Lyrics

[Verse]
Oh Kevin Ivie
A man of the drink
His cup never empty
His ship set to sink
He’d stagger and swagger through the old Dublin streets
With a grin on his face and no shoes on his feet

[Prechorus]
Oh
He sang to the moon
To the stars and the breeze
And fell in the gutter with laughter and ease

[Chorus]
Raise a glass to Kevin
To the chaos he’d spin
To the pubs and the alleys and the wild nights within
For life’s but a jig and the whiskey’s the tune
Dance on
Kevin Ivie
Beneath the pale moon

[Verse 2]
Now Brendan Gillen
The brawler so bold
With fists made of thunder
His stories retold
He fought ‘cross the seas with the 15th MEU
From Cairo to Bangkok
He battered and bruised

[Prechorus]
He’d rumble and tumble
A storm in the ring
No man could withstand Brendan’s mighty swing

[Chorus]
Raise a glass to Brendan
The whirlwind of fists
To the battles he fought and the foes that he kissed
For life’s but a jig and the whiskey’s the tune
Dance on
Brendan Gillen
Beneath the pale moon