Johnny Jump Up!
I will tell you a story
That happened to me
One day as I went out
To Youghal by the sea
The sun it was bright
And the day it was warm
Says I a quiet pint
Wouldn't do me no harm
I went into the barman
Said give me a stout
Says the barman I'm sorry
All the beer just sold out
Try whiskey or Paddy
Ten years in the wood
Says I I'll try cider
I've heard that it's good
Oh never oh never
Oh never again
If I live to a hundred
Or a hundred and ten
I fell to the ground
And I couldn't get up
After drinking a pint of the
Johnny Jump Up
After lowering the third
I headed straight for the yard
Where I bumped into Brophy
The big civic guard
Come here to me boy
Don't you know I'm the law
Well I upped
With me fist
And I snapped at his jaw
Well he fell to the ground
With his knees doubled up
But it wasn't I hit him
Was the Johnny Jump Up
And the next thing I met down
In Youghal by the sea
Was a cripple
On crutches
And says he to me
I'm afraid of me life
I'll be hit by a car
Would you help me across
To the railwayman's bar
And after three pints
Of that cider so sweet
He threw down his crutches
And he danced at his feet
Oh never oh never
Oh never again
If I live to a hundred
Or a hundred and ten
I fell to the ground
And I couldn't get up
After drinking a pint of the
Johnny Jump Up
Now I went up the Lee road
A friend for to see
They call it the madhouse
In Cork by the Lee
But when I got up there
The truth I do tell
They had the poor bugger
Locked up in his cell
Says the guard testing him
Say these words if you can
Around the ragged rocks
The ragged rascal ran
Tell them I'm not crazy
Tell them I'm not mad
Was only six pints
Of that cider I had
Now a man died in the union
By the name of McNabb
They washed him and placed him
Outside on a slab
And after the coroner
His measurements did take
His wife took him home
To a bloody fine wake
Was about twelve o'clock
And the beer it was high
Well the corpse he sat up
And he says with a sigh
I can't get to heaven
They won't let me up
Til I bring them a pint
Of the Johnny Jump Up
Oh never oh never
Oh never again
If I live to a hundred
Or a hundred and ten
I fell to the ground
And I couldn't get up
After drinking a pint of the
Never oh never
Oh never again
If I live to a hundred
Or a hundred and ten
I fell to the ground
And I couldn't get up
After drinking a pint of the
Johnny Jump Up