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Black 47
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Born on a black monday, me mother screamin' curses
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Me ould lad in the pub losin' money on the horses
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Me Granny kicked in the door, said "get a job you bastard"
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And I come rollin' into the world, a walkin' talkin' disaster
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With a toot on the flute and a twiddle on the fiddle oh
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Music in me soul and a beat on me boombox oh
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Up down turn around and crash into the wall
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Dancin' to the beat of me own different drummer oh
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At the age of 16 years I was apprenticed to a grocer
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But they never knew me name, all they wanted was
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'Yes and no sir'
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So I bought a cheap guitar, I learned to write me poetry
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And me and rock and roll set off to see the country
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Oh we played in pubs and dancehalls, we even played in brothels I learned all about the good life through the ass end of a bottle
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I learned about love from many's the fine lady
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But I was always searchin' for me one true darlin' baby
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Oh I searched from coast to coast from Florida to Canada
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With me heart upon me sleeve screamin' out "hi, where are yeh"
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'Til I went home with a six foot girl from the south side of Chicago
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But it turned out she was a man, oh can you imagine the disaster?
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But the sweetest girl of all was from the state of California
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Ah she took me home to bed, kept me rockin til the mornin'
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Then the door came crashin' in, in the midst of me shenanigans
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And her husband beat me up so bad, I'll never get it up again
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Oh I'm goin' back to Brooklyn with me tail between me legs oh I'm givin' up this rock and roll, 'tis far too dangerous work oh
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Stay at your steady jobs, me boys, get married and have babies
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And keep the hell away from them California ladies
Black 47 "Funky Céilí"
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