Johnny Jump Up

capo 2nd fret [ Intro : ] ( Dm C ) x2 ( Dm F C Dm C Dm C Dm ) Dm i’ll tell you a story that happened to me C one day as i went down to yawl by the sea Dm F C the sun it was bright and the day it was warm , Dm C Dm C Dm says i , "a quiet pint wouldn’t do me no harm" i went in to the barman , and says "give me a stout" says the barman , "i’m sorry , all the beer is sold out try whiskey or vodka , ten years in the wood" says i , "i’ll try cider , i’ve heard that it’s good . " [ Chorus : ] Dm oh never , oh never , oh never again C if i live to a hundred or a hundred and ten Dm F C ’cause i fell to the ground and i couldn’t get up Dm C Dm C Dm after drinking a pint of the johnny jump up after lowering the third , i headed straight for the yard , where i bumped into brophy , the big civic guard . "come here to me , boy - don’t you know i’m the law?"; well i up with my first , and i shattered his jaw! he fell to the ground with his knees doubled up , but it wasn’t i hit him; ’twas the johnny jump up! the next thing i saw , down in cork by the lee , was a cripple on crutches , and he beckoned to me . "i’m afraid for my life - i’ll be hit by a car! would you help me across to the railwaymen’s bar?" and , after three pints of that cider so sweet , he threw down his crutches , and he danced on his feet . Chorus i went down the lee road a friend for to see . they had him in a madhouse in cork by the lee . and , when i got there - the truth i do tell - they had the poor bugger locked up in a cell! says the doctor to him , "say these words , if you can : ’round the ragged rocks the ragged rascal ran’ " - "tell them i’m not crazy! tell them i’m not mad! ’twas only six pints of that cider i had!" Chorus now a man died in the union by the name of mcnabb . they washed him and laid him outside on a slab , and , after the coroner his measure did take , his wife brought him home to a bloody fine wake . ’twas about twelve o’clock , and the beer , it was high , when the corpse , he sat up , and he said , with a sigh ,