| lyric | Ah thunder and lightning is no lark,
when Dublin city is in the dark,
If you’ve any money come up to the Park
and view the Zoological Gardens.
I took me mott up to the a-Zoo,
To show her the lions and the kangaroo,
There were he-males and she-males of every hue,
Up in the Zoological Gardens.
Says she to me :‘Me lovely son Jack,
I'd love a ride on the elephant's back,‘
'If you don't ge'owa that I'll give you such a crack,
All up in the Zoological Gardens.
We went up there on our honeymoon,
We saw the lion and the hairy baboon,
And we strayed for a while 'neath the silvery moon,
Up in the Zoological Gardens.
I took her up there to see the a-Zoo,
To show her the lion and the kangaroo,
But all she wanted to see was my blue cock-a-too,
All up in the Zoological Gardens.
We left by the gate at Castleknock,
Says she to me :‘Sure we'll court on the lock,'
Then I knew she was one of the rare old stock,
From outside the Zoological Gardens.
Oh thunder and lightning is no lark,
When Dublin City is in the dark,
If you've got any money go up to the park,
And view the Zoological Gardens. |