Whiskey ain't just fer breakfast any more

In honor of yesterday being the 75th Anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition (see post below) I thought I'd kick off the weekend with a nice version of an old Irish (figures!) fiddle tune. Some pretty good pickin'. Enjoy.

Brad Davis,Robert Bowlin,and Wil Maring doing a fine job on this Irish classic.

"Whiskey Before Breakfast"

This tune is usually done as an instrumental, but here are the lyrics from Triskelle, whose masthead reads 'You are now entering Free Derry':

Early one day the sun wouldn't shine
I was walking down the street not feeling too fine
I saw two old men with a bottle between 'em
And this was the song that I heard them singing

Lord preserve us and protect us,
We've been drinking whiskey 'fore breakfast

Well I stopped by the steps where they was sitting
And I couldn't believe how drunk they were getting
I said "old men, have you been drinking long?"
They said "just long enough to be singing this song"

Lord preserve us and protect us,
We've been drinking whiskey 'fore breakfast

Well they passed me the bottle and I took a little sip
And it felt so good I just couldn't quit
I drank some more and next thing I knew
There were three of us sitting there singing this tune

Lord preserve us and protect us,
We've been drinking whiskey 'fore breakfast

One by one everybody in the town
They heard our ruckus and they all came down
And pretty soon all the streets were ringing
With the sound of the whole town laughing and singing

I don't recommend drinking on an empty stomach, but I damn sure do recommend doing anything you can to give the anti-fun people fits, as I'm sure the last verse did!

Update:

I was clicking through the thumbnails after the video and found this short version of the tune by Broadwaybabe923. This 13-year-old young lady is pretty amazing!