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Mr Moses Ri-Tooral-I-Ay (Live) - The Clancy Brothers

The policeman walked out

Oh so proud on his beat

When a vision came to him

Of stripes on his sleeve

Promotion he whispered

I'll try for today

So come with me Mister Ri-tooral-i-ay

Come tell me your name

Says the limb of the law

To the little fat man selling wares on the straw

What's that sir Me name sir

Why it's there on display

And it's Moses Ri-tooral-i-ooral-i-ay

Now the trial it came on and it lasted a week

One judge said 'twas German

Another 'twas Greek

Prove you're lrish said the policeman

And beyond it say nay

And we'll sit on it Moses Ri-tooral-i-ay

Now the prisoner stepped up there

As stiff as a crutch

Are you lrish or English or German or Dutch

I'm a Jew sir I'm a Jew sir

That came over to stay

And my name it is Moses Ri-tooral-i-ay

We're two of a kind said the judge to the Jew

You're a cousin of Briscoe

And I am one too

This numbskull has blundered

And for it will pay

Wisha that's right says Moses Ri-tooral-i-ay

There's a garbage eollcctor

Who works down our strset

He once was a policeman the pride of his beat

And he moans all the night

And he groans all the day

Singing Moses Ri-tootal-i-ooral-i-ay