Lyrics: Traditional
Music: Traditional
Played by Brian Lesh with Phil Lesh & Friends in 2012 - as an
instrumental? These are the lyrics from the well-known version by the Dubliners:
As I went home on Monday night as drunk as drunk could be
I saw a horse outside the door where my old horse should be
Well I called me wife and said to her, will you kindly tell to me
Who owns that horse outside the door where my old horse should be
You're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool, still you cannot see
That's a lovely sow that me mother sent to me
Well it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more
But a saddle on a sow I never saw before
And as I went home on Tuesday night as drunk as drunk could be
I saw a coat behind the door where my old coat should be
Well I called me wife and said to her will you kindly tell to me
Who owns that coat behind the door where my old coat should be
You're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool, still you cannot see
That's the wollen blanket that me mother sent to me
Well it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more
But buttons on a blanket sure I never saw before
And as I came home on a Wednesday night as drunk as drunk could be
I saw a pipe upon the chair, where my old pipe should be
Well I called me wife and said to her would you kindly tell to me
Who owns that pipe upon the chair where my old pipe should be
You're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool, still you cannot see
That's a lovely tin whistle that me mother sent to me
Well it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more
But tobacco in a tin whistle sure I never saw before
And as I went home on a Thursday night as drunk as drunk could be
I saw two boots beneath the bed where my old boots should be
Well I called me wife and said to her will you kindly tell to me
Who owns them boots beneath the bed where my old boots should be
You're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool, still you cannot see
That's two lovely geranium pots me mother gave to me
Well it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more
But laces on a geranium pot sure I never saw before
And as I went home on a Friday night as drunk as drunk could be
I saw a head upon the bed where my old head should be
Well I called me wife and said to her will you kindly tell to me
Who owns that head upon the bed where my old head should be
You're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool, still you cannot see
That's a baby boy that me mother sent to me
Well it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more
But a baby boy with whiskers sure I never saw before
As I went home on Saturday night as drunk as drunk could be
I saw two hands upon her breasts where my old hands should be
Well I called me wife and said to her will you kindly tell to me
Who owns them hands upon you breasts where my old hands should be
You're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool, still you cannot see
That's a lovely night gown me mother sent to me
Well it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more
But fingers on a night gown I never saw before
As I went home on a Sunday night as drunk as drunk could be
I saw a thing in her thing where ny old thing should be
Well I called me wife and said to her will you kindly tell to me
Who owns that thing in your thing where my old thing should be
You're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool, still you cannot see
That's a lovely tin whistle me mother sent to me
Well it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more
But hair on a tin whistle sure I never saw before