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Murphy Broke The Pledge is a popular Newfoundland folk song. It was written by Johnny Burke (1851-1930), a popular St. John's balladeer. ==Lyrics== :Timothy Murphy kept the pledge :For nearly fourteen year, :But Christmas Eve he felt so bad, :He got out on the beer; :Oh, he came home like a roaring lion :Filled up with rum and gin, :For he's like a Bengal tiger :When he gets a mouthful in. :There's not a porch for half a mile :That came in Murphy's sight, :But felt his hob-nailed bluchers :When he let out that night; :And sashes tumbled 'round the floor :And cats at doors did scrape, :For they knew their time on earth was short :When Timothy rounds the cape. ''(chorus) :He broke lamps and cups and crockeryware, :The pots and soup tureens, :He ate everything that was in the house, :Pigs' heads and boiled crubeens; :Now there's not a sound eye in the block, :From Murphy's heavy sledge, :And the town is all on crutches now, :Since Murphy broke the pledge.'' :If Murphy don't get thirty days, :And I hope and pray he will, :There'll be humps on undertaker's back :From all the crowds he'll kill; :And the beaver hats, they won't hold out :To bury all the dead, :If Timothy ties his braces 'round :To paint the city red. :He broke lamps and cups and crockeryware, :The pots and soup tureens, :He ate everything that was in the house, :Pigs' heads and boiled curbeens; :Now there's not a sound eye in the block, :From Murphy's heavy sledge, :And the town is all on crutches now, :Since Murphy broke the pledge. :The neighbourhood is on their knees :In meditation deep. :In hope he'll get the summer :Through the iron bars to peep; :For if not, we'll go to Nagle's Hill :And leave our snug abode, :For I'd sooner face a unicorn :Than Murphy with a load. :He broke lamps and cups and crockeryware, :The pots and soup tureens, :He ate everything that was in the house, :Pigs' heads and boiled crubeens; :Now there's not a sound eye in the block, :From Murphy's heavy sledge, :And the town is all on crutches now, :Since Murphy broke the pledge. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Murphy Broke the Pledge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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