The Mickey Dam

from Knocking the Windowpane by The Residuals

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The CD version of the Residual's album, Knocking the Windowpane. At this time, if you wish to download the entire album, you must purchase a CD copy.

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Stored in a quaint "jewel-case", this so-called "compact disc" will amuse your friends with its obsolescence. This historical oddity arrives pre-opened so you don't have to struggle with shrink wrap, and is signed on the inside cover by the entire band using their actual names. If a band member signs with an alias, your money will be speedily refunded. Banish worries of buyer's remorse and purchase, purchase, PURCHASE!

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lyrics

I'm an honest Irish labourer and I come from the County Clare.
Once I had a farm there with nothing much to spare.
But I had to sell me donkey and me famous billy-goat
And with the money I received for Glasgow took the boat.

In the morning when I landed there, before me hair got dry,
I was started in the Mickey Dam at a place they call Milguy.
Now the ganger that I started with, they called him John the Mouse.
And the very first day that I got there at me he made the grouse.
But I quickly surprised him and I said, "You little rat!
"I'll tie a string around your throat and I'll throw you to the cat!"

(Chorus)
For I'm as strong as any lion. I was reared on eggs and ham.
I'm a terror to all fighting men around the Mickey Dam.

Now this rose the Mouse's temper and at me he made the jump,
And he swore he'd paralyze me with the handle of a pump.
But I quickly surprised him and i caught him by the throat,
And I shook that little monkey 'til the tail fell off his coat.

(Chorus)

Now the big hotel we're stopping in, it's called the Navvy's hut,
And the bugs and the fleas are in the beds as big as coconuts.
But Friday night when I get there I stand behind the door
And as they come out one by one I bash them to the floor!

(Chorus) X2

credits

from Knocking the Windowpane, released August 17, 2012
traditional
Lead vocal & uillean pipes: Ted Leighton
American banjo & vocals: Jeremy A. Cook
Mandolin: Rob McInnis
Six-string guitar & vocals: Rick Kroener
Whistle & vocals: Meaghan Haughian

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about

The Residuals Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan's one-of-a-kind Prairie Celtic band, the Residuals, has been playing acoustic folk music for over ten years. Drawing on Irish, Scottish, and Maritime music, they are at the forefront of a living Prairie Celtic tradition.