Tonart: E major•
Verse 1
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Mr
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Connaughton my memory's long,
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though the years have flown
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Though the years have gone.
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Marjorie or Mary?
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Were you from Cork or Tipper
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ary?
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Verse 2
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Mr Connaughton when
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we lived underneath
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Oh you said it was a lucky man had a
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gap between his teeth
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And for a while I had a gap too
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But it closed when my big teeth
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came through.
Oh it closed when my
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big teeth came through.
Verse 3
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Mr Connaughton you seemed to laugh
such a lot
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And that would make us smile
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too, as often as not
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Did you have a friend who
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was a soldier?
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Well I'm gonna join the army
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when I'm older.
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Verse 4
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Well I know you paid a fiver for that
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old motorbike
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And they said it wouldn't run,
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but I thought that it might.
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I was nearly asleep when
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it spluttered into life
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And I clenched my fist and smiled
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a secret smile of delight
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Was your first name Kevin
or Mike?
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Verse 5
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I remember when you built
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cart
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With the wheels off a pram,
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and a plank out in the yard,
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And you gave us a bit of string
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but we steered it with our feet.
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Oh boy it was the best one on the street,
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And you said "Jesus,
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that's the best one on the street".
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Verse 6
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I remember when your little girl was born
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You brought her downstair
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s to show us all,
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And we were allowed to kiss her
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And I wished she was my sister.
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Verse 7
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Mr Connaughton, you moved
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away
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With your wife and your baby,
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but we stayed
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Till finally we got re-housed too
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too
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And I never will forget you
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Verse 8
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Mr Connaughton my memory's long
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though the years have flown
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Though the years have gone
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Was your wife's name Marjorie or Mary?
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Were you from Cork or
Outro 1
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