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Thread #64084   Message #3031238
Posted By: Jim Dixon
13-Nov-10 - 03:39 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Digs in Birmingham
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Roll Over Paddy
I found this version, of one verse only, in a blog:

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Ah, put down your legs there, Paddy. Shove in a bit there, Joe.
Put down your elbow, Johnny, and don't dislocate my toe.
Let go the blankets, Mickey. Don't strip my perished hands.
That's what you'll hear in England, in the digs in Birmingham.

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On listening to the Sons of Erin version, I think I hear the word "perish" where GEST has "carriage" but I can't say what the nearby words are.