Sicilian Born chords by Adam Brand
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Verse 1
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He was Sicilian born,
a fisherman's son,
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came over in twenty -three
Worked like a dog for a couple of years
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and sent for his family
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He worked on the docks
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and he worked on the railways
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He worked till his back was gone
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Bought a semi -detached
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in Erskineville
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Moved in and paved the lawn
Well, these three boys
grew and married
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Young, blonde and blue -eyed girls
Soon enough there were grandkids comin'
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To look in on his world
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They were fair and blue -eyed too
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To him they all looked the same
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Sicilian blood flowed through their lives,
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you'd only know it by their last name
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And he never talked
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in his native tongue,
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he never talked about going home
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He told me once the reason why
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he said home's not where
you're born
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Home is where a man's
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prepared to die
He outlived his wife Maria
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She died in 82
And for a long time after
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He was lost for what to do
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He'd sit alone at the window
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And those the days away
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So I didn't see him much anymore
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Unless he happened to wait
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Still he never talked in his native tongue
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He never talked about going home
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He told me once the reason why
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He said home's not
where you're born
Home is where a man's
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prepared to die
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I went up north for a two -week spell
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about a month ago
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And to my surprise, when I came home,
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I found his place was sold
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I called the other neighbors
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to find out where he'd gone
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They said he packed up and just went back
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to wherever he came from
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And he never talked in his native tongue
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He never talked about going home
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He told me once the reason why
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He said home's not
where you're born
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Home is where a man's
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prepared to die
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And he never talked in his native tongue
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He never talked about going home
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He told me once the reason why
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He said, home's not where you're born
He said, home's not
where you're born
Home is where a man's
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prepared to die
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Sicilian Born
Adam Brand
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