The 'cat Dragged Inn' Poem by Billy Henderson

Chorus
At the ‘Cat Dragged Inn',
At the ‘Cat Dragged Inn',
The Gardai mix with Gurriers at the ‘Cat Dragged Inn'.

1. On the north side of the Liffey, near the Ha'penny bridge one day,
Five centimeters of sunshine fell on Dublin some folks say,
When a sudden thirsto'ertookme, I thought it was no sin
To indulge myself in a couple of scoops at the novel ‘Cat Dragged Inn'.


2. Some fair-weather walkers & 4 young Knackers were playing shoot pontoon,
Old Sean Kirk, with humidity, couldn't get his pipes in tune,
James the lawyer was called to the bar, to settle up for his gin,
And fell head first in the old spittoon, down at the ‘Cat Dragged Inn'.


3. There's a big lean-to in the courtyard, wi' a rope stretched end to end,
For tupp'ny hings wi' penny wrings, for a sober-up night to spend;
There's a lock-in in the public bar, Sergeant Ford & Norrie the nark
Are swapping gen on some cagy men inhabiting Phoenix Park.


4. There's a blind man sat in the corner,‘Shoogles' is his name,
The locals keep him plied wi' drink, so I just did the same,
He broke into a song or two wi' a comely toothless grin,
Says he, "I see you're a dacent horse", in the ‘Cat Dragged Inn.