Seven Drunken Nights Lyrics

Seven Drunken Nights

As I went home on a Monday night as drunk as drunk could be
I saw a horse outside the door where my old horse should be
Well, I called me wife and I said to her, "Will you kindly tell to me"
"Who owns that horse outside the door where my old horse should be?"

Ah, you're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool
Still you cannot see
That's a lovely sow that me mother sent to me
Well, it's many a day I've travelled a hundred miles or more
But a saddle on a sow sure I never saw before

And as I went home on a Tuesday night as drunk as drunk could be
I saw a coat behind the door where my old coat should be
Well, I called me wife and I said to her, "Will you kindly tell to me"
"Who owns that coat behind the door where my old coat should be?"

Ah, you're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool
Still you cannot see
That's a woollen blanket that me mother sent to me
Well, it's many a day I've travelled a hundred miles or more
But buttons in a blanket sure I never saw before

And as I went home on a Wednesday night as drunk as drunk could be
I saw a pipe up on the chair where my old pipe should be
Well, I called me wife and I said to her, "Will you kindly tell to me"
"Who owns that pipe up on the chair where my old pipe should be?"

Ah, you're drunk you're drunk you silly old fool
Still you cannot see
That's a lovely tin whistle that me mother sent to me
Well, it's many a day I've travelled a hundred miles or more
But tobacco in a tin whistle sure I never saw before

And as I went home on a Thursday night as drunk as drunk could be
I saw two boots beneath the bed where my old boots should be
Well, I called me wife and I said to her, "Will you kindly tell to me"
"Who owns that pipe up on the chair where my old pipe should be?"

Ah, you're drunk you're drunk you silly old fool
Still you cannot see
They're two lovely Geranium pots me mother sent to me
Well, it's many a day I've travelled a hundred miles or more
But laces in Geranium pots I never saw before

And as I went home on a Friday night as drunk as drunk could be
I saw a head inside the bed where my old head should be
Well, I called me wife and I said to her, "Will you kindly tell to me"
"Who owns that head with you in the bed, where my old head should be?"

Ah, you're drunk you're drunk you silly old fool
Still you cannot see
That's a baby boy that me mother sent to me
Well, it's many a day I've travelled a hundred miles or more
But a baby boy with his whiskers on I never saw before

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[Traditional verse & chorus omitted by the artists:] And as I went home on a Saturday night as drunk as drunk could be
I saw two hands upon her breast where my hands used to be.
Well, I called me wife and I said to her, "Will ya kindly tell to me"
"Who owns them hands upon your breast where my old hands should be?"

Ah, you're drunk you're drunk you silly old fool
So drunk you cannot see
That's a lovely nightgown that me mother sent to me
Well, it's many a day I've travelled a hundred miles or more
But fingers in a nightgown sure I never saw before

[Traditional verse & chorus omitted by the artist:] And as I went home on a Sunday night as drunk as drunk could be
I saw a lad sneaking out the back a quarter after three.
Well, I called me wife and I said to her, "Will ya kindly tell to me"
"Who was that lad sneaking out the back a quarter after three?"

Ah, you're drunk you're drunk you silly old fool
So drunk you cannot see
That was just the tax man that the Queen, she sent to me
Well, it's many a day I've travelled a hundred miles or more
But an Englishman who can last till three I've never seen before.