Boys From The County Hell Lyrics - Red Roses For Me - Pogues

On the first day of March it was raining 

It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen 

Drank ten pints of beer, cursed all the people there 

I wish that all this raining would stop falling down on me 

And I slept, lend ten pounds, buy you a drink 

And mother wake me early in the morning 

At the time I was working for a landlord 

He was the meanest bastard that you have ever seen 

To lose a single penny would grieve him awful sore 

He was a miserable bullocks and a bitch's bastard's whore 

And I slept, lend ten pounds, buy you a drink 

And mother wake me early in the morning 

I recall we took care of him one Sunday 

We got him out the back broke his fucking balls 

And maybe that was dreaming and maybe that was real 

All I know is I left that place without a penny or fuck all 

And I slept, lend ten pounds, buy you a drink 

And mother wake me early in the morning 

Now I've the most charming of verandas 

I sit and watch the junkies, the drunks and pimps and whores 

Five green bottles sitting on the floor 

And I wish to Christ, I wish to Christ that I had fifteen more 

And I slept, lend ten pounds, buy you a drink 

And mother wake me early in the morning 

And I slept, lend ten pounds, buy you a drink 

The boys and me are drunk and looking for you 

We'll eat your frigging entrails and we won't give a damn 

Me daddy was a blue shirt and my mother a madam 

And my brother earned his medals raping gooks in Vietnam 

And I slept, lend ten pounds, buy you a drink 

And mother wake me early in the morning 

On the first day of March it was raining 

It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen 

Stay on the other side of the road 'cause you can never tell 

We've a thirst like a gang of devils, we're the boys of the county hell 

And it's lend me ten pounds and I'll buy you a drink 

And mother wake me early in the morning 

And I slept, lend ten pounds, buy you a drink 

And mother wake me early in the morning