Key: E major•
Verse 1
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I was raised on Black and Tans,
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well Ronnie Drew and Van the Man.
I go off to mass on Sunday
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I got a sister Megan
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with a Celtic cross tattoo
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I'll tell you a few stories
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and every one of them is true
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Another brother's sister's
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had a cousin from Killarney
Well, my great -grandad and his mates,
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They tried to make it to the States.
His great -uncle, he was a failure,
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He got deported off to Australia.
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So they scout upon a steamer
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On the fam ous White Star Line.
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I was raised upon these stories
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since I was the age of nine
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My mother's brother's
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had a cousin from Killarney
Well, my great uncle, he liked the races
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He liked the dogs and steeplechases
His wife, my dear old auntie,
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she kept a tea shop with an iron infantry
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But he fixed a race and done a gall
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and now he's got to hide
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With the sticky bonds and cakes
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and guns and whiskey and a sigh
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My mother's brother's sister's
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and a cousin from Killarney
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Oh, was raised on Black and Tans
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Where Ronnie Drew and Van the Man
I go to Mass on Sunday,
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I'm from the wrong side
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I've never been to Ireland,
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but I know it's in my blood
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and a cousin Ron Killarney
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Well, my mother's brothers, sisters, cousins, aunties, uncles, barnies,
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fathers, brothers, sisters, auntie had a cousin from Killarney
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B A G#m F#m...
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B
A
G#m
F#m
C#m
D
Capo: 2
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