Hills of Connemara/Whiskey Before Breakfast

Traditional

The lads making poitín in the Connemara hills certainly didn't want to get caught.

Nancy: hammered dulcimer, vocals, guitar on Hills of Connemara
Gary: baritone mountain dulcimer on Whiskey Before Breakfast

Keep your eyes well peeled today
The tall, tall men are on their way
They're searching for the "mountain tay"
In the hills of Connemara

Chorus
Gather up the pots and the old tin cans
The mash and the corn, the barley and the bran
Run like the devil from the excise man
Keep the smoke from rising, Barney

A gallon for the butcher and a quart for Tom
A bottle for the poor old Father Tom
To help the poor old dear along
In the hills of Connemara

Chorus

Swing to the left, now swing to the right
The excise man can dance all night
He's drinking up the "tay" till the broad daylight
In the hills of Connemara

Chorus

Stand your ground, now don't you fall
The excise men are at the wall
Beggorah now, they're drinking it all
In the hills of Connemara

Chorus