Now Patrick McGinty, an Irishman of note
Fell in for a fortune, so bought himself a goat
Said he, Sure, of goat's milk I going to have my fill!
But when he bought the nanny home, he found it was a Bill.

And now all the ladies who live in Killaloo
They're all wearing bustles like their mothers used to do.
They each wear a bolster beneath the petticoat,
And leave the rest to Providence and Paddy McGinty's goat!

Missis Burke to her daughter said, Listen, Mary Jane
Now who was the man you were cuddling in the lane
He'd long wiry whiskers a hanging from his chin
T'was only Pat McGinty's goat,  she answer'd with a grin

Then she went away from the village in disgrace
She came back with powder and paint upon her face
She'd rings on her fingers, and she wore a sable coat
You bet your life she didn't get those from Paddy McGinty's goat.

Now Norah McCarthy the knot was going to tie
She washed all her trousseau and hung it out to dry
Along came the goat and he saw the bits of white
And chewed up all her falderals, and on her wedding night

Oh turn out the gas quick she shouted out to Pat,
For though l'm your bride, sure l'm not worth looking at
I'd got two of ev'rything, I told you when I wrote
But now I've one of nothing, all thro' Paddy McGinty's goat

Mickey Riley he went to the races t'other day
He won twenty dollars and shouted, Hip Hooray
He held up the note, shouting Look what I've got
The goat came up and grabbed at it and swallowed up the lot

He's eaten my banknote, said Mickey, with the hump
They ran for the doctor, he brought a stomach pump
He pumped and he pumped for that twenty dollar note
But all he got was ninepence out of Paddy McGinty's goat

Now old Paddy's Goat had a wonderous appetite
And one day for breakfast he ate some dynamite
A big box of matches he swallowed all serene 
And then he went and gobbled up a quart of paraffin

He sat by the fireside, he didn't give a hang
He swallowed a spark and exploded with a bang. 
So if you go to heaven you can bet a dollar note
that the Angel with the whiskers on is Paddy McGinty's Goat.

