The boys in the farm are working the plow

They're picking potatoes and milking the cow

But we haven't time for shovel or sow

We work at the roving trade

Here's to the music and here's to the night

And here's to the whiskey the water of life

Here's to the lassies we're holding them tight

And here's to the roving trade

Back on the road we're going to be

Rogues and romances of high degree

The lassies are happy whenever they see

The boys of the roving trade

Here's to the music and here's to the night

And here's to the whiskey the water of life

Here's to the lassies we're holding them tight

And here's to the roving trade

Dublin and Cork and Galway are fine

And Limerick is beautiful most of the time

But Belfast is never to far from me mind

I miss her whenever I roam

Here's to the music and here's to the night

And here's to the whiskey the water of life

Here's to the lassies we're holding them tight

And here's to the roving trade

We've traveled the world for many's a mile

Singin' and playin' and bringin' a smile

And soon we'll be back in the Emerald Isle

For Paddy is headed for home

Here's to the music and here's to the night

And here's to the whiskey the water of life

Here's to the lassies we're holding them tight

And here's to the roving trade