Mick Maguire

Traditional


Oh me name is Mick Maguire, and I’ll kindly tell to you,
How a young girl I admired, known as Katie Donohue,
She was fair, and fat, and forty, and believe me when I say,
The moment I stepped into the door, ye could hear her mammy say

Chorus:
Johnny get up from the fire, get up, and give the man a seat
Can’t ye see it’s Mr. Maguire, and he’s courting’ yer sister Kate.
Ah ye know very well he owns the farm, a wee bit out o’ the town,
Get up out o’ that, ye impudent brat, and let Mr. Maguire sit down.

The first time that I mer her was the Fair at Tar Magee, 
And I very kindly asked her if she’d dance a step with me,
And then if I could see her home, sure, If be going her way,
And the moment I stepped in at the door, ye could hear the auld one say.

Chorus

But now that we are married, sure her mother’s changed her mind,
Just because I spent the legacy her Father left behind.
She hasn’t got the decency to bid me time o day
And the moment I step in at the door ye can hear the auld one say

Second Chorus:
Johnny come up to the fire, Come up, ye’re sittin’ in the draught,
Can’t ye see it’s auld Maguire, and he nearly drives me daft
I don’t know what gets it in him, for he’s always on a tear,
Ye sit where ye are, and never ye dare give auld Maguire the chair.