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Well, if you've got a wing-o,
Take her up to Ring-o
Ringsend
Ringsend is a Southside inner suburb of
Dublin, Ireland. It is located on the south
bank of the River Liffey, about three
kilometres east of the city centre, and is the
southern side of the
East-Link Bridge
Where the waxies sing-o all the day;
If you've had your fill of porter
Porter (beer)
Porter was a cheaper
version of Guinness, made especially for
dockers and porters, who drank it all day
long.
And you can't go any further
Give your man the order: "Back to the
Quay!"
And take her up to Monto
Monto
Monto was the nickname for a one-time
notorious red light district in Dublin, the
capital of Ireland . The name is derived from
Montgomery Street , which runs parallel to the
lower end of Talbot Street towards what is now
Connolly Station.
Monto, Monto
Take her up to Monto, lan-ge- roo,
To you!
The dirty Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Gloucester is a
British royal title. The present duke is one of
the wealhiest men in the UK. I don'y think that
the Duke had anything unusual to do with
Dublin but his title gives a great ryme for
imposter. The expression "his moth" is
Dublinese for girlfriend.
The dirty old impostor
Took his mot and lost her, up the Furry
Glen.
He first put on his bowler
And he buttoned up his trousers,
And he whistled for a growler
Hansom cab
A hansom cab is a kind of horse-drawn
carriage designed and patented in 1834 by
Joseph Hansom, an architect from York. The
vehicle was developed and tested by Hansom in
Hinckley, Leicestershire, England....
and he said, "My man!"
Take me up to Monto, Monto, Monto
Take me up to Monto, lan-ge- roo,
To you!
You see the Dublin Fusiliers,
The dirty old bamboozlers,
They went and got the childer, one, two,
three.
Marching from the Linen Hall
There's one for every cannonball,
And Vicky
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria was from 20 June 1837 the Queen
regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland and from 1 May 1876 the first
Empress of India of the British Raj until her
death....
's going to send them all, o'er the sea.
But first go up to Monto, Monto, Monto
First go up to Monto, lan-ge- roo,
To you!
Now when the Tsar of Russia
And the King of Prussia
Prussia
Prussia was, most recently, a historic state
originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the
Margraviate of Brandenburg. This state had for
centuries substantial influence on Germany and
European history....
Landed in the Phoenix
Phoenix Park
The Phoenix Park is the largest enclosed
urban public park in Europe located 3 km to the
north west of Dublin city centre in Ireland. It
measures , with a walled circumference of 16 km
that contains large areas of grassland and
tree-lined avenues....
in a big balloon,
They asked the police band
To play "The Wearin' of the Green
The Wearing of the Green
"The Wearing of the Green" is an
anonymously-penned Irish street ballad dating
to 1798. The context of the song is the
repression around the time of the Irish
Rebellion of 1798.
But the buggers in the depot didn't know the
tune.
So they both went up to Monto, Monto,
Monto
Take her up to Monto, lan-ge- roo,
To you!
The Queen
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria ....
she came to call on us,
She wanted to see all of us
I'm glad she didn't fall on us, she's eighteen
stone.
"Mister Me Lord Mayor," says she,
"Is this all you've got to show me?"
"Why, no ma'am there's some more to see, Póg mo
thóin!"
A group called Pogue Ma Hone had a hit in
the UK and were scheduled to appear on the very
popular BBC TV Show - Top of The Tops. An
inquisitive Producer called the newsroom in the
Irish National TV Station, RTE - to
find out what the Irish exression meant. He was
told it meant "kiss my **s*.
They group went on to headline the show
as the Pogues.
And he took her up Monto, Monto, Monto
Take her up to Monto, lan-ge- roo,
To you!
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