{"id":1819,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/paddys-lamentation"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"paddys-lamentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/paddys-lamentation\/","title":{"rendered":"PADDY’S LAMENTATION"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Well it’s by the hush me boys and sure that’s to hold your noise
\nListen to poor Paddy’s sad narration
\nWell I was by hunger pressed and in poverty distressed
\nSo I took a thought, I’d leave the Irish nation
\nWell I sold me horse and cow, me little pig and sow
\nMe little plot of land I sold to part with
\nAnd me sweetheart Bid McGee, I’m afraid I’ll never see
\nFor I left her there that morning broken-hearted<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nHere’s you boys, now take my advice
\nTo America I’ll have you not be comming
\nThere is nothing here but war
\nWhere the murdering cannons roar
\nAnd I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin<\/p>\n

Well, meself and a hundred more to Americay sailed o’er
\nOur fortune to be made, oh we were thinking
\nWhen we got to Yankee-land, they shoved a gun into our hands
\nSaying “Paddy, you must go and fight for Lincoln”<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

General Meaghar to us he said “If you get shot or lose your head
\nEach murdering son of yours will get a pension”
\nWell, myself I lost me leg, they gave me a wooden peg
\nAnd by God this is the truth to you I mention<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

When I think myself in luck, I get fed on Indian buck
\nAnd Ireland is the country I delight in
\nWith the devil I did say, it’s curse Americay
\nFor I think I’ve had enough of your hard fighting<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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