Larry Maher's Big Five-Gallon Jar (With Bob Conroy, Mick Moloney, Robbie O'Connell & Tim Collins)

Come, all you jolly sailors bold, that lives both near and far;
I'll sing you a short ditty concerning Larry Maher;
He keeps a slap-up boarding house, and sells rot-gut to tars,
And the pride of New York City is his big five-gallon jar.

So if you want chain lightning, step into Larry Maher's,
And he'll serve you with abundance from his big five-gallon jar.

When first I came to New York, I came here on a spree,
And hearing tell of Larry's place, I went for sights to see;
Some drunken shells in the corner booth, more swilling at the bar,
And Larry was supplying them from his big five-gallon jar.

So if you want chain lightning, step into Larry Maher's,
And he'll serve you with abundance from his big five-gallon jar.

One glass of Larry's beverage will make your heart to ache,
And when you get keeled over, your cash he'll surely take;
And when you wake next morning, you'll be far outside the bar,
Removed away to Liverpool by Mr. Larry Maher.

So if you want chain lightning, step into Larry Maher's,
And he'll serve you with abundance from his big five-gallon jar.

You may talk about Jamaica rum, and Monongahela too,
Or all the poteen whiskey made from Cork to Killaloo;
But it's a mere cypher, and well below the par,
For it can't come up to Larry and his big five-gallon jar.

So if you want chain lightning, step into Larry Maher's,
And he'll serve you with abundance from his big five-gallon jar.

Now, this jar is inexhaustable; for, when it is all done,
Larry can replenish it in the snapping of a gun;
Some campamine and laudanum, alum-water and coal-tar,
Composes this good beverage of Mr. Larry Maher.

So if you want chain lightning, step into Larry Maher's,
And he'll serve you with abundance from his big five-gallon jar.

I took one glass of Larry's stuff, my heart was up to fight
The cop I took a swing at me knocked me higher than a kite;
He slipped the darbies on me, and the Tombs not being far-
I bid farewell to Larry and his big five-gallon jar.

So if you want chain lightning, step into Larry Maher's,
And he'll serve you with abundance from his big five-gallon jar.

So if you want chain lightning, step into Larry Maher's,
And he'll serve you with abundance from his big five-gallon jar.