{"id":1347,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/big-fellah-the"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"big-fellah-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/big-fellah-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Fellah, The"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mo chara is mo lao thu!
\nMy friend and my calf
\nIs aisling tr\u00ed n\u00e9allaibh
\nA vision in dream
\nDo deineadh ar\u00e9ir dom
\nWas revealed to me last night
\nIgCorcaigh go d\u00e9anach
\nIn Cork, a late hour,
\nAr leaba im aonar
\nIn my solitary bed<\/p>\n

I remember you back in the GPO with Connolly and Clarke
\nLaughin’ with McDermott through the bullets and the sparks
\nAlways with the smart remark, your eyes blazin’ and blue
\nBut when we needed confidence we always turned to you
\nAnd when they shot our leaders up against Kilmainham wall
\nYou were there beside us in that awful Easter dawn
\nHey, big fellah……….where the hell are you now
\nWhen we need you the most
\nHey, big fellah……….c’mon<\/p>\n

Tabhair dom do l\u00e1mh
\nGive me your hand<\/p>\n

Back on the streets of Dublin when we fought the black and tans
\nYou were there beside us, a towerin’ mighty man
\nAnd God help the informer or the hated English spy
\nBy Jaysus, Mick, you’d crucify them without the blinkin’ of an eye
\nStill you had a heart as soft as the early mornin’ dew
\nEvery widow, whore and orphan could always turn to you
\nWe beat them in the cities and we whipped them in the streets
\nAnd the world hailed Michael Collins, our commander and our chief
\nAnd they sent you off to London to negotiate a deal
\nAnd to gain us a republic, united, boys, and real
\nBut the women and the drink, Mick, they must have got to you
\n‘Cause you came back with a country divided up in two<\/p>\n

We had to turn against you, Mick, there was nothin’ we could do
\n‘Cause we couldn’t betray the republic like Arthur Griffith and you
\nWe fought against each other, two brothers steeped in blood
\nBut I never doubted that your heart was broken in the flood
\nAnd though we had to shoot you down in golden B\u00e9al na Blath
\nI always knew that Ireland lost her greatest son of all<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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