{"id":1803,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/plastic-paddy"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"plastic-paddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/plastic-paddy\/","title":{"rendered":"PLASTIC PADDY"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

He’s just a plastic paddy, singing plastic paddy songs
\nIn a plastic paddy pub that’s called “The Blarney Stone”
\nThere’s plastic shamrocks on the walls, there’s Guinness and green beer
\nAnd a sign in Gaelic above the bar which says “God Bless All Here!”<\/p>\n

His guitar sounds like a wardrobe, and it’s out of tune at that
\nHis singing voice it ranges from F-sharp to F-flat
\nHe’s just desecrated “The Holy Ground”, ripped apart “Black Velvet Band”
\nSang, “Seven Nights Drunk” and now he’s sunk “The Irish Rover” with all hands
\nHe’s just a plastic paddy, singing plastic paddy songs
\nIn a plastic paddy pub that’s called “The Blarney Stone”
\nThe publican’s a Proddy Scot by the name of McIntyre
\nWho does not allow collections for The Men Behind The Wire<\/p>\n

He’s done awful things to “Molly Malone” and the fair “Rose Of Tralee”
\nHe’s murdered “Carrickfergus” and poor old “Mother McCree”
\nHe’s thrashed his way through “Galway Bay” and “The Wild Irish Rose”
\nAnd if he starts singing “Danny Boy” I’m gonna punch him in the nose
\nHe’s just a plastic paddy, singing plastic paddy songs
\nIn a plastic paddy pub that’s called “The Blarney Stone”
\nThere’s Aer Lingus poster everywhere showing pretty Irish scenes
\nAll peaceful and idyllic, and very bloody green<\/p>\n

“When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” and “The Mountains of Mourne”
\nIn his search for Celtic clich\u00e9 your has left no stone unturned
\nTill he embarks upon “The Harp Once Through Tara’s Halls”
\nAccompanying himself of the bodhr\u00e0n which takes a lot of balls
\nHe’s just a plastic paddy, singing plastic paddy songs
\nIn a plastic paddy pub that’s called “The Blarney Stone”
\nHe’s just sung in his mother tongue, the ancient Irish Erse
\nAnd cleared the pub completely by the forty-second verse<\/p>\n

Yes he’s just a plastic paddy, singing plastic paddy songs
\nHe’s started singing “Danny Boy” so it’s time that I was gone
\nAnd just one thought comes to my mind as I stagger out the door
\nWhere are you when we need your Christy Moore
\nWhere are you when we need your Christy Moore<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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