TOSSEY'S HOTEL

TOSSEY’S HOTEL

Well, one night in the frost, my head it got tossed,

I longed for a drop of her dew,

And me and me mate stopped rather late

As we drunk at the Tossey’s Hotel.

For glass after glass the night it did pass

The nest he being willing to swell

With two bob apiece the price of two geese

We drank at the Tossey’s Hotel.

For when you are dry, have a drop on the sly

Just tell them you don’t feel so well,

For early or late, you’ll find them on bait

At the drop at the Tossey’s Hotel.

The Listrakelt boys she does them despise

She says that they don’t call at all,

And round by Crossbane, they call every man

And drink at their dew till they fall.

The boys of Doohat, they call them too fat

They drink at the bar but don’t pay,

And round Mullyard they are stingy and hard

They’d rather have herrings and tae.

The boys of Lemgar, they call at the bar

And have a wee drop on the sly

And the Coolatra men they call now and then

And to do her they often do try.

Neal Doran