The Pogues - Rare Old Mountain Dew guitar tab

***Rare Old Mountain Dew - Traditional

from the "Irish Rover" single

Rare Old Mountain Dew - as perfomed by The Pogues & The Dubliners

(these lyrics are from a more traditional version and will

vary slightly from the version by the Pogues and the Dubliners)

F Bb

Where grasses grow and waters flow

F C

In a free and easy way,

F Bb

But give me enough of that rare old stuff

F C F

That's made near Galway Bay.

And policemen all from Donegal,

Dm

Sligo and Leitrim too,

F Bb

We'll give them a slip and we'll take a sip

F C F

Of the rare ould Mountain Dew.

[chorus]

Hi the dithery idle loo, ditheri oodle idle loo

dithery oo di dithery i day

Hi the dither idlo loo, ditheri oodle idle loo

Dithery oo di dithery i day

At the top of the hill there's a neat little still,

Where the smoke curls up in the sky;

By the smoke and the smell you can plainly tell

That there's poteen brewing nearby;

It fills the air with an odor rare

And betwixt both me and you,

When home we roll we'll take a bowl

Or a bucket of the Mountain Dew.

[chorus]

Now learned men who use the pen

They sing your praises high

That sweet poteen from Ireland green

Distilled from wheat and rye;

Throw away your pills, it will cure all ills

Pagan or Christian or Jew

Take off your coat and grease your throat

With the rare ould Mountain Dew