some friends and i in a public place were playing cards one night when into the room a fireman ran his face all chalky while what s up says brown have you seen a ghost or have you seen you aunt mariah me aunt maria be buggered says he the bleedin pub s on fire oh well says brown what a bit of luck everybody follow me ands it s down to the cellar if the fire s not there then we ll have a grand old spree so we all went down with good old brown the booze we could not miss and we had t been in there ten minutes or more till we were all quite pissed and there was brown upside down lappin up the whiskey on the floor let s booze booze the firemen cried as they came knockin on the door o don t let em in till it s all drunk up somebody shouted macintyre macintyre and we all got blue blind paralytic drunk when the old dun cow caught fire then smith walked over to the port wine tub and he gave it a few hard knocks the he started takin off his pantaloons likewise his shoes and socks oh no says brown that ain t allowed you can t do that thing here don t wash your trousers in the port wine tub when we got guinness beer and the there came a mighty crash half the bloody roof caved in we were almost drowned by the firemen s hose but i swear it tastes like gin so we got some tacks and some old wet sacks and nailed ourselves inside and we sat there drinking down pints of stout till we were bleary eyed and there was brown upside down lappin up the whiskey on the floor let s booze booze the firemen cried as they came knockin on the door o don t let em in till it s all drunk up somebody shouted macintyre macintyre and we all got blue blind paralytic drunk when the old dun cow caught fire then there came from the old back door the vicar of the local church and when he saw our drunken ways he began to scream and curse ah you drunkend sods you heathen clods you ve take to a drunken spree you drank up all the benedictine wine and you didn t save a drop for me late that night when the fire was out we came up from the cellar below our pub was burned our booze was drunk our heads was hanging low oh look says brown with a look quite queer something raised his eye we gotta get down to murphy s pub it closes on the hour and there was brown upside down lappin up the whiskey on the floor let s booze booze the firemen cried as they came knockin on the door o don t let em in till it s all drunk up somebody shouted macintyre and there was brown upside down lappin up the whiskey on the floor let s booze booze the firemen cried as they came knockin on the door o don t let em in till it s all drunk up somebody shouted macintyre macintyre and we all got blue blind paralytic drunk when the old dun cow caught fire