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I am a young fellow from the County Tyrone, |
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In the town of Strabane shur I'm very well known, |
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For down to the alehouse I'm frequently goin', |
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With Kitty and Ginny and Mary. |
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My father rebuked me for being such a rake, |
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And for spending me money on whiskey and cakes, |
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But the lassies are sweet and it's all for their sakes, |
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And it keeps me lighthearted and merry |
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I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry, |
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I will court all the lassies or at least I will try, |
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And I'll never conform 'til the day that I die, |
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Agus fagaimid suid mar ata se |
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If I chance for to wander on down to the fair, |
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All the lassies all around me do flock on the square, |
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I'll pull out me fiddle and play an auld air, |
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And soon we're all off on the spree |
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There's Peggy and Jane from the banks of Loch Nee, |
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There's Kitty and Molly down Dungannon Way, |
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And there's another one from Cookstown who makes me head sway, |
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Such a fuss they all make over me. |
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I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry, |
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I will court all the lassies or at least I will try, |
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And I'll never conform 'til the day that I die, |
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Agus fagaimid suid mar ata se |
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To quarrel for riches I ne'er was inclined, |
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For the greatest of misers must leave them behind, |
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So me money I spend with no thought in me mind, |
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But to kick up our heels and carrouse. |
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For the rich never spend any gold of their own, |
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Sure they hold it away like a dog and it's bone, |
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But they end on their back among nettles and stones, |
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And I hear there're no pockets in shrouds. |
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I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry, |
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I will court all the lassies or at least I will try, |
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And I'll never conform 'til the day that I die, |
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Agus fagaimid suid mar ata se |
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Now some say I'm foolish and some say I'm wise, |
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For loving the women and the whiskey like wives, |
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But the son of King David had ten hundred wives, |
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And his wisdom was highly regarded! |
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So I'll call for the lassies and ask them to wed, |
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And we'll all be content in the one marriage bed, |
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While the rich count their gold we'll count children instead, |
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And we'll raise them up true and stout-hearted |
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I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry, |
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I will court all the lassies or at least I will try, |
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And I'll never conform 'til the day that I die, |
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Agus fagaimid suid mar ata se |
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Agus fagaimid suid mar ata se! |
