Raise The Roof - The Dublin City Ramblers [with Lyrics]

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🗒 Raise The Roof 🗒
Well, it started here in Ireland
A century ago
In an alehouse, in a village
To the north of south Mayo
Someone started singin’
A couple’a more joined in
And before the night was o’er
They made the rafters ring
The session really started
When a fiddler played along
And somebody thumped a goatskin
He called it a Bodhrán
The melodeons and tin whistles
You couldn’t hold them back
And that was where it all began
This thing they call the craic

Raise the roof
Raise the roof
You’ll be guaranteed the craic is ninety proof
You’re invited one and all
It’s a place to have a ball
You’ll be welcome if you call
Raise the roof

Raise the roof
Raise the roof
You’ll be guaranteed the craic is ninety proof
Leave your worries at the door
Come in and take the floor
You’ll be coming back for more
Raise the roof

Now it wasn’t very long before
It spread from town to town
From Dingle up to Derry
Down to Upton up to Down
It spread across from Galway
To Dublin there and back
So loud and bold, they couldn’t control
This thing they call the craic

Then the Irish emigrated
They sailed across the pond
To England and America
Australia and beyond
The ship had barely landed
When the first thing they would do
Was open up an Irish pub
And teach the natives to

Raise the roof
Raise the roof
You’ll be guaranteed the craic is ninety proof
You’re invited one and all
It’s a place to have a ball
You’ll be welcome if you call
Raise the roof

Raise the roof
Raise the roof
You’ll be guaranteed the craic is ninety proof
Leave your worries at the door
Come in and take the floor
You’ll be coming back for more
Raise the roof

Now the therapeutic nature
Of the craic had spread around
From Waterloo to Timbuktu
Irish pubs are found
The minute you walk into the room
You’ll feel yourself unwind
So leave your cares and worries
And your therapists behind

Raise the roof
Raise the roof
You’ll be guaranteed the craic is ninety proof
You’re invited one and all
It’s the place to have a ball
You’ll be welcome if you call
Raise the roof

Raise the roof
Raise the roof
You’ll be guaranteed the craic is ninety proof
Leave your worries at the door
Come in and take the floor
No matter where you roam
This is home away from home
It’s the perfect antidote
Throw away your doctor’s note
Just stand up and clear your throat
And raise the roof
Raise the roof
Raise the roof