The Gallowgate Murders - Laoghaire Lyrics

LAOGHAIRE, MY LAOGHAIRE

PLEASE DON'T CURSE MY NAME
FOR I LOST ALL OUR CROPS, WHEAT, BARLEY,
EVERYTHING WE'D SOWN.
SEE, THE DEVIL TEMPTED ME WELL
WITH FORTUNE AND WITH FAME
IF I ONLY HAVE ONE DRINK WITH HIM
IN A NEARBY TAVERN BELL',
IN A NEARBY TAVERN BELL'.
SO OFF WE WENT, HAND-IN-HAND,
DANCED UNDER THE HARVEST MOON
AND POISONED OUR FIERY HEARTS
WITH WHISKY, GIN & RUM.
THEN THE PEASANTS' DAUGHTERS JOINED US IN
THE HELL BROKE LOOSE IN LUST AND SIN
THE BARMAN COULD BUT BARELY WALK
THE WALLS WERE FALLING IN,
THE WALLS WERE FALLING IN.



SO PASS THE BOTTLE ROUND-A-ROUND
AND RAISE YOUR PINTS WITH ME
DON'T SPILL A DROP OR YOU WILL SEE
YOUR BLOOD BELONGS TO ME!
I'M THE DEVIL, I'M A NOBLE MANOF ANCIENT RACE
AND GRUESOME CHARM
I WILL GUARD YOU FROM THE STORM
AND THUNDER WON'T AFFECT YOUR CORN.
I'M OFF TO WOO YOUR NOBLE WIFE
THE LOVE OF YOUR PATHETIC LIFE
HER SOUL'S A DAINTY MORSEL
WHEN I BROIL HER ON THE COALS.
SO PASS THE BOTTLE ROUND-A-ROUND
AND RAISE YOUR PINTS WITH ME
DON'T SPILL A DROP OR YOU WILL SEE
YOUR BLOOD BELONGS TO ME!
ONE SUMMER'S NIGHT THE DEAL WAS SIGNED,
THE DEVIL CAUGHT OFF GUARD:
THAT FEMALE SHAPE DROVE HIM INSANE
AND LAOGHAIRE HAD HER WAY.
HEY, REAP YOUR THORN, MY VILLAIN JOHN,
THE EARTH KNOWS WHAT YOU'VE DONE,
YOU'VE FAILED YOUR WIFE, YOU SELFISH MAN
AND TRADED YOUR OWN LIFE
THE FIELD IS MINE, THE HOUSE BURNT DOWN,
YOUR MIND IS DEAD AND ROTTEN
BE SURE THE NAME UPON YOUR GRAVE
IS SPAT ON & FORGOTTEN!