Bare Knuckle Boxers: Dicey Riley

Dicey Riley

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  Oh poor old Dicey Riley, she has taken to the sup
  And poor old Dicey Riley, she will never give it up
  It's off each morning to the pop that she goes in
    for another little drop
  Ah! the heart of the rowl is Dicey Riley

She will walk along Fitzgibbon Street with an independent air
And then its down by Summerhill, at her the people stare
She says, "It's nearly half past one
So I'll nip in for another little one"
Ah! the heart of the rowl is Dicey Riley

She owns a little sweet shop at the corner of the street
and every evening after school I go to wash her feet
She leaves me there to mind the shop 
While she nips in for another little drop
Ah! the heart of the rowl is Dicey Riley



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Unused version of lyrics

  Oh poor old Dicey Riley, she has taken to the sup
  And poor old Dicey Riley, she will never give it up
  It's off each morning to the pop that she goes in
    for another little drop
  Ah! the heart of the rowl is Dicey Riley

She will walk along Fitzgibbon Street with an independent air
And then its down by Summerhill, at as the people stare
She says, "It's nearly half past one
So I'll nip in for another little one
But the heart of the rowl is Dicey Reilly

Now at two, pubs close and out she goes as happy as a lark
She'll find a bench to sleep it off at St. Patrick's Park
She'll wake at five  feeling in the pink
And say, "Tis time for another drink
But the heart of the rowl is Dicey Reilly

Now she'll travel far to a dockside bar to have another round
And after one or two or three she doesn't feel quite so sound
After four she's a bit unstable
After five underneath the table
But the heart of the rowl is Dicey Reilly

Oh they carry her home at twelve o'clock as they do every night
Bring her inside, put her on the bed and then turn out the light
Next morning she'll get out of bed
And look for a cure for her head
But the heart of the rowl is Dicey Reilly