Whiskey from Auld Innishowen (trad.)
Whiskey from Auld Innishowen (trad.)
Author: Traditional Irish
Source: Music pairing
Advent placement: 2025-12-09 (paired with [[09-benriach-the-twelve]])
Theme: Whisky + music pairing.
A traditional Irish drinking song paired with Benriach The Twelve.
Verbatim source text
Reproduced from calendar/2025-12-09.qmd (Whisk(e)y Advent 2025).
Come guess me this riddle, What beats pipe & 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’ll make the lame walk, What’ll make the dumb talk, The elixir of life and philosopher’s stone? What helped Mr Brummel To dig his Thames Tunnel? Sure wasn’t it whiskey from auld Innishowen? So stick to the craythur - The best thing in nature For drowing your sorrows and raising your joys, Me boys, I’d have wondered If lightning and thunder Were made from the plunder of whiskey, me boys.