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Well, here I am from Paddy's land, a land of high renown |
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I've broke the hearts of all the girls for miles round Keady town |
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And when they hear that I'm awa' they'll raise a hullabaloo |
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When they hear about that handsome lad they call Jack Donahue! |
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Cho: For I'm the boy to squeeze her, and I'm the boy to tease her |
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I'm the boy that can please her, ach, an' I'll tell you what I'll do |
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I'll court her like an Irishman |
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Wi' me brogue and blarney too is me plan |
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With the holligan, rolligan, swolligan, molligan bold O'Donahue! |
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I wish my love was a red. red rose growing on yon garden wall |
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And me to be a dewdrop and upon her brow I'd fall! |
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Perhaps now she might think of me as a rather heavy dew |
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And no more she'd love that handsome lad they call O'Donahue! |
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Well I hear that Queen Victoria has a daughter fine and grand |
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Perhaps she'd take it into her head for to marry an Irishman |
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And if I could only get the chance to have a word or two |
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I'm sure she'd take a notion to the bold O'Donahue! |
