Mattie Johnny Mulhearn .G Mattie walked out on a frozen night . C G He was heading for the pub but he had no delight . C He headed down the railway track . D G And his old cow Delia sat a lowin' him back . G He met with a dark and staggering man . C G As he passed him by he shouted back at him .C Mattie cant you see whats happening to me . D G I cannot feel the fight . G The very last house that I have left . C G Half impressed with with my rhymes is now dead to me .C All I've got left is the beat of the stagger .D G Heading down the Curragh line . G But Mattie passed on as quick as he could . C G He couldn't stand a drunkin man sober . C All he wanted was the lights in the bar . D G At the Nightingale and the Wild Rover [C1] .D G When he came in they said "Ah you're back . D G Did Delia drive you out with your spoutin' and your swearin' . D G We don't want to hear about Bunker Hayden .C D G Later you can give us the 'Girls of Kinkane'" [] [Instrumental] . G The fear an tí eyed him warily . C G As he handed him his first jug of porter . G He says "You must have seen the bishop's ghost tonight . D G To put the dry look back in your eye" . G But Mattie would not be taken in . C G By their jibin' and their regalin' . C G He found himself a freshly blown crew . D G And fell in with their sportin' and their bailin' . G But as he was going home in the very same spot . C G Where he met his dark familiar . C G He seen him coming back down the line . D G And he was bright and strange and fine . G As he passed him by Mattie threw out his arms . C G Trying to grab hold of his likeness . C G In the morning all they found was a frozen corpse . D G At the butt of the Curragh line [C2] . D And at the wake they were lashing down .G D G The drops of brandy, the old fashioned habit in the church . D They were lashing down pounds and fivers . C D G So Mattie would be fine in the old by and by [] [Instrumental] .G Mattie walked out on a frozen night . C G He was heading for the pub but he had no delight . C He headed down the railway track . D G And his old cow Delia sat a lowin' him back . G He met with a dark and staggering man . C G As he passed him by he shouted back at him .C Mattie cant you see whats happening to me . D G I cannot feel the fight [C2] . D And at the wake they were lashing down .G D G The drops of brandy, the old fashioned habit in the church . D They were lashing down pounds and fivers . C D G So Mattie would be fine in the old by and by [] [Instrumental]