Annotation:Real Irish Toper (The)
X:1 T:Real Irish Toper, The M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Spirited" S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909, No. 272, p. 129) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|G>ABc d3e|=f3 e>e d3c|BABc d<dcA|GAGF D2 dc| B<BAG A2 GF|DGG>A BABc|def<d dc A>F|G4G3|]
REAL IRISH TOPER, THE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part.
Now drink away, my boys, and don't you be dry,
For handfuls of money we'll surely let fly;
'Tis many a long year in the cold grave we'll lie
Where whiskey nor beer won't be near us.
