It’s St. Patrick’s Day! That means: wearing green, kissing Irish people, and your friendly neighborhood bar crawl. It’s also an excuse for those of us with Irish heritage — or who wish they had Irish heritage — to randomly break into song, using inebriation as an excuse.
Without further ado, here are PJ Media’s 7 Irish drinking songs to get you in the mood for St. Patrick’s Day!
1. “The Rocky Road to Dublin”
Saluted father dear, kissed me darlin’ mother,
Drank a pint of beer, me grief and tears to smother.
https://youtu.be/0QdbeM2JWYE
2. “Drunken Sailor”
Put ’em in the longboat till he’s sober…
https://youtu.be/qGyPuey-1Jw
3. “Whiskey in the Jar”
I first produced my pistol and I then produced my rapier…
4. “St. Brendan’s Fair Isle”
I heard many stories both lovely and wild,
Of all the great dragons and monsters there be,
That swallow the ships as they sail on the sea…
https://youtu.be/0bp-9I20jh0
5. “All for Me Grog”
Well, I spent all me tin with the lassies drinkin’ gin, far across the western ocean I must wander…
https://youtu.be/5CCq2qvslCM
6. “Wild Rover”
And it’s no, nay, never — Right Up Your Kilt!
No, nay, never, no more — Up Your Own!
https://youtu.be/VEgDlOuy_y8
7. “Star of the County Down”
No pipe I’ll smoke, and no horse I’ll yoke,
Till my plough with rust turn brown,
Till a smiling bride by my own fireside,
Sits the star of the County Down.
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