To Rafferty's Bar in my old jaunting car I took myself one Friday evening To think on a son so deceiving It's one drink down and another to go
He was married in haste to a woman unchaste Much to the shame of the father His face still half-covered in lather It's one drink down and another to go
It's one drink down and another to go When I pass through the town I must hang my head low It's one drink down and another to go
I'm not the kind to condemn out of hand A woman whose virtue is easy Just as long as she doesn't deceive me It's one drink down and another to go
Imagine a life with an unfaithful wife Might wake up in the morning And find that she's left without warning It's one drink down and another to go