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Johnny Jump Up

from Unforgotten Lore by The Royal Spuds

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Johnny Jump Up

I will tell you a story
That happened to me
One day as I went out
To Youghal by the sea

The sun it was bright
And the day it was warm
Says I a quiet pint
Wouldn´t do me no harm

I went into the barman
And said give me a stout
Says the barman
I´m sorry all the beer just sold out

Try whiskey or Paddy
Ten years in the wood
Says I I´ll try cider
I´ve heard that it´s good

Oh never oh never oh never again
If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
I fell to the ground and I couldn´t get up
After drinking a pint of the Johnny Jump Up

After lowering the third
I headed straight for the yard
Where I bumped into Brophy
The big civic guard

Come here to me boy
Don´t you know I´m the law
Well I upped, with me fist
And I snapped at his jaw

Well he fell to ground
With his knees doubled up
But it wasn´t I hit him
It was the Johnny Jump Up

And the next thing I met down
In Youghal by the sea
Was a cripple on crutches
And says he to me

I´m afraid of me life
I´ll be hit by a car
Won´t you help me across
To the railwayman´s bar

And after three pints
Of that cider so sweet
He threw down his crutches
And he danced at his feet

Oh never oh never oh never again
If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
I fell to the ground and I couldn´t get up
After drinking a pint of the Johnny Jump Up

Now I went up the Lee road
A friend for to see
They call it the madhouse
In Cork by the Lee

When I got up there
The truth I do tell
They had the poor bugger
Locked up in his cell

Says the guard testing him
Say these words if you can
Around the ragged rocks
The ragged rascal ran

Tell them I´m not crazy
Tell them I´m not mad
Twas only six pints
Of that cider I had

Now a man died in the union
By the name of McNabb
They washed him and placed him
Outside on a slab

And after the coroner
His measurements did take
His wife took him home
To a bloody fine wake

Twas about twelve o´clock
And the beer it was high
The corpse he sat up
And he said with a sigh

I can´t get to heaven
They won´t let me up
Til I bring them a pint
Of the Johnny Jump Up

Oh never oh never oh never again
If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
I fell to the ground and I couldn´t get up
After drinking a pint of the Johnny Jump Up

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from Unforgotten Lore, released December 29, 2018

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A bit of punk, a pinch of good old rock music and whole lot of folkie tunes is what The Royal Spuds call throwing a party in style!

Be it studio, festival or concert venue, these guys feel at home everywhere. So, if you want a party, you know where to go!
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