Mulligan's Off Again - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
MULLIGAN'S OFF AGAIN. Copyright. 1891, by T. B. Harms & Co. Words and Music by Charles Graham. 
Tim Mulligan was a man of nerve, who tried to beat the earth; To do what no one else could do was all he tried from birth; He beat the babies drinking milk when he was but a year, And when he got to man's estate, he beat them drinking beer; He tried to jump the Brooklyn Bridge, but found it was a crime; So he tried to jump a board-bill, but they stopped him just in time; he started out for Ireland in a skiff St. Patrick's day; They brought him back half-drowned that night, and he heard the neighbors say: 
Chorus. "Mulligan's off again! "he never seems to stop; He makes a monkey of himself-he ought to take a drop-He thinks he is a daisy, but he gives us all a pain-The gilly must be crazy Mulligan's off again! 
Now Mulligan tried to ride astride a bicycle one day. And when he once was started, sure the big wheel ran away; He went down hill like blazes, and he had no time to think. Till he ran into a bar-room, where he stopped to take a drink; When he was "oiled "he asked some kids to start the old machine; And he got a "spurt" that raised his hair, such speed was never seen; He ran into a railroad train and tried to run inside; The wheel was hanging round his neck, once more the people cried: 
Chorus. "Mulligan's off again!" he thought he'd take a ride; He started on the bicycle, but tried to get inside; He'd better take the ferry when he wants to catch a train; Every one is leery- Mulligan's off again 
Poor Mulligan soured on earthly things, and looked for something higher. And so he built a big balloon and called it the High-flyer; He asked his friends to be on hand the day that he'd ascend; They came, and vainly told him he would meet a fearful end; The air-ship soon was ready and the hero got on board. "Boys, let her go!" yelled Mulligan, and then the people roared; They cut her loose, away she flew as fast as any bird; Poor Tim he hasn't come back yet, but I think he must have heard: 
Chorus. "Mulligan's off again! "he'll find it hard to stop; He won't be in it any more if he should take a drop; He'll never come back, never, he must stay out in the rain; He's out of sight forever-Mulligan's off again!