Goodbye Madgie, Goodbye

People came for miles just to have one beer
Madgie pulled the taps for thirteen years
She cooked up potions in a little room
In a shack hidden back, on top of an Indian tomb

The whole damn town was there on Friday nights
She poured water for the children and they still got high
Bass rompin’, boot stompin’, squeeze boxin’, fiddle poppin’
Madgie hopped a tabletop, the whole place caught on fire

So now, my friends, let us lift all our glasses up high
With a cheer, let us wish our fair Madgie a…

Goodbye Madgie, goodbye, next time we’ll be drinking in Heaven
And everything will be all right, when you lay down to rest tonight
Goodbye Madgie, goodbye, We’ll be mourning for you in the morning
And everything will be all right, it’s a good time as any to die

I went to the pub that I often frequent
And told my dear Madgie that my money was spent
She slipped her finger behind my ear
She pulled out a coin and poured me another beer

My mate, McGowan had a hunting dog
With one good leg, we called him “Stick in the Mud”
How that hound rolled around cracked me up
But he always came home with a rabbit or a duck

She sat on her roof of her shack with a gnome
She had a closet of disguises in the heart of her home
Her deceptions were clever, she was red as a rose
Chewing sauerkraut, talking ‘bout the time she dosed the Pope

Dew drops settled on the first day of spring
Madgie woke up to the door ring
A former lover from the old country
With a bushel of daisies and a basket of fine cheese

He said, “Madgie, will you marry me?”
She said, “Might do, if you can eat all that cheese”
The poor fool choked it down, but it came back up
Now he’s happy making saddles, married to the Widow Bunk

Skidamarinkadinka in my rigadidoo
My lady dropped a nickel to buy my necklace of blue
She climbed back in her carriage for to live her fine life
But when broken shells make Christmas bells, I’m going to make that girl my wife

Please, good people, there’s no reason to grieve
As I rise up to take my leave
Fill to one the parting glass
Good night and joy be with us when we pass