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

For 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