One and one and two are three
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If you adhere to Irish logic
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That's just one of the many jokes of which
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The Irish are the topic
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You can talk about the luck of but in
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Truth there's not a lot
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So we have this reputation of being
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As thick two short planks
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And although George Bernard Shaw
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Was Irish he's an Englishman
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No we don't live in houses that are
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Otherwise known as bars
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Yes we do have other transport
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Besides donkeys and carts
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Go to Dublin day or night
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And see for yourself there's
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Not a bog in sight
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In America the joke about the irishman
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Would die
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There for some peculiar season it's
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The polish they decry
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Bet in sweden it's norwegians and in
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Norway it's the danes
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And it's a fallacy to think that irish
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People drink the most
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When in njoy germany alone their beer
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Consumption unapproached
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As for britian far from being sober
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They would enjoy thier drink
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But to call an enghlishman a drunk
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Would be an awful thing
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What you need todo for that
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Is a chap named pat and the luck of the irish
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Kiss the blarney stone but get down on your back to do it
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Okay on the surface I admit it does seem rather stupid
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But you mustn't judge a book by all accounts
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But by what's underneath it's
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Cover up your daughters what they don't see they won't miss
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Remember contraception is despair but ignorance is bliss
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The church will tell you what you should and what you
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Shouldn't do is argue with it
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Shergar's body been exhumed by irish terrorists today
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If the ransom isn't paid out then his life may not be saved
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No we don't live in houses that are
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Otherwise known as bars
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Yes we do have other transport
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Besides donkeys and carts
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Go to Dublin day or night
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And see for yourself there's
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Not a bog in sight
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The luck of the irsh
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Kiss the blarney stone but get down on your back to do it
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Okay on the surface I admit it does seem rather stupid
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But you mustn't judge a book by all accounts
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But by what's underneath it's
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Cover up your daughters what they don't see they won't miss
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Remember contraception is despair but ignorance is bliss
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The church will tell you what you should and what you
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Shouldn't do is argue with it
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The Luck Of The Irish
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| Gilbert O'Sullivan |
