Johnny McEldoo Lyrics
Johnny Mceldoo (Live) - The Clancy Brothers
There was Johnny McEldoo and McGee and me
And a couple or two or three
Went on a spree one day
We had a bob or two which
We knew how to blew
And the beer and whiskey flew
And we all felt gay
We visited McCann's McLemann's
Humpty Dan's
We then went into Swann's
Our stomachs for to pack
We ordered out a feed
Which indeed we did need
And we finished it with speed
But we still felt slack
Johnny McEldoo turned red
White and blue
And a plate of Irish stew
He soon put out of sight
He shouted out Encore
With a roar for some more
That he never felt before such a keen appetite
He ordered eggs and ham bread
And jam what a cram
But him we couldn't ram though
We tried our level best
For everything we brought cold
Or hot mattered not
It went down him like a shot and
He still stood the test
He swallowed tripe and lard by the yard
We got scared
We thought it would go hard
When the waiter brought the bill
We told him to give other
But he swore he could loser
Twice as much again and
More before he had his fill
He nearly sucked a trough full of broth
Says McGrath
He'll devour the table cloth
If you don't hold him in
When the waiter brought the charge
McEldoo felt so large
He began to scowl and barge and
His blood went on fire
He began to curse and swear tear
His hair in despair
And to finish the affair
Called the shopman a liar
The shopman he drew out and
No doubt he did clout
McEldoo he kicked about
Like an old football
He tattered all his clothes broke
His nose I suppose
He'd have killed him with a few blows
In no time at all
McEldoo began to howl
And to growl by my soul
He threw an empty bowl
At the shopkeeper's head
It struck by Mickey Finn peeled
The skin off his chin
And the ructions did begin
And we all fought and bled
The Peelers did arrive man alive four or five
At us the made a drive us all to march away
We paid for all the meat
That we ate stood a treat
And went home to ruminate on the spree that day