The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English background, playing traditional Irish music with influences from punk rock and jazz, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. They reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before breaking up in 1996. The band reformed in 2001, and... [read more] - Navigator
The canals and the bridges, the embankments and cuts,They blasted and dug with their sweat and their gutsThey never drank water but whiskey by pintsAnd the shanty towns rang with their songs and their...
- The Gentleman Soldier
It's of a gentleman soldierAs sentry he did standHe saluted a fair maidenBy a waiving of his handSo then he boldly kissed herAnd he passed it off as a jokeHe drilled her up in the sentry boxWrapped up in a soldier's...
- Sally Maclennane
Well jimmy played harmonica in the pub where i was bornHe played it from the night time to the peaceful early mornHe soothed the souls of psychos and the men who had the hornAnd they all looked very happy in the...
- The Old Main Drag
When i first came to london i was only sixteenWith a fiver in my pocket and my ole dancing bagI went down to the dilly to check out the sceneAnd i soon ended up on the old main dragThere the he-males and the she-males...
- Billy's Bones
Billy ran around with the rare old crewAnd he knew an arsenal from tottenham blueWe'd be a darn sight better of if we knewWhere billy's bones are resting nowBilly saw a copper and he hit him in the kneeAnd he took him...
- Dirty Old Town
I met my love by the gas works wallDreamed a dream by the old canalKissed a girl by the factory wallDirty old townDirty old townClouds a drifting across the moonCats a prowling on their beatSpring's a girl in the...
- Jesse James
Jesse james we understandHas killed many a manHe robbed the union trainsHe stole from the richAnd gave to the poorHe'd a hand and a heartAnd a brainNow jesse had a wifeLived a lady all her lifeAnd children they were...
- The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
when i was a young man i carried my packAnd i lived the free life of a roverFrom the murrays green basin to the dusty outbackI waltzed my matilda all overThen in nineteen fifteen my country said sonIt's time to stop...
- The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
Mccormack and richard tauber are singing by the bedThere's a glass of punch below your feet and an angel at your headThere's devils on each side of you with bottles in their handsYou need one more drop of poison and...
- I'm A Man You Don't Meet Everyday
Oh my name is jock stewartI'm a canny gun manAnd a roving young fellow i've beenSo be easy and freeWhen you're drinking with meI'm a man you don't meet every dayI have acres of landI have men at commandI have always a...
- I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
Oh my name is Jock Stewart I'm a canny gun manAnd a roving young fellow I've beenSo be easy and free when you're drinking with meI'm a man you don't meet every dayI have acres of land I have men at commandI have...
- Boys From The County Hell
On the first day of March it was raining It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen I drank ten pints of beer and I cursed all the people there And I wish that all this raining would stop falling down on...
- Kitty
Oh Kitty, My Darling, rememberThat the doom will be mine if I stay'Tis far better to part, though it's hard toThan to rot in their prison away'Tis far better to part, though it's hard toThan to rot in their prison...
- Muirshin Durkin
In the days I went a courting, I was seldom done resortingIn the alehouse and the playhouse, and manys the house betweenI told me brother Seamus I'd go off and get right famousAnd when I'd come back home again I'd...
- Waxie's Dargle
Says my aul' wan to your aul' wan"Will ye go to the Waxies dargle?"Says your aul' wan to my aul' wan,"I haven't got a farthing.I went up to Monto townTo see Uncle McArdleBut he wouldn't give me a half a crownFor to go...
- Down In The Ground Where The Dead Man Go
Hello boys I've been away on a bit of a holidayTo the land where the rivers freely flowAnd the cattle roam on the wild callaghWalking home three parts pissedI fell and rolled in the morning mistI fell and tumbled in...
- Poor Paddy
In eighteen hundred and forty-oneThe corduroy breeches I put onMe corduroy breeches I put onTo work upon the railway, the railwayI'm weary of the railwayPoor Paddy works on the railwayIn eighteen hundred and...
- Whiskey, You're The Devil
Now brave boys we're on the marchOff to Portugal and SpainDrums a-beating, banners a-wavingThe devil a-home will come tonightLa, fare thee wellWith me tither-y-eye dum dahMe tither-y-eye dum daMe right fol tur-a ladee...
- Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go The Dead Men Go
Hello boys I've been awayOn a bit of a holidayTo the land where the rivers freely flowAnd the cattle roam on the wild callaghWalking home three parts pissedI stumbled and fell in the morning mistI fell and rolled in...
- Dark Streets Of London
I like to walk in the summer breeze Down Dalling Road by the dead old trees And drink with my friends In the Hammersmith Broadway Dear dirty delightful old drunken old daysThen the winter came down and I loved it so...
- Transmetropolitan
In the rosy parks of EnglandWe'll sit and have a drinkOf VP wine and cider 'til we can hardly thinkAnd we'll go where the spirits take usTo heaven or to hellAnd kick up bloody murder in the town we love so wellGoing...
- Streams Of Whiskey
Last night as I sleptI dreamt I met with BehanI shook him by the hand and we passed the time of dayWhen questioned on his viewsOn the crux of life's philosophiesHe had but these few clear and simple words to say I am...
- The Auld Triangle
A hungry feeling Came o'er me stealing And the mice were squeeling In my prison cell And that auld triangle went jingle-jangle All along the banks of the Royal Canal Oh! To start the morning The warden bawling "Get up...
- Greenland Whale Fisheries
In eighteen hundred and forty-sixAnd of March the eighteenth day,We hoisted our colors to the top of the mastAnd for Greenland sailed away, brave boys,And for Greenland sailed away.The lookout in the crosstrees...
- Sea Shanty
Dear dirty London in the pouring rainI wish to God I was back on the sea againThough that belongs to the world of never will beThere was never a wilder bastard than me on the seaI could *** all the whores in...
- The Leaving Of Liverpool
Farewell to you, my own true loveThere were many fare thee wellsI am bound for CaliforniaA place I know right wellSo fare thee well, my own true loveWhen I return united we will beIt's not the leaving of Liverpool...
- Wild Rover
I've been a wild rover for many a yearAnd I spent all me money on whiskey and beer,And now I'm returning with gold in great storeAnd I promise to play the wild rover no more.And it's no, nay, never,No nay never no...
- South Australia
In South Australia I was born, heave away, haul awayIn South Australia, 'round Cape Horn, were bound for South AustraliaHaul away your rolling king, heave away, haul awayHaul away, youll hear me sing, were bound...
- The Broad Majestic Shannon
The last time I saw you was down at the greeksThere was whiskey on sunday and tears on our cheeksYou sang me a song as pure as the breezeBlowing up the road to glenaveighI sat for a while at the cross at finnoeWhere...
- Streets Of Sorrow/Birmingham Six
Oh farewell you streets of sorrowAnd farewell you streets of painI'll not return to feel more sorrowNor to see more young men slainThrough the last six years i've lived through terrorAnd in the darkened streets the...
- Lullaby Of London
As I walked down by the riversideOne evening in the springHeard a long gone songFrom days gone byBlown in on the great North windThough there is no lonesome corncrake's cryOf sorrow and delightYou can hear the carsAnd...
- Medley
As I was walking down the roadA feeling fine and larky ohA recruiting sergeant came up to meSays he you'd look fine in khaki ohFor the King he is in need of menCome read this proclamation ohA life in Flanders for you...
- Sit Down By The Fire
Sit down by the fireAnd I'll tell you a storyTo send you away to your bedOf the things you hear creepingWhen everyone's sleepingAnd you wish you were out here insteadIt isn't the mice in the wallIt isn't the wind in...
- Turkish Song Of The Damned
I come old friend from Hell tonightAcross the rotting seaNor the nails of the crossNor the blood of ChristCan bring you help this eveThe dead have come to claim a debt from theeThey stand outside your doorFour score...
- Worms
The worms crawl in and the worms crawl outThe ones that crawl in are lean and thinThe ones that crawl out are fat and stoutYour eyes fall in and your teeth fall outYour brains come tumbling down your snoutBe merry my...
- Bottle Of Smoke
Thanks and praisesThanks to JesusI bet on the Bottle of SmokeI went to hellAnd to the racesTo bet on the Bottle of SmokeThe day being clearThe sky being brightHe came up on the leftLike a streak of lightLike a drunken...
- Fairytale Of New York
It was Christmas Eve babeIn the drunk tankAn old man said to me, won't see another oneAnd then he sang a songThe Rare Old Mountain DewI turned my face awayAnd dreamed about youGot on a lucky oneCame in eighteen to...
- Fiesta
I am francisco vasquez garciaI am welcome to almeriaWe have sin gas and con lecheWe have fiesta and feriaWe have the song of the cochonaWe have brandy and half coronaAnd leonardo and his accordioneAnd kalamari and...
- Thousands Are Sailing
The island it is silent nowBut the ghosts still haunt the wavesAnd the torch lights up a famished manWho fortune could not saveDid you work upon the railroadDid you rid the streets of crimeWere your dollars from the...
- If I Should Fall From Grace With God
If i should fall from grace with godWhere no doctor can relieve meIf i'm buried 'neath the sodBut the angels won't receive meLet me go, boysLet me go, boysLet me go down in the mudWhere the rivers all run dryThis land...
- Fairy Tale Of New York
It was christmas eve babeIn the drunk tankAn old man said to me, wont see another oneAnd then he sang a songThe rare old mountain dewI turned my face awayAnd dreamed about youGot on a lucky oneCame in eighteen to...
- Lorelei
POGUES - LORELEI You told me tales of love and glorySame old sad songs, same old storyThe sirens sing no lullabyAnd no-one knows but Lorelei.By castles out of fairytalesTimbers shivered where once there sailedThe...
- Irish Rover
In the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and sixWe set sail from the fair Cobh of Cork.We were bound far away with a cargo of bricksFor the fine city hall of New York.In a very fine craft, she was rigged...
- London You're A Lady
Ah London you're a ladyLaid out before my eyesYour heart of gold it pulsesBetween your scarred up thighsYour eyes are full of sadnessRed busses skirt your hemYour head-dress is a ring of lightsBut I would not follow...
- Boat Train
I met with Napper TandyAnd I shook him by the handHe said "Hold me up for ChrissakeFor I can hardly stand"The most disgraceful journeyOn which I've ever beenThe last time that I travelled onThe Boat TrainI had a...
- Misty Morning, Albert Bridge
I dreamt we were standingBy the banks of the ThamesWhere the cold grey waters rippleIn the misty morning lightHeld a match to your cigaretteWatched the smoke curl in the mistYour eyes, blue as the ocean between...
- White City
Here a tower shinning brightOnce stood gleaming in the nightWhere now there's just the rubbleIn the hole here the paddies and the frogsCame to gamble on the dogsCame to gamble on the dogs not long agoOh the torn up...
- Cotton Fields
Now the party's overAnd the money's all goneYou remember feeling likeJesus' sonYour girl has left your sideAnd now you're gonna get crucifiedThey're gonna crucify youCrucify youCrucify youCrucify youIn those old...
- Night Train To Lorca
Across the dark and dusty plainWhere scars of old dry rivers runNight unfolds, a coal black shroudAcross the hard and stony groundDistant stars shining brightIn the cavern of the nightAll is still and silence...
- Pachinko
I'm walking down roppongiThe night is hot and smoggyI drink a little coffeeA sake and a beerI run into a ginja manHe speaks but i don't understandHe grins at me and takes my handAnd whispers in my earI play deji...
- Sitting On Top Of The World
Well it's been a long day but i don't like to moanIt's the middle of summer and i'm chilled to the boneThere's holes in my shoes where the rain comes inI'm sitting on top of the worldWalking in the shadows of empty...
- In The Big City
In the big cityWhere the lights are lowCold dirty groundWhere the rivers don't flowNothing's gonna change so throw it all awayIn the big cityWhere the kids will come cheapAnd monsters prowl and never sleepDon't cross...
- Smell Of Petroleum
The shaman came a callingHe was howling at the moonHe offered me a visionOn the end of a silver spoonHe said he'd give me dreamsThat all were in his powersIf only i would follow himThe universe was oursWalked a thin...
- Girl From The Wadi Hammamat
Sometimes it seems like a beautiful dreamThe girl from the wadi hammamatLovely as a green parakeetI awake alone againIn the desert of my dreamsA fertile oasis i have seenI cast my voice to the burning windsAcross the...
- Sayonara
OK, it's time for SayonaraSo long yankee break my heartNow there's nothing left but sorrowEven the best friends they must partI walked into the nearest barI sat and gazed across the seaI wandered lonely on the...
- Rain Street
The church bell ringsAn old drunk singsA young girl hocks her wedding ringDown on Rain StreetDown the alley the icewagon flewPicked up a stiff that was turning blueThe local kids were sniffin' glueNot much else for a...
- Hell's Ditch
Life's a bitch, then you dieBlack HellHell's ditch - *** howling freedomThe killer's hands are bound with chainsAt six o'clock it starts to rainHe'll never see the dawn againOur lady of the flowersGenet's feeling...
- The Ghost Of A Smile
You gotta walk that mile HoneychildYou gotta walk that mile HoneychildWell I'll show you what is hipAs we walk down Leeson stripAnd I'll do it for the ghost of a smileJust the ghost, the ghost of a smileJust the...
- The Wake Of The Medusa
The guests are stood in silenceThey stare and drink their wineOn the wall the canvas hangsFrozen there in timeThey marvel at the beautyThe horror and despairAt the wake of the MedusaNo one shed a tearSit my friends...
- Sunnyside Of The Street
Seen the carnival at RomeHad the women I had the boozeAll I can remember nowIs little kids without no shoesSo I saw that trainAnd I got on itWith a heartful of hateAnd a lust for vomitNow I'm walking on the sunnyside...
- Summer In Siam
When it's Summer in SiamAnd the moon is full of rainbowsWhen it's Summer in SiamAnd we go through many changesWhen it's Summer in SiamThen all I really knowIs that I truly amIn the Summer in Siam
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