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Thread #17326   Message #166850
Posted By: MudGuard
22-Jan-00 - 05:33 PM
Thread Name: ADD: My Uncle's in the Dáil
Subject: RE: Lyrics of 'me Uncle in the Doil'
Here is what I got. Red parts don't make a sense to me (I transcribed the song from listening to it).

MudGuard

My Uncle's In The Dáil

It was at the last election that my uncle Pat got in
He was always fond of politics and the (safe turn you requinn ???)
He made such pretty promises to the people one and all
That's how he got elected as a member of the Dáil

Oh my uncle is a TD, my boys, my uncle is a TD
And that's the very reason for nothing bothers me
My brother was made a foreman though he'd never been to work
(Yet of a dang ???) you see my uncle, he's a member of the Dáil

Now, he's no good at learning, sure he never went to school
But that's no disadvantage in this country as a rule
He was in the county council but you know that means (dermot ???)
(Yet of a caps off ???) to my uncle, he's a member of the Dáil

Oh my uncle is a TD, my boys, my uncle is a TD
And that's the very reason for nothing bothers me
I (pay attention ???) for my father though he's not blind at all
(Yet of a dang ???) you see my uncle, he's a member of the Dáil

Now, he's not fond of argument, sure he's as quiet as a mouse
And there's (no very silvard ???) up there in Leinster House
He never (adds ???) with either side (fine gaelacheanjawfowl ???)
So long as he draws the salary as a member of the Dáil

Oh my uncle is a TD, my boys, my uncle is a TD
And my sister's gone to marry a minister's secretary
She met him up in Dublin in (the gracioure mat of ball/inauguration ball???)
That's how they got acquainted through my uncle in the Dáil

Now, we are the finest family that ever yet was seen
We make a tiny packet from the making of poor tea
It goes across the border and up to Donegal
And they drink it in the lobbies with my uncle in the Dáil

Oh my uncle is a TD, my boys, my uncle is a TD
And my mother got a pension at the age of forty three
Oh we draw family allowance though we've got no kids at all
(Yet of a dang ???) you see my uncle, he's a member of the Dáil