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Verse 1
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I was born in Blazen, Bolton, Glaston,
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the Wicklow Hills where I was born
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John O 'Brien is my name
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I left my home in Ireland
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and I sailed across the sea
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After gambling a great fortune left to me
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I sailed aboard an English ship
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bound for the River Plate
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But we were shipwrecked on the sea
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There was only two survivors,
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one salty, tarred bee
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We crossed uncharted islands
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far to gain our liberty
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Against many hidden dangers
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till the set tlement we did see
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Marooned and shipwrecked
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Against the laws of nature
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we survived this great ordeal,
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Against the laws of God and man.
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I continued on my journey
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then on an English ship for the Argentine,
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Everything I lost at sea.
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I fell in love with a Quaker girl,
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she fell in love with me
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But her father did not approve of me
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He conspired with the captain
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to get me off that ship
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And placed me on the Portuguese
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When I arrived in Buenos Aires
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heartbroken without a cent
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And from that very moment
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I commenced a wild career
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With God and justice on my side
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I fought a thousand battles
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that won me great acclaim
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John O 'Brien is my name
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I am a soldier and nothing more
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I fight for freedom and nothing less
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I loved to gamble, the pretty girls
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I gave my soul for freedom
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and for liberty
I fought long and hard
for freedom's cause
Against the force of tyranny
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since the year of 1812
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I fought many decisive battles
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and many long campaigns
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And freed the land of Uruguay
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In the army of the Andes
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with O 'Higgins and Martine
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We fought for Chile and Peru
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At the Battle of Chocoboco,
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the story it was told
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We defeated General Ato
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and captured all his gold
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Then at San Diego, Chile we did win
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Then the freedom of Peru
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For twelve years I battled,
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survived those many wars
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John O 'Brien was my name
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John O 'Brien is my name
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