{"id":1802,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/penny-evans"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"penny-evans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/penny-evans\/","title":{"rendered":"PENNY EVANS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

My name is Penny Evans and my age is twenty-one
\nI’m widow of the war that was fought in Vietnam
\nI have two baby daughters and I do the best I can
\nThey say the war is over, but I think it’s just begun<\/p>\n

I remember, I was seventeen, when first I met young Bill
\nAt his father’s grand piano, we played both heart and soul
\nI only knew the left hand part, he played the right so well
\nHe’s the only boy I slept with and the only one I will<\/p>\n

Well first we had a baby girl and we had two good years
\nAnd then the warning notice came, we parted without tears
\nThen nine months from our last good-bye, our second child appeared
\nAnd ten months and a telegram, confirming all our fears<\/p>\n

And once a month I get a check from some army bureaucrat
\nAnd once a month I tear it up and mail the damn thing back
\nDo they think that makes it all right–do they think I’ll fall for that
\nThey can keep their bloody money, it won’t bring my Jimmy back<\/p>\n

I never cared for politics, speeches I don’t understand
\nLike-wise I’ll take no charity from any living man
\nFor tonight there’s fifty-thousand gone in that unhappy land
\nAnd fifty-thousand hearts and souls being played by just one hand<\/p>\n

So my name is Penny Evans and my age is twenty-one
\nI’m widow of the war that was fought in Vietnam
\nI have two baby daughters, thank God I have no sons
\nThey say the war is over, but for me it’s just begun<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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