I started playing when I was knee high to a grasshopper
I played me guitar with Celtic greats like Peter McShane and Dubious McFlanigan.
Aye, she be a fine instrument I be playing down the brick roads of Carrickfergus
I play me instrument while I do a foot tapping jig to River Dance.
I sing for me Lords and Meladies. But I’ll sing no more now til I get a drink
For I’m drunk today and I’m seldom sober
A handsome rover I roam from town to town.