The Roving Trade

The boys in the farm are working the plow
 They're picking potatoes and milking the cow
 But we haven't time for shovel or sow
 We work at the roving trade
 Here's to the music and here's to the night
 And here's to the whiskey the water of life
 Here's to the lassies we're holding them tight
 And here's to the roving trade
 Back on the road we're going to be
 Rogues and romances of high degree
 The lassies are happy whenever they see
 The boys of the roving trade
 Here's to the music and here's to the night
 And here's to the whiskey the water of life
 Here's to the lassies we're holding them tight
 And here's to the roving trade
 Dublin and Cork and Galway are fine
 And Limerick is beautiful most of the time
 But Belfast is never to far from me mind
 I miss her whenever I roam
 Here's to the music and here's to the night
 And here's to the whiskey the water of life
 Here's to the lassies we're holding them tight
 And here's to the roving trade
 We've traveled the world for many's a mile
 Singin' and playin' and bringin' a smile
 And soon we'll be back in the Emerald Isle
 For Paddy is headed for home
 Here's to the music and here's to the night
 And here's to the whiskey the water of life
 Here's to the lassies we're holding them tight
 And here's to the roving trade
 "Diddly doo dum" to the tune of the chorus twice