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I work down at McConnville's, it's the pub behind the square

If ever you're in Portadown, anyone can point you there

We have lagers ales and porters, but the thing that brings them in

Is the whiskey that McConnville brews, that where this all begins

In all the years I've worked there, and for fifty years before

Not a bottle of the sweet stuff, ever walked outside the door

'Cause McConnville laid the rule down, and it was honoured till today

You can drink your fill while at the bar, but the bottle has to stay

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Six or seven years ago, when young Jimmy first came by

He was looking for a local, we were the third place that he'd tried

He looked around, no ferns, no telly blaring from the bar

And once he tried the whiskey, Jimmy never strayed too far

He'd come in after dinner, for an hour maybe more

He'd play some cards and talk and joke, 'cause that's what a local's for

Before he'd leave most nights, because the bottles had to stay

He'd ask me for a whiskey, just to see him on his way

Three days ago his mate come in, he said Jimmy took a fall

From a roof that he was working on, he had no chance at all

And today after the funeral, after burying young Jim

They came here to his second home, the mourners crowded in

Then I did a thing I never thought I'd do 'til it was done

I took a bottle from the shelf, I held it up for everyone

Rules are made for breaking, tonight the whisky leaves the bar

An auction for the family, who'll give me 50 pounds to start

At 500 pounds the bidding stopped, yeah you couldn't hear a sound

But for the roar as Jimmy's friends stepped up, and laid their pay packs down

And I can't believe I did it, I never thought I'd see the day

That I'd hand someone the bottle, and then watch it walk away

As I was heading home tonight, I passed the graveyard by

I sure that I heard singing, and silhouetted on the sky

Were Jimmy's friends and they were pouring something on his grave

A little offering for young Jim, to help him on his way

I work down at McConnville's, that's the pub behind the square

If ever you're in Portadown, anyone can point you there