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Now Patrick McGinty, an Irishman of note Fell in for a fortune and he bought himself a goat Says he, sure of goat's milk I'm goin' to have me fill But when he brought a Nanny home, he found it was a Bill All the young ladies who live in Killaloo They're all wearing bustles like their mothers used to do They each wear a bolster beneath their petticoat And leave the rest to Providence and Paddy McGinty's goat Mrs Burke to her daughter said, listen Mary Jane Who was the lad you were cuddlin' in the lane He'd long wiry whiskers a-hangin' from his chin 'Twas only Pat McGinty's goat, she answered with a grin Then she went away from the village in disgrace She came back with powder and paint upon her face She'd rings on her fingers, and she wore a sable coat You bet your life she didn't get those from Paddy McGinty's goat Now Norah McCarthy, the knot was goin' to tie She washed out her trousseau and she hung it out to dry Along came the goat and he saw the bits of white And chewed up all her falderals, upon her wedding night Oh turn out the light, quick, she shouted out to Pat SongtexteFor though I'm your bride, sure I'm not worth lookin' at I had two of everything, I told you when I wrote But now I've one of nothin', all through Paddy McGinty's goat Mickey Riley, he went to the races t'other day He won twenty dollars and he shouted hip hooray He held up the note, shoutin' look at what I've got The goat came up and grabbed it and he swallowed up the lot He's eaten my banknote, says Mickey with a hump They went for the doctor and they got a stomach pump They pumped and they pumped for the twenty dollar note But all the Aus Songtexte Mania