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Verse 1
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Burl Ives - Come
back Paddy Reilly
The Garden of Eden has
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vanished they say
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But I know the lie of it still
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Just turn to the left at the bridge of Finea
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And stop when halfway to Cootehill.
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'Tis there I will find it I
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When fortune has come to my call,
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Oh the grass it is green around
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Ballyjamesduff
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And the blue sky is over it all
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And tones that are tender
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and tones that are gruff,
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Are whispering over the sea,
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Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff,
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Come home, Paddy Reilly, to me.
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Verse 2
My mother once told me
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The day that I first saw the light,
I looked down the street on
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And gave a great crow of delight.
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Now most newborn babies
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And start with a sorrowful squall
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But I knew I was born in Ballyjamesduff
And that's why I smiled
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on them all.
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now he's toil- worn and tough,
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Still, whispers come over the sea,
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Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
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Come home, Paddy Reilly, to me.
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Verse 3
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The night that we danced
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by the light of the moon,
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Wid Phil to the fore wid his flute,
When Phil threw his lip
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over 'Come Again Soon,'
He's dance the foot out o'
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yer boot!
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The day that I took long
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For slanderin' Rosie Kilrain,
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Then, marchin' him straight
Assisted him into a drain.
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Oh, sweet are the dreams, as
the dudeen I puff,
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Of whisperings over the sea,
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Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
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Come home, Paddy Reilly, to me.
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Verse 4
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I've loved the young women
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of every land,
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That always came easy to me;
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Just barrin' the belles of the
Black- a- moor brand
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And the chocolate shapes of Feegee.
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But that sort of love is a moonshiny stuff,
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And never will addle me brain,
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For the bells will be ringin'
in Ballyjamesduff
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For me and me Rosie
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Kilrain!
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And through all their glamour,
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their gas and their guff
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A whisper comes over the sea,
Come back,
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Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
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Come home, Paddy Reilly, to me.
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