I was riding the high stool, expandin' and expoundin',
On the price of rice in Siera Leone and the height of the beef mountain.
As to where did Jack Doyle meet Movita. How many wives did the Aga Khan.
Dismountin' from my high horse, I couldn't find the handle of the bar room door!
Yeah sure I knew it all then up again' the counter,
I'd weigh you up in ten seconds flat.
Ya see I was a great judge of character, my instincts always tellin' me exactly what kinda guy I got.
'Til I turned to go that is, whereupon I couldn't tell my arse from my well-bent elbow.
I was heading down the streets of Laredo singin' Red Sails in the Sunset,
Sure it was no wonder, we knew it all then.
Twas like drinkin' porter off a sore leg sez Ber Murphy.
"Would ye ever ask me bollix", sez Kenny Barry.
I showed them the colour of me money when I got back from Katanga,
There's no business like show business sez Titch Maher in Flood's bar.
After snaggin' turnips for the Holy Fathers,
But after it got dark, much later; down by the pinkeen bridge. I cried buckets in the river,
When Mickser sang "Oh gentle Swallows".......oh gentle swallows
For knowin' it all is a lonely place to be. Yet still I found it very hard to say,
"Hey man, this load is too much for me, til I was completely terrified.
Whereupon a light ship came upon my way, and caught me in its beam.
Before I went under, yet again, for the very last time.
I was ridin' the high stool, expandin' and expoundin'.
Swimming in the wine lakes and climbing the beef mountains.
Ridin' the high stool expandin' and expoundin',
On the price of rice in Siera Leone and the height of the beef mountain.
Ridin' the high stool expandin' and expoundin'....
The lyrics RIDING THE HIGH STOOL of CHRISTY MOORE is also present in the album Where i come from (2013)
Christy Moore, all'anagrafe Christopher Andrew Moore, è un cantautore e musicista irlandese nato a Dublin nel 1945. Considerato uno dei più importanti cantautori folk irlandesi di tutti i tempi, Moore ha dedicato la sua carriera alla promozione della musica tradizionale irlandese e alla lotta per i diritti civili. La sua voce potente e il suo stile diretto hanno conquistato un pubblico vasto e fedele in Irlanda e nel mondo. Moore è noto per le sue canzoni che trattano temi sociali come la povertà, l'oppressione e la giustizia sociale. Tra i suoi brani più famosi figurano «The Ballad of the Irish Republican Army», «Ride On», «Viva La Vida» e «The Leaving Song». Ha collaborato con numerosi artisti irlandesi di fama internazionale, tra cui The Dubliners e Paul Brady. Moore ha pubblicato oltre 20 album in carriera, molti dei quali sono diventati classici del folk irlandese.
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