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Verse 1
who walked into a pub,
make it fast.
The bartender says,
you want a scotch and soda, sir?
You can have it quickly.
The first fellow says, bartender,
you make a foot of me.
The bartender says,
no, I'm not making a foot of you.
At that point, another customer came in and said, give
me a scotch and soda, bartender.
Bartender says,
here it is.
I thought you said
you wanted to make a fun
of me.
Bartender says, I'm not making fun of you,
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In this song, the Irish are making fun, in a way,
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of the Irish.
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of some of the Maudlin songs
many years ago.
And with all the jokes in this song,
with all the humor,
with all the poke and fun,
it still turns out to be what
It's called Molly Brannigan.
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["Molly Brannigan"]
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How, 'am dear,
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did you ever hear of pretty
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Molly Brannigan?
and I'll never be a man again.
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Not a spot on my hide
Since Molly's gone
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and left me all alone for to die.
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you could easy roll a tarlet in
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As big as any paving stone,
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she might have give mine back again
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along for to die
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I can remember when the milk in time
She took me to the meadow
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and she swore I was the only one
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Ever she loved all the face of a cruel one
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After that delayed me all alone for to die
Sure I can remember,
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as we walked out, the rain begun,
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I clothed her in me pantaloons,
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not the base, the cruel one,
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after that to leave me all alone,
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full to die.
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They decide of me bodies
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as weak
And devil a bit upon me bones
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since Molly Booth's a cruel man.
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If I had a blunderbuss,
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go and fight a duel, 'am,
But what need I care
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when I am only to die?
I feel myself as weak
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as man is meant to man,
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when I call that last meander,
'am?
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ma 'am,
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when I hear you cry around my grave,
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Why did he die?
Outro 1
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ChordsA B E F# C#m
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