I also know some tame, but probably the original, English and American versions which can be found in the various Cecil Sharpe collections. Lyrics to Seven Drunken Nights by Celtic Thunder from the Legacy, Vol. Whilst in the Idle Fellows, Wilfried Drygala would sing the lead and he modelled himself on one of the Dubliners versions and just as they, he piously and absolutely refused to sing Saturday and Sunday much to the disgust of Brian Kelly and myself. Thats a lovely sow that me mother sent to. Who owns that horse outside the door where my old horse should be. The actions for Sunday are pretty lewd but are in the main are accepted at least in my circle of friends. Seven Drunken Nights Lyrics by Celtic Thunder. I generally sing this song unaccompanied in order to sing it with "actions" and I really ham it up. Seven Drunken Nights Lyrics by The Dubliners from the Seven Drunken Nights Goldies album - including song video, artist biography, translations and more. In fact the English language version that I sing is taken from a popular German song book, which I can no longer locate, and has pretty crude verses for Saturday and Sunday. Thats a lovely night gown me mother sent to me, Well its many a day I travelled,a hundred miles or more, But fingers on a night gownh I never saw before. As I went home on Tuesday night, As drunk as drunk could be. Well, its many a day Ive traveled, a hundred miles or more, But a saddle on a sow, sure, I never saw before.
Thats a lovely sow that my mother sent to me. "Seven drunken nights" is tremendously well known and popular in Germany and I know at least two German versions and parodies. Ay, youre drunk, youre drunk you silly old fool, Still you cannot see.