MOUNTAIN DEW


LET THE GRASSES GROW
AND THE WATERS FLOW
IN A FREE AND EASY WAY
BUT GIVE ME ENOUGH
OF THE RARE OLD STUFF
THAT THEY BREW NEAR GALWAY BAY

AND POLICEMEN ALL
FROM DONEGAL
SLIGO AND LEITRIM TOO
WE'LL GIVE THEM THE SLIP
AND WE'LL TAKE A SIP
OF THE RARE OLD MOUNTAIN DEW

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THERE'S A NEAT LITTLE STILL
AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL
WHERE THE SMOKE CURLS UP TO THE SKY
BY A WHIFF OF THE SMELL
YOU CAN PLAINLY TELL
THAT THERE'S POTEEN BREWING NEAR BY

FOR IT FILLS THE AIR
WITH A ODOUR RARE
THAT BETWIXT BOTH ME AND YOU
AS HOME WE ROAM
YOU CAN TAKE A BOWL
OR A BUCKET OF THE MOUNTAIN DEW

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NOW LEARNED MEN WHO USE THE PEN
HAVE WROTE THE  PRAISES HIGH
OF THE RARE POTEEN FROM IRELAND GREEN
DISTILLED FROM WHEAT AND RYE

AWAY WITH YOUR PILLS
THAT WILL CURE ALL ILL'S
BE A PAGAN, A CHRISTIAN, OR JEW
TAKE OFF YOUR COAT AND GREASE YOUR THROAT
WITH A BUCKET FULL OF MOUNTAIN DEW

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LET THE GRASSES GROW
AND THE WATERS FLOW
IN A FREE AND EASY WAY
BUT GIVE ME ENOUGH
OF THE RARE OLD STUFF
THAT THEY BREW NEAR GALWAY BAY
AND POLICEMEN ALL
FROM DONEGAL
SLIGO AND LEITRIM TOO
WE'LL GIVE THEM THE SLIP
AND WE'LL TAKE A SIP
OF THE RARE OLD MOUNTAIN DEW

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