JONNY JUMP UP
from the clan of MacNab in Amerikay
my name is Matt i am the rat and how are y’all today
from the jumping little children and the kids we need to meet
check out mr homey with his funkalicious beat
spending time spending rhymes is what i like to do
the crazy energy is the J,LC glue
these guys are on the mic and they’re about to wail
come y’all lads and lassies and listen to this tale
a little story that happend to me
one day as i was walking down to Yeule by the sea
the sun was very bright
the day was very warm
'damn', a Guinness wouldnt do me any harm
so i went to the bar and i called for a stout
'sorry', said the barman, 'all the beer is sold out'
‘take the whiskey thats been ten years in the wood’
‘no thanks, i’ll try the cider cause i hear that it’s good’
CHORUS: but never never, and never, again
if i live to 100 if I live to 110
for i fell to the ground and i could not get up
after drinking a quart of that Jonny Jump Up
Jonny Jump Up, Jonny Jump Up, yeah (x 3)
after drinking quite a few of those i went into the yard
where i bumped into Big Brophie, the crispy, nasty guard
come here to me, boy; don't you know i am the law?
well, i upped with my fist and i shattered that jaw
he fell to the ground with his knees doubled up
and i ran--what a plan--before the sucker got up
i knew that if he caught me i’d be in the lock up
but it wasn't me that hit him it was the Jonny Jump Up
well the next thing i met down in Yeule by the sea
was a cripple on crutches and he said to me
young man, if you can, please listen me for a minute,
i’ve got a glass and there's nothing left in it.
i’m afraid of me life that i’ll be hit by a car
won't you help me cross the road to the bar?
(two pints)
after drinking a quart of that cider so sweet
threw down his crutches and danced in the street
CHORUS
i went up to the Lee road a friend for to see
they call it the mad house in Cork by the Lee
and when i arrived, the truth i do tell
they had the bugger locked up in a cell
said the guard, testing him, say these words if you can:
‘around the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran’
'tell them i’m not crazy tell them i’m not mad,
it was only a sup of the bottle i had'
a man died in the union by the name of MacNab
they washed him and laid him outside on a slab
and after Mr. Connor, his measurements did take,
his wife took him home for a very fine wake
about twelve o'clock, and the beer it was high
the corpse he sat up and says with a sigh,
i can get to heaven, they won't let me up
till i take them a quart of that Jonny Jump Up.
CHORUS (x2)
~~words: traditional & matt bivins~~
~~arranged by: J,LC~~
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