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]