Tonart: C major
Verse 1
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1869 being the date of the year,
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All the Waterloo sportsmen
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To win the great prize and
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to bear it a wha,
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Never counting on Ireland
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And when they arrived there
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in big London town,
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All the great English sportsmen
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they all gathered round.
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One of the gentlemen gave a ha -ha.
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Is that the grey dog you call
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Master McGrath?
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Lord Norgan stepped forward
and he said, gentlemen,
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if there's any among you
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Where great English greyhound,
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I don't care a straw.
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upon Master McGrath.
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White Rose stood uncovered,
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the great English pride,
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Her trainer and owner
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and the crowd they roared,
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For the pride of all England
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As Rose and the Master,
I wonder, says Rose,
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what took you from your home?
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You should have stayed there
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Not come to gain loddles on Albion's plain
I know, MacGraw,
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we have wild heather mobs
But you'll find in all Ireland
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we have good men and dogs
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Lead on, bold Britannia,
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Stuff that up your nostrils,
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says Master MacGraw
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The hair she laid on was a beautiful view
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As swift as the wind,
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o 'er the green fields she flew
and he held up his paw
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Three cheers for the li onesses,
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master!
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I've known many greyhounds
that fill me with pride
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In the days that are gone,
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and it can't be denied
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But the greatest and the bravest
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that the world ever saw
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But our champion love champions,
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they must earn the gold.
Outro 1
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