Mush Mush - Barleyjuice

'Twas there I learned readin' and writin'

At Dick Crooley’s where I went to school

And 'twas there I learned howlin' and fightin'

From me schoolmaster Mr. O’toole

Him and me we had many a scrimmage

And devil a copy I wrote

There was ne’er a gossoon in the village

Dare tread on the tail of me coat

Singin' mush mush mush toor-i-li-addy

Mush mush mush toor-i-li-ay

There was ne’er a gossoon in the village

Dare tread on the tail of me coat

'Twas there I learned all of me courtin'

Many lessons I took in the art

Till Cupid, the blackguard, while sportin'

An arrow drove straight through me heart

Molly O’Connor, she lived just forninst me

And tender lines to her I wrote

If you dare say one hard word ag’in 'er

I’ll tread on the tail of your coat

But a blackguard called Mickey Maloney

Came stole her affections away

For he’d money and I hadn’t any

So I sent him the challenge next day

In the evening we met at the woodbine

The Shannon we crossed in a boat

And I lathered him with my shillelagh

For he tread on the tail of me coat

Oh me fame it went all through the nation

And folks came a flockin' to see

And they cried out without hesitation

'You¹re a fightin' man, Billy Magee!'

I’ve cleaned out the Finnigan faction

Licked all the Murphys afloat

If you’re in for a row or a ruction

Just tread on the tail of me coat