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  • Pogues
  • Album(s)
  • Peace and Love (buy)
  • I met with Napper Tandy and I shook him by the hand
    He said hold me up for chrissake, for i can hardly stand
    the most disgraceful journey on which i've ever been
    the last time that i traveled on the boat train
    i had a couple of drinks in town, a few more in the port
    i puked up on the gangway but some kind folks helped me board
    they sat me at a table, poured whiskey down my throat
    sat me at a table and i lost my watch and coat
    First we drank some whiskey
    then we had some gin
    then we had tequila i think that's what did me in
    then we had some brandy and the women had a dance
    the steward then announced that we could play the game of chance
    we crowded round the table with our money in our hands
    i landed on the other side without a penny in my pants
    woke up in the toilet when we got to holyhead
    the doors were all a-banging and i wished that i was dead

    then we went through customs
    a couple of credited thugs
    first they looked for bombs and guns
    then they looked for drugs
    stuck a flashlight up my ass
    told some Irish jokes
    said ";fuck off now paddy";
    so i headed for the smoke
    on the boat train
    we got on board the train and then we had a drink or two
    started playing poker but the booze ran out at crewe
    some people started sleeping, others looked for duty free
    some bastard started singing ";little cottage by the lee";
    he then sang ";paper roses,"; ";boolavogue,"; ";eileen aru";
    somebody started slagging off the Pakis and the Jews
    found a bottle of whiskey
    found a bottle of gin
    i sat down in the corner and i read the daily news
    first i drank the whiskey
    then i drank the gin
    i tried to make the toilet
    but i broke my fucking shin
    the next thing that i knew i was in london in the rain
    staggering up the platform on the boat train

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