Seven
drunken nights
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1. As I went home on
Monday night, as drunk as drunk could be,
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I saw a horse outside the door where my
old horse should be.
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Well, I called me wife and I said to her,
“Will you kindly tell to me,
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who owns that horse outside the door,
where my old horse should be.“
“Ha, you`re drunk, you`re drunk, you silly
old fool, still you cannot see,
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that`s a lovely sow that me mother sent to
me!“
“Well, it`s many a day I travelled, a hundred
miles and more,
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but a saddle on a sow sure I never saw
before.“
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2. And as I went home
on Tuesday night, as drunk as drunk could be,
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I saw a coat behind the door, where my old
coat should be.
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Well, I called me wife, and I said to her,
"Will you kindly tell to me,
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who, owns that coat behind the door, where my old coat should be?"
"Ha, you`re drunk, you're drunk, you
silly old fool, still you cannot see,
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that`s a woollen blanket that me mother
sent to me."
"Well, it`s many a time I've
travelled a hundred miles and more,
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but buttons on a blanket sure I never saw
before."
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3. And as I went home
on Wednesday night, as drunk as drunk could be,
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I saw a pipe upon the chair, where my old
pipe should be.
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Well, I called me wife and I said to her,
"Will you kindly tell to me,
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who owns that pipe upon the chair where my old pipe should be?"
"Ha, you're drunk, you're drunk,you
silly old fool, still you cannot see,
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that`s a lovely tin whistle that me mother
sent to me."
"Well, it's many a day I travelled a
hundred miles and more,
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....but, tobacco in a
tin whistle sure I never saw before."
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4. And as I went home
on Thursday night, as drunk as drunk could be,
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....I saw two boots
beneath the bed, where my old boots should be.
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Well, I called me wife and I said to her,
"Will you kindly tell to me,
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who owns them boots beneath the bed where
my old boots should be?"
"Ha, you're drunk, you're drunk, you
silly old fool, still you cannot see,
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that`s two lovely geranium pots my mother
sent to me."
"Well, it's many a day I travelled a
hundred miles and more,
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but laces on geranium pots sure I never
saw before."
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5. And as I went home
on Friday night, as drunk as drunk could be,
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I saw a head upon the bed, where my old
head should be.
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Well, I called me wife and I said to her,
"Will you kindly tell to me,
A E A
who owns that head upon the bed where my old head should be?"
"Ha, you're drunk, you're drunk, you
silly old fool, still you cannot see,
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that`s a baby boy that me mother
sent to me."
"Well, it's many a day I travelled a
hundred miles and more,
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but a baby boy with his whiskers sure I
never saw before.
(The Dubliners)