Biography:
A popular and long-running Canadian-Irish folk group that saw their beginning in the 1960s, The Irish Rovers are particularly well-known for their hit recording of Shel Silverstein's "The Unicorn," although a great many more of their characteristically happy and oft-comical songs remain well-known to this day. In 2010, the band celebrated 45 years as recording artists, with their latest CD, "Gracehill Fair" and filming the DVD/television special "Home in Ireland", shot entirely on-location, throughout the northwest coast of Ireland.
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Other songs:
- All On St Patricks Day
- Black Velvet Band
- Christmas In Killarney
- Dear Little Shamrock Shore
- Drunken Sailor
- Fuck You Im Drunk
- Good King Wenceslas
- Grandma Runover Reindeer
- Heres To The Horses
- I Am Lord Of The Dance
- Mrs Crandalls Boarding House
- Pennywhistle Peddler
- Pigs Cant Swim
- Star Of The County Down
- Sweet Anne
- The Dublin Pub Crawl
- The Irish Rover
- The Jolly Roving Tar
- The Orange And The Green
- The Rake
- The Scotsman
- The Tinker
- The Unicorn
- The Wind That Shakes The Corn
- Up Among The Heather
- Waltzing Matilda
- Wasnt That A Party
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- Whiskey On A Sunday
- Wild Rover
- Winkin Blinkin And Nod
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Wasn't That A Party:Irish Rovers.
#37 in 1981.
[Chorus]
F
Could have been the whiskey, might have been the gin..
could have been the three or four six-packs,
I don't know, but look at the mess I'm in.
Bb F
My head is like a football, I think Im gonna die.
C F
Tell me, me, oh, me, oh, my..wasn't that a party?
#2.
F
Someone took a grapefruit, and wore it like a hat.
I saw someone under my kitchen table, talking to my old tom cat..
Bb F
they were talking about hockey, and the cat was talkin back.
C
Along about then everything went black..
F
but wasnt that a party?
[Bridge]
Bb F
Maybe just my memory, playin' tricks on me..
G C
but I think I saw my buddy cuttin' down my neighbour's tree..
[Chorus]
C F
Could have been the whiskey, might have been the gin..
could have been the three or four six-packs,
I don't know, but look at the mess I'm in.
Bb F
My head is like a football, I think Im gonna die.
C F
Tell me, me, oh, me, oh, my..wasn't that a party?
[Interlude]
F Bb C
[Bridge]
C Bb F
Old Billy Joe and Tommy, well, they went a little far..
G
they were sitting in the back seat blowing on the siren,
C
in somebodys police car.
#3.
C F
So, you see, your honour, it was all in fun.
That little bitty track-meet down on the main street,
was just to see if the cops could run.
Bb F
Well, they run us in to see you, in an alcoholic haze.
C F G
I can sure use those thirty days to recover from the party.
[Chorus]
G
Could have been the whiskey, might have been the gin..
could have been the three or four six-packs,
I don't know, but look at the mess I'm in.
C G
My head is like a football, I think Im gonna die.
D G
Tell me, me, oh, me, oh, my..wasn't that a party?
[Chorus]
G
Could have been the whiskey, might have been the gin..
could have been the three or four six-packs,
I don't know, but look at the mess I'm in.
C G
My head is like a football, I think Im gonna die.
D G
Tell me, me, oh, me, oh, my..wasn't that a party?
[Outro]
G
Wasn't that a party..(x4)(Fade.)
An eighties smash from Kraziekhat.
#37 in 1981.
[Chorus]
F
Could have been the whiskey, might have been the gin..
could have been the three or four six-packs,
I don't know, but look at the mess I'm in.
Bb F
My head is like a football, I think Im gonna die.
C F
Tell me, me, oh, me, oh, my..wasn't that a party?
#2.
F
Someone took a grapefruit, and wore it like a hat.
I saw someone under my kitchen table, talking to my old tom cat..
Bb F
they were talking about hockey, and the cat was talkin back.
C
Along about then everything went black..
F
but wasnt that a party?
[Bridge]
Bb F
Maybe just my memory, playin' tricks on me..
G C
but I think I saw my buddy cuttin' down my neighbour's tree..
[Chorus]
C F
Could have been the whiskey, might have been the gin..
could have been the three or four six-packs,
I don't know, but look at the mess I'm in.
Bb F
My head is like a football, I think Im gonna die.
C F
Tell me, me, oh, me, oh, my..wasn't that a party?
[Interlude]
F Bb C
[Bridge]
C Bb F
Old Billy Joe and Tommy, well, they went a little far..
G
they were sitting in the back seat blowing on the siren,
C
in somebodys police car.
#3.
C F
So, you see, your honour, it was all in fun.
That little bitty track-meet down on the main street,
was just to see if the cops could run.
Bb F
Well, they run us in to see you, in an alcoholic haze.
C F G
I can sure use those thirty days to recover from the party.
[Chorus]
G
Could have been the whiskey, might have been the gin..
could have been the three or four six-packs,
I don't know, but look at the mess I'm in.
C G
My head is like a football, I think Im gonna die.
D G
Tell me, me, oh, me, oh, my..wasn't that a party?
[Chorus]
G
Could have been the whiskey, might have been the gin..
could have been the three or four six-packs,
I don't know, but look at the mess I'm in.
C G
My head is like a football, I think Im gonna die.
D G
Tell me, me, oh, me, oh, my..wasn't that a party?
[Outro]
G
Wasn't that a party..(x4)(Fade.)
An eighties smash from Kraziekhat.
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