Title: American Old Time Song Lyrics
Subject: Traditional & Folk Music
Author: www.traditionalmusic.co.uk
Keywords: Old time music, American, oldtimey, bluegrass

The Day I Walked Against O'leary - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
The Day I Walked Against O'Leary. Tune- "The Day I Played Base Ball." 
My name it is McGinty, yes, I live on ham and flour; With O'Leary, the walker, I came here, For to walk a mile an hour. About half past twelve o'clock last night. A gang gave me a terrible fright; They woke me up and sot me tight, For to walk .against O'Leary. 
They took me to a great big field, And with alcohol set me crazy; They stripped me clothes off to the skin, And it made me feel so lazy. It was then the gang commenced to talk. Saying: Who is the terrier going to walk? And they said they would hang me if I'd baulk, When I walked against O'Leary. 
The first mile I walked my legs were weak, And the gang commenced to holler: They sprinkled salt upon the track, And hit me with an iron dollar. All the other walkers were ahead. Eating sponge cake, pie and bread; Oh, heavens! I wish that I was dead, When I walked against O'Leary. 
I walked, until I catched the cramps, Around and around the track; All the ladies threw bouquets at me, There was a corn on my back. The judge told me it was time to stop, As around the track like a chicken I'd flop; For the want of a whiskey I thought I'd drop, The day I walked against O'Leary.