"Johnny Jump Up-The Swallowtail Jig" genre: Celtic
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	One of the first tunes we learned combined with a favorite jig of Naoyukis. Theres a lesson here somewhere, were sure of it.
	CD: Sons of Liberty   Label: N/A Credits: (traditional, arranged by Amadan)
	Story Behind the Song One of the first tunes we learned combined with a favorite jig of Naoyukis. There’s a lesson here somewhere, were sure of it. Lyrics Ill tell you a story that happened to me One day as I went down to Yawl be the sea The day it was bright and the sun it was warm Says I, a quiet pint wouldnt do me no harm I went up to the barman and said give me a stout Says the barman, Im sorry. All the beer is sold out Try whisky or vodka, ten years in the wood Says I, Ill try cider Ive heard that its good Chorus: Oh never, oh never, oh never again If I live a hundred or a hundred and ten I fell to the ground and I couldnt get up After drinking a pint of that Johnny Jump Up After lowering the third I headed straight for the yard Where I ran into Brophy, the big civic guard Come here to me boy, dont you know Im the law? Well I up with my fist and I shattered his jaw He fell to the ground with his knees crumpled up Wishd it wasnt Id hit him, for the Johnny Jump Up And the next thing I saw down in Yawl by the sea Was a cripple on crutches and says he to me Im afraid for me life Ill be hit by a car Wont you help me across to the Railwaymans Bar? And after three pints of that cider so sweet He threw down his crutches and he danced on his feet Chorus Well I went up the Lee Road, a friend for to see They call it the madhouse, in Cork by the Lee And when I got up there, the truth I do tell, They had the poor bugger locked up in his cell Says the guard, testing him, say these words if you can: AROUND THE RAGGED ROCKS THE RAGGED RASCAL RAN Tell them Im not crazy, tell them Im not mad It was only six pints of that cider I had Chorus A man died in the Union, by the name of McNabb They washed him and placed him outside on a slab And after the coroner, his measurements did take His wife took him home to a bloody fine wake It was about twelve o’clock and the beer it was high And the corpse, he sat up, and he says with a sigh I cant get to heaven, they wont let me up Until I bring them a pint of that Johnny Jump Up Chorus

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