hear from below 
Saying "Send down a hogshead of whiskey 
To drink with old Rosin the Beau" 
To drink with old Rosin the Beau" 
To drink with old Rosin the Beau" 
Saying "Send down a hogshead of whiskey 
To drink with old Rosin the Beau" 

Then get a half dozen stout fellows 
And stack them all up in a row 
Let them drink out of half gallon bottles 
To the memory of Rosin the Beau 
To the memory of Rosin the Beau 
To the memory of Rosin the Beau 
Let them drink out of half gallon bottles 
To the memory of Rosin the Beau 

Then get this half dozen stout fellows 
And let them all stagger and go 
And dig a great hole in the meadow 
And in it put Rosin the Beau 
And in it put Rosin the Beau 
And in it put Rosin the Beau 
And dig a great hole in the meadow 
And in it put Rosin the Beau 

Then get ye a couple of bottles 
Put one at me head and me toe 
With a diamond ring scratch upon them 
The name of old Rosin the Beau 
The name of old Rosin the Beau 
The name of old Rosin the Beau 
With a diamond ring scratch upon them 
The name of old Rosin the Beau 

I've only this one consolation 
As out of this world I go 
I know that the next generation 
Will resemble old Rosin the Beau 
Will resemble old Rosin the Beau 
Will resemble old Rosin the Beau 
I know that the next generation 
Will resemble old Rosin the Beau 

I fear that old tyrant approaching 
That cruel remorseless old foe 
And I lift up me glass in his honor 
Take a drink with old Rosin the Beau 
Take a drink with old Rosin the Beau 
Take a drink with old Rosin the Beau 
And I lift up me glass in his honor 
Take a drink with old Rosin the Beau


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