[Intro: Charles Hendy ]
Oh there's nothin' so lonesome
Morbid or drear
Than to stand in the bar
Of a pub with no beer

[Verse 1: Charles Hendy & Andrew Hendy, & Seán McKenna]
Old Billie the Blacksmith
The first time in his life
He's gone home stone cold sober
To his darling wife
He gets in the door, she says "You're early me dear"
And he he breaks down and tells her
"The pub's got no beer"

[Verse 2: Charles Hendy & Andrew Hendy, & Seán McKenna]
And it's a lonesome away
From your kin, folk and all
By the camp fire at night
To hear the wild dingos call
And there's nothin' so lonesome

[Outro: Charles Hendy ]
Oh there's nothin' so lonesome
Morbid or drear
Than to stand in the bar
Of a pub with no beer