When you feel you’re beaten down And life’s too hard for livin’ now
I’ll take you up the top o’ the town 1-2-3 Oh, a dance they do all through the night A lock on the door to (the) mornin’ light The jig of death
That is the life for me
If you feel you’ve not a friend
And trouble awaits at every bend
I’ll carry you up the northern end the old 1-2 Oh If you can dance all through the night And triple your weight in dirty pints
The jig of death
That is the life for you
What you see is what you gonna get
Oh were not so clever but we’re honest yet It’s the song o’ the people it’s heaven sent The sound of Dublin’s old north end What you feel is just like coming home
So come on take a drink wi’ me
The only place you’d bother to be Pride o’ the north is what you’ll see 1-2-3 You can dance all through the night Weil heckle the devil and put him right The jig of death
Oh that’s the stuff for me