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While drunk, Tim falls from a ladder and dies. During his wake, he is splashed with whiskey and comes back to life. | While drunk, Tim falls from a ladder and dies. During his wake, he is splashed with whiskey and comes back to life. | ||
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| + | Joyce all but quotes the song a few paragraphs later: | ||
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| + | "They laid him brawdawn alanglast bed. With a bockalips | ||
| + | of finisky fore his feet. And a barrowload of guenesis hoer his head." | ||
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| + | This refers to the song's lyrics, which read: | ||
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| + | "They wrapped him up in a nice clean sheet | ||
| + | And laid him out across the bed, | ||
| + | With a gallon of whiskey at his feet | ||
| + | And a barrel of porter at his head." | ||
Revision as of 16:38, 13 August 2005
craythur = Irish whiskey
In the song "Finnegan's Wake," Tim Finnegan "had a sort o' the tipplin' way/ With a love of the liquor poor Tim was born/ And to help him on with his work each day/ He'd a drop of the craythur ev'ry morn."
While drunk, Tim falls from a ladder and dies. During his wake, he is splashed with whiskey and comes back to life.
Joyce all but quotes the song a few paragraphs later:
"They laid him brawdawn alanglast bed. With a bockalips of finisky fore his feet. And a barrowload of guenesis hoer his head."
This refers to the song's lyrics, which read:
"They wrapped him up in a nice clean sheet And laid him out across the bed, With a gallon of whiskey at his feet And a barrel of porter at his head."
