Crooked Jack Lyrics

Come on Irishmen both young and old
With adventure in your soul
There are better ways to spend your days
Then by working down a hole
And I curse the day I went away
To work on those hydro dams
All our sweat and tears our hopes and fears
Bound up with shuttering jams

I was tall and true all of 6 foot 2
Til they broke me across my back
By a name I'm known that is not my own
For they call me Crooked Jack

For I've seen men old before their time
Their faces worn and gray
But I never thought that I myself
Would soon be the self same way
And I curse the day I went away
To work on those hydro dams
All our sweat and tears our hopes and fears
Bound up with shuttering jams

For I've seen men old before their time
Their faces worn and gray
But I never thought that I myself
Would soon be the self same way
Come on Irishmen both young and old
With adventure in your soul
There are better ways to spend your days
Then by working down a hole

I was tall and true all of 6 foot 2
Til they broke me across my back
By a name I'm known that is not my own
For they call me Crooked Jack

By a name I'm known that is not my own
For they call me Crooked Jack