Boat Train Lyrics

The song Boat Train is performed by The Pogues in the album named Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say...Pogue Mahone in the year 2008 .



I met with napper tandy
And I shook him by the hand
He said "hold me up for chrissake
For I can hardly stand"
The most disgraceful journey
On which I've ever been
The last time that I travelled on
The boat train

I had a couple of drinks in town
A few more at the port
I puked up on the gangway
But some kind folks helped me board
They helped me to a table
Poured whiskey down my throat
They sat me at a table
And I lost my watch and coat

First we drank some whiskey
Then we drank some gin
Then we drank tequila
I think that's what did me in
Then we drank some brandy
And the women had a dance
The steward then announced
That we could play the game of "chance"

We crowded round the table
With our money in our hands
I ended up on the other side
Without a penny in my pants
I woke up in the toilet
When we got to holyhead
The doors were all a-banging
And I wished that I was dead

Then we went through customs
A couple of credited thugs
First they looked for [bombs] and joints
Then they looked for drugs
Stuck a flashlight up my a*s
Told us where there's jobs
Said "f**k off" now paddy
So I headed for [the s]moke
On the boat train


(or then we went through customs
With a couple of crazy thugs
First they looked for [bombs] and joints
Then they looked for drugs
Stuck a flashlight up my a*s
Told some irish jokes
Said "f**k off now, paddy"
So I headed for [the s]moke
On the boat train )

We got on board the train
And then we had a drink or two
Started playing poker
But the booze ran out at crewe
Some people started sleeping
Others looked for duty free
Some bastard started singing
"the little cottage by the lee"
He then sang "paper roses"
"boolavogue" "eileen aru"
Somebody started slagging off
The pakis and the jews

First I found some whiskey
Then I found some gin
I sat down in the corner
And I read the daily news
First I drank the whiskey
Then I drank the gin
I tried to make the toilet
And I broke my f**kin shin
Next thing that I knew
I was in london in the rain
Staggering up the platform
Off the boat train



The Pogues - Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say...Pogue Mahone

Jul 2008

  1. Kerry Polka [#]
  2. The Rocky Road to Dublin [#]
  3. Boys from the Country Hell ["Radio-Friendly" Version]
  4. NW3 [#]
  5. The Donegal Express/The Hen and the Cock Are in Carrickmacross [Rehearsal R
  6. Do You Believe in Magic? [#]
  7. Hot Asphalt [#]
  8. Danny Boy [BBC John Peel Show]
  9. Maggie May [#]
  10. Haunted [From Sid and Nancy]
  11. 0The Travelling People [Rehearsal Recording][#]
  12. Eve of Destruction [#]
  13. My Baby's Gone [Demo Recording][#]
  14. North Sea Holes [#]
  15. Garbo (Aka in and Out) [From Garbo]
  16. The Last of McGee [#]
  17. Afro-Cuban Be-Bop [From I Hired a Contract Killer]
  18. Young Ned of the Hill [Dub Version]
  19. Pinned Down/I'm Alone in the Wilderness [#]
  20. When the Ship Comes In [Demo Recording][#]
  21. Waxies Dargle [Live][#]
  22. Repeal of the Licensing Laws [Demo Recording][#]
  23. Dark Streets of London [Demo Recording][#]
  24. Greenland Whale Fisheries [Demo Recording][#]
  25. Streams of Whiskey [Demo Recording]
  26. The Auld Triangle [BBC John Peel Show]
  27. Poor Paddy on the Railway [BBC David "Kid" Jensen Show]
  28. Sea Shanty [Demo Recording][#]
  29. Transmetropolitan [Demo Recording][#]
  30. Kitty [Demo Recording][#]
  31. Boys from the County Hell [BBC David "Kid" Jensen Show]
  32. Connemara, Let's Go! (Aka Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go) [De
  33. Billy's Bones [BBC Janice Long Show]
  34. The Old Main Drag [BBC Janice Long Show]
  35. Sally Maclennane [BBC John Peel Show]
  36. The Town That Never Sleeps [#]
  37. Something Wild [#]
  38. Driving Through the City [#]
  39. Rainy Night in Soho [Oboe Version]
  40. Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#]
  41. Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#]
  42. Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#]
  43. Navigatoer [Live][#]
  44. The Aria [#]
  45. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly [From Straight to Hell]
  46. Haunted [Demo Recording][#]
  47. Love Theme from Sid and Nancy [#]
  48. Junk Theme [From Sid and Nancy]
  49. Glued Up and Speeding [From Sid and Nancy]
  50. Paris [From Sid and Nancy]
  51. A Needle for Paddy Garcia [From Sid and Nancy]
  52. JB 57 [#]
  53. Bowery Snax/Spiked [From Sid and Nancy]
  54. Hot Dogs with Everything [From Sid and Nancy]
  55. Rince del Emplacada [#]
  56. The Rake at the Gates of Hell [BBC Janice Long Show]
  57. Turkish Song of the Damned [BBC Janice Long Show]
  58. If I Should Fall from Grace with God [BBC Janice Long Show]
  59. Battle March [Demo Recording][#]
  60. Lullaby of London [Demo Recording][#]
  61. Shanne Bradley [Demo Recording][#]
  62. Streets of Sorrow [Demo Recording][#]
  63. Thousands Are Sailing [#]
  64. The Balinalee [#]
  65. Nicaragua Libré [#]
  66. Japan [Live][#]
  67. Sally Maclennane [Live]
  68. A Pair of Brown Eyes [Live]
  69. Kitty [Live]
  70. Maggie May [Live]
  71. Dirty Old Town [Live]
  72. The Sickbed of Cuchulainn [Live]
  73. Fiesta [7" Single Remix]
  74. If I Should Fall from Grace with God [12" Single Remix]
  75. Johnny Come Lately
  76. Boat Train [Demo Recording][#]
  77. Night Train to Lorca [Demo Recording][#]
  78. The Mistlethrush [#]
  79. Got a Lot of Livin' to Do
  80. Victoria [#]
  81. Murder [Version 1][#]
  82. Lust for Vomit [#]
  83. The Wake of the Medusa [Demo Recording][#]
  84. The Black Dogs Ditch [#]
  85. Aisling [#]
  86. Murder [Version 2][#]
  87. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah [12" Single Remix]
  88. Maidrín Rua [#]
  89. Johnny Come Lately [Live][#]
  90. John Was [#]
  91. Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things
  92. All the Tears That I Cried
  93. The One and Only
  94. Afro-Cuban Be-Bop [From I Hired a Contract Killer]
  95. Turkish Song of the Damned [Live]
  96. London Calling [Live]
  97. I Fought the Law [Live]
  98. The Girl from the Wadi-Hammamat [Demo Recording][*]
  99. Moving to Moldova [Demo Recording][#]
  100. Call My Name [#]
  101. The Sun and the Moon [Demo Recording][#]
  102. Living in a World Without Her [Demo Recording][#]
  103. Who Said Romance Is Dead? [Demo Recording][#]
  104. Sound of the City Night [Demo Recording][#]
  105. Four O'Clock in the Morning [Demo Recording][#]
  106. The Star of the County Down [Live][#]
  107. White City [Live][#]
  108. Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road to Dublin/The Galway Rac
  109. The Parting Glass/Lord Santry's Fairest Daughter [Live][#]
  110. Goodnight Irene [Live][#][*]

Boat Train