Hello, Patsy Fagan    (video)    (midi)

 

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”Hello, Patsy Fagan!" you can hear the girls all cry,

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"Hello, Patsy Fagan, you're the apple of my eye !

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You're a decent boy from Ireland, and there's no one can deny,

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you're a harum-scarum, devil-may-carum decent Irish boy.

 

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1. I'm working here in Glasgow, I've got a decent job,

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    I’m carrying bricks and mortar, and me pay is fifteen bob.

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    I rise up in the morning, I get up with the lark,

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    and when I'm walking down the street, you can hear the girls remark :

 

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2. Well, the day that I left Ireland, 'twas many months ago,

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    I left my home in Ulster where the pigs and praties grow.

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    But since I left old Ireland, it’s always been my plan,

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    to let you people see that I'm a decent Irishman.    + CHORUS

 

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3. Now if there's one among you, who would like to marry me,

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    I'll take you to my little home across the Irish Sea.

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    I'll dress you up in satin, I’ll do the best I can,

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    to let the people see that I'm a decent Irishman.    + CHORUS

 

(orig. capo 5th; midi = capo 3rd))    (The Irish Rovers)