Clancy Brothers Wild Rover Lyrics

Wild Rover Lyrics

It's on a Clancy Brothers CD "Live with Robby O'Connel" or somesuch.
The
song is called "Dear Boss."
Dear Boss I write this note to
you to tell you of my plight
And at the time of writing I am not a pretty
sight
Me body is all black and blue and me face a deadly gray
And I hope
you'll understand why Paddy's not at work today
I was workin' on the 14th
floor; some bricks I had to clear
And throwin' 'em down from such a height
was not a good idea
The foreman wasn't very pleased, he bein' an awful
sod
And he said I'd have to take them down the ladder in me hod
Now
shiftin' all those bricks by hand it seemed so awful slow
So I hoisted up a
barrel and secured a rope below
But in my haste to do the job I was too
blind to see
That a barrel full of buildin' bricks was heaveier than
me
Now when I came down I cut the rope and the barrel fell like lead
And
clinging tightly to the rope I started up instead
I shot up like a rocket
and to my dismay I found
That halfways up I met the bloody barrel comin'
down
Now the barrel broke me shoulder as to the ground it sped
And when I
reached the top I struck the pulley with me head
I still clung on though
numbed and shocked from this almighty blow
And the barrel spilled out half
the bricks 14 floors below
Now when the bricks had fallen from the barrel to
the floor
I then outweighed the barrel and I started down once more
Still
clinging tightly to the rope I headed for the ground
And I fell among the
broken bricks that were all scatter'd 'round
As I lay there moaning on the
floor sure I thought I'd passed the worst
Then the barrel struck the pulley
wheel and didn't the bottom burst
A shower of bricks came down on me sure I
haven't got a hope
And as I was losing consciousness... I let go the bloody
rope
Now the barrel it being heavier it started down once more
And it
landed right across me as I lay there on the floor
I broke three ribs and my
left arm and I can only say
That I hope you'll understand why Paddy's not at
work today