Lyrics Damien Dempsey

Damien Dempsey

Jar Song

You look around, you say what's up

You see another Irishman taking to the 'sup

You see that's the way, that's the way they came

You look around, you say what's up

You see another Paddy and he taking to the 'sup

You see that's the way, that's the way they came

Take me out on the jar today

We'll drink stout and we'll be okay

We might get our holes tonight

We'll get in a fight alright

Brendan Behan was a friend of mine

He loved the bars and he drink cheap wine

Get outta his mind with a lad and lass

He'd ride them both and then go to mass

Shane McGowan loves Dublin town

I drank with him once and woke up on the ground

Maybe someday we'll meet up and do 'brunch'

Some beers and a shandy too

Luke Kelly meant a lot to me

He sang from in here and then swigged his beer

If ordering pints was a crime

He'd be in Mountjoy for eternity

Christy Moore was an awful hoor

He'd drink poteen 'til the bogs were clean

He brought me great joy since I was a boy

The day he went dry the publican cried

Take me out on the jar today

We'll drink stout and we'll be okay

We might get our holes tonight

We'll get in a fight alright

Take me out on the jar today