D A E
what’s hotter than mustard, and milder than cream?
N.C. A E
What best wets your whistle? What’s clearer than crystal,
D A E A
sweeter than honey, and stronger than steam?
[Bridge]
A E
What can make the dumb talk? What can make the lame walk?
A E A
What’s the elixir of life and philosopher’s stone?
[Verse 2]
N.C. A D E
And what helped Mr. Brunel to dig the Thames tunnel?
N.C. A E A
Sure wasn’t it whiskey from old Innishowen?
A E A E
So stick to the cratur the best thing in nature
D A E A
for sinking your sorrows and raising your joys.
[Outro]
E A D
And boys, I'd half wonder if lightning and thunder
D A E A
was made from the plunder of whiskey me boys.
