The Mero

Somebody under the bed

Whoever can it be?

I feel so very nervous,

I call for Joanie

Joanie lights the candle but there's nobody there

Hay-hi-diddly-I

And out goes she

Skippin' ropes still turnin',

Children at their play

In and out of Catherine St,

In and out to pray

I haven't prayed for 20 years

Or sung a happy song

Since praying went with innocence

And the divil played along

And we all went up to the Mero,

Hey there who's your man?

It's only Johnny 40 coats,

Sure he's a desperate man

Bang Bang shoots the buses

With his golden key

Hay-hi-diddly-I

And out goes she

Me father was a stater

And me mother loved a tan

She loved her ham and her sausages

And her soldier fancy man

Nora's up in Jacobs,

And Mary's on the town

And I joined the transport union when they said me nose was brown

And we all went up to the Mero

Hey there who's your man?

It's Alfie Byrne out walking,

Sure he's a dacent man

Bang Bang shoots the buses

With his golden key

Hay-hi-diddly-I

And out goes she

I'm a tanner for the Mero

And me compo money's hid

If Mary's in the faffity way

She can blame the Cisco kid

I'll be langers in the mornin,

Me longers need a patch

Awh jaysus there's Con Martin

I hope yis win the match

My Uncle had a wolfhound

That never had to pee

But Haylemon snatched it

Down on Eden Quay

Now I have my primo

And me scaffolders are blue

For helping the black babies

And Dolly Fosset too

And we all went up to the Mero

Hey there who's your man

It's Brendan Behan out walking

Sure he's the ginger man

Bang Bang shoots the buses

With his golden key

Hay-hi-diddly-I

And out goes she

It's true that Dublin's changing

Since the pillar was blown down

By the winds of violence that are buggering up the town

We used to solve our difference

With a diggin' match and a jar

Now they're all playin' bang bang

That's goin' too bleedin' far

And we all go up to the Mero

Hey there who's yer man

It's only me guardian angel

Get a large one for yer man

There's no use bleedin' rushin'

Sure now it's the holy hour

A plenary indulgence

And another baby power