Thomas McCarthy 2010
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Backwards and forwards, I am reeling and tight
Oh tis some spree I have been on tonight
I have been to McCarthy’s with Patsy O’Maher
Oh, we drank the black bottle from under the bar
We drank and we drank, we banished all care
We gave not a thought to foul weather or fair
Now on the floor, I’m curled up in a heap
Arrah, leave me to sleep, biddy, leave me to sleep
Chorus:
I’m clasped to the pig in a loving embrace
Oh the hairs of his curly tail, they’re tickling me face
There’s no use in telling me sober to keep
Arrah leave me to sleep, biddy leave me to sleep
Over my head in the days that are gone
Gaily I flourished my knotty blackthorn
And if I only, I had it tonight
Maybe I wouldn’t be out for a fight
And if Paddy Murphy, I chance for to meet
Tis an elegant ruction we’ll have in the street
He’ll soon be glad in a knothole to creep
Arrah leave me to sleep, biddy, leave me to sleep
Drop down by the pig, here, and share his embrace
Let my red whiskers lie close to your face
The creature won’t hurt you, he’ll do you no harm
Drop down by me biddy, and keep my back warm
Squeeze me up tight as you oft have before
And I’ll sing you to sleep with the sounds of my snores
The rats and the mice all around us may creep
Arrah leave me to sleep, biddy, leave me to sleep