John O'Reilly Akkorde von
Charlie Robison
Charlie Robison

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Verse 1
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My name is John O'Reilly
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And my father worked the fields
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In the hills of old Kilarny
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Where I helped him turn the wheels
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My arms grew hard as iron
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for a boy of 17
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And I used my fists for gambling
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in those wet Kilarny streets
Verse 2
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Well the ship left for America and
I brought my pack aboard
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Said goodbye to my dear Ireland
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said a prayer to my dear Lord
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I fought those sorry guineas in the
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kitchen they called hell
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I fought them for their dollar and those
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guineas paid me well
Verse 3
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[Chorus] Fair thee
well fair Dover
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Fair thee well your seasons turn
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For my pockets will be jingling
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on the day of my return
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The day of my return
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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I fought in New York City and I
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fought the Jersey shore
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My gut stayed full of whiskey and my
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bed stayed full of whores
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They called my right a cannonball
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and my left they called the same
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I left em' all lyin' half in
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blood and half in shame
Verse 5
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I met a man on '32 and
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he stuck out his hand
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And he offered me a thousand
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if I'd fall before his man
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I said it could be done but only
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for another two
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He smiled at me and nodded as I stuck
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it in my shoe
Interlude 2
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Verse 6
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[Chorus]
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They
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rang the bell two
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times before I let him have my nose
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And I let him work my left until my
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eye was swollen closed
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Then I let loose a right that they
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still talk about today
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For that guinea didn't know that I
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had bet the other way
Verse 7
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They covered every dock and every
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port there on the coast
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Looking for that double crosser
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who had turned into a ghost
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But I was on a train my friend
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that rode the other way
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And i'll sail from California back toDub
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lin
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one fine day
Outro 1
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