eccoti accontentato!
We’ll drink the wine till the cup is dry,
and kiss the girls so they’ll not cry,
and toss the dice until we fly
to dance with Jack o’ the Shadows.
We’ll sing all night and drink all day,
and on the girls we’ll spend our pay,
and when it’s gone, then we’ll away,
to dance with Jack o’ the Shadows.
There’s some delight in ale and wine,
and some in girls with ankles fine,
but my delight, yes, always mine,
is to dance with Jack o’ the Shadows.
We’ll dance all night while the moon runs free,
and dandle the lasses upon our knee,
and then you’ll ride along with me,
to dance with Jack o’ the Shadows.
We’ll toss the dice however they fall,
and snuggle the girls be they short or tall,
then follow young Mat whenever he calls
to dance with Jack o’ the Shadows.
We rode on the winds of the rising storm
we ran to the sound of the thunder
we danced among lighting bolts
and tore the world asunder