{"id":1976,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/whacker-humphries"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"whacker-humphries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/whacker-humphries\/","title":{"rendered":"WHACKER HUMPHRIES"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

One day as I was walking past the bridge in Dolphin’s Barn
\nDown by the old canal I saw some children in a car
\nIn the back they were shootin’ up smack, I had a bird’s eye view
\nWhen I dialed for help, told me there’s nothing we can do
\nBoth sides of the river, clearly to be seen
\nDown along O’Connell Street and up to Stephen’s Green
\nHeroin sold openly; there was no need to hide
\nThe drug squads were out numbered; it seems their hands were tied<\/p>\n

John Whacker Humphries he’s a family man
\nHim and his wife they give their children everything they can
\nFaced with scourge of heroin, they’d not accept defeat
\nThey joined other Concerned Parents to put the dealers off the street
\nThey called on dealer’s houses and ordered them to quit
\nTime and time again, they warned, we’ve had enough of it
\nDirty needles in our doorways, junkies hanging all about
\nKeep on dealing heroin and you’re gonna be moved out<\/p>\n

From Saint Teresa’s gardens to the flats in Ballymun
\nConcerned Parents action had the dealers on the run
\nThey swore they’d stand together till the heroin was stopped
\nCan anybody tell me why they got their fingers rapped<\/p>\n

They were rounded up and charged with crimes against the state
\nBrought before the Green Street Court to decide their fate
\nDenied a trial by jury and there was no bail
\nThe Concerned Parents were taken off to jail
\nI was sitting in the gallery among families, friends and wives
\nI strained to hear who told the truth and who was telling lies
\nDealers, junkies and police on the prosecution side
\nI swear to God that’s what I saw before my very eyes<\/p>\n

Whacker Humphries took the dealers on and he fought ’em tooth and nail
\nAnd a dozen well-armed soldiers took him to the Portlaoise Jail
\nHe tried to protect his children, found guilty of a crime
\nOne man gets a pension, another man gets time<\/p>\n

This morning I was walking past the bridge in Dolphin’s Barn
\nI heard a small bird whisper, “Mind you come to any harm”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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