Down Went McGinty
1. Sunday morning just at nine, Dan McGinty dress'd so fine, Stood look-
ing up at a very high stone wall; When his friend young Pat Mc-Cann, Says, I'll
bet five dollars, Dan, I could carry you to the top without a fall; . . . . So on his
shoulders he took Dan To climb the ladder he began, And he soon commenc'd to reach up near the top; . . . . When Mc-
Ginty, cute old rogue, To win the five he did let go, Never thinking just how far he'd have to drop. . . .
1st Cho. Down went McGinty to the bottom of the wall, And tho' he won the five, He was more dead than alive, Sure his
ribs, and nose, and back were broke from getting such a fall, Dress'd in his best suit of clothes. . . . .
2. From the hospitle Mac went home, When they fix'd his broken bones, To find
he was the father of a child; So to celebrate it right, His friends
he went to invite, And he soon was drinking whisky fast and wild; Then he
waddled down the street In his Sunday suit so neat, Holding up his head as proud as John the Great, . . . . But in the
side-walk was a hole, To receive a ton of coal, That McGinty never saw till just too late. . . . .
2d Cho. Down went McGinty to the bottom of the hole, Then the driver of the cart Give the load of coal a start, And it
took us half an hour to dig McGinty from the coal, Dress'd in his best suit of clothes. . . . .
3. Now McGinty raved and swore, About his clothes he felt so sore, And an
oath he took he'd kill the man or die; So he tightly grabb'd his stick And hit
the driver a lick, Then he raised a little shanty on his eye;. . . . But two po-
-licemen saw the muss And they soon join'd in the fuss, Then they ran McGinty in for being drunk; . . . . And the
Judge says with a smile, We will keep you for a while In a cell to sleep upon a prison bunk. . . .
3d Cho. Down went McGinty to the bottom of the jail Where his board would cost him nix, And he stay'd exactly six, They were
big long months he stopp'd For no one went his bail, Dress'd in his best suit of clothes. . . . .
4. Now McGinty thin and pale One fine day got out of jail, And with
joy to see his boy was nearly wild; To his house he quickly ran To meet
his wife Bedaley Ann, But she'd skipp'd away and took along the child; . . . . Then he
gave up in despair, And he madly pull'd his hair, As he stood one day upon the river shore, . . . . Knowing
well he couldn't swim, He did foolishly jump in, Although water he had never took before. . . .
4th Cho. Down went McGinty to the bottom of the say, And he must be very wet For they haven't found him yet, But they
say his ghost comes round the docks Before the break of day, Dress'd in his best suit of clothes. . . . .
ing up at a very high stone wall; When his friend young Pat Mc-Cann, Says, I'll
bet five dollars, Dan, I could carry you to the top without a fall; . . . . So on his
shoulders he took Dan To climb the ladder he began, And he soon commenc'd to reach up near the top; . . . . When Mc-
Ginty, cute old rogue, To win the five he did let go, Never thinking just how far he'd have to drop. . . .
1st Cho. Down went McGinty to the bottom of the wall, And tho' he won the five, He was more dead than alive, Sure his
ribs, and nose, and back were broke from getting such a fall, Dress'd in his best suit of clothes. . . . .
2. From the hospitle Mac went home, When they fix'd his broken bones, To find
he was the father of a child; So to celebrate it right, His friends
he went to invite, And he soon was drinking whisky fast and wild; Then he
waddled down the street In his Sunday suit so neat, Holding up his head as proud as John the Great, . . . . But in the
side-walk was a hole, To receive a ton of coal, That McGinty never saw till just too late. . . . .
2d Cho. Down went McGinty to the bottom of the hole, Then the driver of the cart Give the load of coal a start, And it
took us half an hour to dig McGinty from the coal, Dress'd in his best suit of clothes. . . . .
3. Now McGinty raved and swore, About his clothes he felt so sore, And an
oath he took he'd kill the man or die; So he tightly grabb'd his stick And hit
the driver a lick, Then he raised a little shanty on his eye;. . . . But two po-
-licemen saw the muss And they soon join'd in the fuss, Then they ran McGinty in for being drunk; . . . . And the
Judge says with a smile, We will keep you for a while In a cell to sleep upon a prison bunk. . . .
3d Cho. Down went McGinty to the bottom of the jail Where his board would cost him nix, And he stay'd exactly six, They were
big long months he stopp'd For no one went his bail, Dress'd in his best suit of clothes. . . . .
4. Now McGinty thin and pale One fine day got out of jail, And with
joy to see his boy was nearly wild; To his house he quickly ran To meet
his wife Bedaley Ann, But she'd skipp'd away and took along the child; . . . . Then he
gave up in despair, And he madly pull'd his hair, As he stood one day upon the river shore, . . . . Knowing
well he couldn't swim, He did foolishly jump in, Although water he had never took before. . . .
4th Cho. Down went McGinty to the bottom of the say, And he must be very wet For they haven't found him yet, But they
say his ghost comes round the docks Before the break of day, Dress'd in his best suit of clothes. . . . .
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