Irish Stew

One fine day after working hard I was walking home from my da's farmyard With a rumble in me belly, skipping one, two, three Wondering what my ma had awaiting me I asked me ma, 'What's in that pot?' Ah son (she said) There's an awful lot It's a recipient your grandma gave to me As we danced to the song of the one, two, three 'Tis Irish stew, oh, Irish stew Just boil it in the pot and it's good for you It's filled with everything you need As she danced to the song of the one, two, three Oh, Irish stew, oh, Irish stew Just boil it in the pot and it's good for you Not a devil of a bit that you cannot do When you've got a bellyful of Irish stew The very next day that I awoke I'd a skip in me step and a song in me throat I said to me ma, 'How can this be?' I'll tell you, son, with a one, two, three It's a-boiling in the pot when you mix it up a lot That gives you the strength that you have not got Puts the goodness in your body and the dance in you shoe And gives you all the strength for a boy like you Zippity-bop-a-dop, a-dop-a-dop-ba-ba Zippity-bop-a-dop-a-dop, a-dop-a-dop-dop-da Zippity-bop-a-dop, a-dop-a-dop-ba-ba Zippity-bop-a-dop-a-dop, a-dop-a-dop-dop-da Zippity-bop-a-dop, a-dop-a-dop-ba-ba Zippity-bop-a-dop-a-dop, a-dop-a-dop-da-da Zippity-bop-a-dop, a-dop-a-dop-ba-ba Zippity-bop-a-dop-a-dop, a-dop-a-dop-dop-da Have it for your lunch and have it for your tea You'll skip down the road singing, diddly-dee With a tra-la-la, skipping one, two, three It'll keep you strong as a boy should be Now I thank me ma in every way For making me the man that I am today She fed me with that magic brew The bubbling of the pot of the Irish stew 'Tis, Irish stew, oh, Irish stew Just boil it in the pot and it's good for you It's filled with everything you need As she danced to the song of the one, two, three With a tra-la-la, skipping one, two, three It'll keep you strong as a boy should be Now I thank me ma in every way For making me the man that I am today She fed me with that magic brew The bubbling of the pot of the Irish stew Oh, Irish stew, oh, Irish stew Just boil it in the pot and it's good for you Not a devil of a bit that you cannot do When you got a bellyful of Irish stew