Sally MacLennane (1985)
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1. Well, Jimmy played harmonica in the pub where I was born,
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he
played it from the night-time to the peaceful early morn.
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He soothed the souls of
psychos and the men who had the horn,
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and they all looked very happy in the
morning.
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2. But Jimmy didn’t like his place in the world of ours,
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where the
elephant man broke strong men’s neck
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when
he’d had too many powers.
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So sad to see the grieving of
the people he was leaving,
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and he took the road from nowhere in the
morning.
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We walked him to the station in the rain,
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we kissed him as we put him on
the train.
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And we sang him a song of times long gone,
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though we knew that we’d be seeing him
again.
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So sad to say, I must be on my way,
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so buy me beer and whiskey ‘cause
I’m going far away.
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I’d like to think I’ll be returning when I can,
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to the greatest little boozer
and to Sally MacLennane.
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3. The years passed by, the
times had changed, I grew to be a man,
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I learned to love the virtues of sweet
Sally MacLennane,
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I took the jeers
and drank the beers and I crawled back home at dawn,
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and ended up a
barman in the morning.
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4. I played the pump and took
the hump and watered whiskey down,
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I talked of whores and horses
to the men who drank the brown.
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I heard them say that Jimmy’s making money
far away,
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some people left for heaven without
warning.
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5. When Jimmy came back home
he was surprised that they were gone,
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he
asked me all the details of the train that they went on.
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Some people they are scared to croak,
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but
Jimmy drank until he choked,
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and took the road for heaven in the
morning.
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(The Pogues)