Come guess me this riddle
What beats pipes and fiddle
What's hotter than mustard
And milder than cream
What best wets your whistle
What's clearer than crystal
Sweeter than honey
And stronger than steam

What can make the dumb talk
What can make the lame walk
What's the elixir of life
And philosopher's stone
And what helped Mr. Brunnell
To dig the Thames Tunnel
Sure, wasn't it whiskey
From auld Inishowen

So stick to the cratur'
The best thing in nature
For sinking your sorrows
And raising your joys
And boys, I'd half wonder
If lightning and thunder
Was made from the plunder
Of whiskey me boys