Somebody`s under the bed <br />Whoever can it be? <br />I feel so very nervous <br />I call for Joanee <br />Joanee lights the candle <br />But there's nobody there <br />Hey! Hi! Diddeleedai <br />And out goes she <br /> <br />Skipping rope still turning <br />Children at their play <br />In and out of Clarendon Street <br />In and out to pray <br />I haven't prayed for twenty years <br />Or sung a happy song <br />Since praying went with innocence <br />And the devil played along <br /> <br />And we all went up to the Mero <br />Hey there! Who's your man? <br />It's only Johnny '40 coats' <br />Sure he's a desperate man <br />Bang, bang shoots the buses <br />With his golden key <br />Hey! Hi! Diddeleedai <br />And out goes she <br /> <br />Me father was a stater <br />And me mother loved a tan <br />She loved her Hafner's sausages <br />And her soldier fancy man <br />Noel's up in Jacob's <br />And Mary's on the town <br />And I joined the transport union <br />When they said my nose was brown <br /> <br />And we all went up to the Mero <br />Hey there! Who's your man <br />It's Alfie Byrne out walking <br />Sure he's a decent man <br />Bang, bang shoots the buses <br />With his golden key <br />Hey! Hi! Diddeleedai <br />And out goes she <br /> <br />I've a tanner for the Mero <br />And me confo money's hid <br />If Mary's in the family way <br />She can blame the Cisco kid <br />I'll be langers in the morning <br />Me longers need a patch <br />Ah, Jesus! There's lone' Martin <br />I hope he's won the match <br /> <br />Me uncle had a wolfhound <br />That never had to pee <br />But Hairy Lemon snatched it <br />Down on Eden quay <br />Now I have me primo <br />And me scapulars are blue <br />For helping the black babies <br />And Dolly Fossett too <br /> <br />And we all went up to the Mero <br />Hey there! Who's your man? <br />It's Brendan Behan out walking <br />Sure he's a ginger man <br />Bang, bang shoots the buses <br />With his golden key <br />Hey! Hi! Diddeleedai <br />And out goes she <br /> <br />It's true that Dublin's changing <br />Since the pillar was blown down <br />By the winds of violence <br />That are buggering up the town <br />We used to solve a difference <br />With a digging match and a jar <br />But now they're all playing bang-bang <br />That's going too bleeding far <br /> <br />And we all go up to the Mero <br />Hey there! Who's your man? <br />It's only me guardian angel <br />Get a large one for your man <br />There's no use bleedin` Russia <br />Sure now it's the holy hour <br />A plenary indulgence <br />And another baby power
