{"id":1986,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/the-wearing-of-the-green"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"the-wearing-of-the-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/the-wearing-of-the-green\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WEARING OF THE GREEN"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

“O Paddy dear, and did ye hear the news that’s goin’ round?
\nThe shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground!
\nNo more Saint Patrick’s Day we’ll keep, his color can’t be seen
\nFor there’s a cruel law against the wearin’ o’ the Green.”<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nIt’s the wearin’ of the Green, the wearin’ of the Green
\nOh, they’re hangin’ men and women for the wearin’ of the Green<\/p>\n

I met with Napper Tandy, and he took me by the hand,
\nAnd he said, “How’s poor ould Ireland, and how does she stand?”
\n “She’s the most distressful country that ever yet was seen,
\n For they’re hanging men and women there for the wearin’ o’ the Green.”<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nIt’s the wearin’ of the Green, the wearin’ of the Green
\nOh, they’re hangin’ men and women for the wearin’ of the Green<\/p>\n

“So if the color we must wear be England’s cruel red
\nLet it remind us of the blood that Irishmen have shed;
\nAnd pull the shamrock from your hat, and throw it on the sod
\nBut never fear, ’twill take root there, though underfoot ’tis trod.<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nIt’s the wearin’ of the Green, the wearin’ of the Green
\nOh, they’re hangin’ men and women for the wearin’ of the Green<\/p>\n

When laws can stop the blades of grass from growin’ as they grow
\n And when the leaves in summer-time their color dare not show,
\n Then I will change the color too I wear in my caubeen;
\n But till that day, please God, I’ll stick to the Wearin’ o’ the Green.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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