The Complete Words for "A Liberty Boy Am I" A LIBERTY BOY AM I (Edward Nevin) I was born and bred in a darlin' spot, well famed in history In the oldest part of Dublin and it's called the Liberties I'm really proud to come from there, I'll keep the banner high I will drink all night and be polite a Liberty Boy am I Now me Ma and Da got an awful fright, the night that I was born I came a little early for I wasn't due till morn Me Da he nearly fainted when he heard me lusty cry I will drink all night and be polite a Liberty Boy am I I will drink all night and be polite a Liberty Boy am I There and then they called me Jamesie just like me Uncle Jem He was loved throughout the Liberties by the women and the men He taught me all the things I know that money couldn't buy I will drink all night and be polite a Liberty Boy am I Now me school days they were happy ones I'm very glad to say How I loved to play in Patrick's Park, I went there every day I loved to stroll round Christ Church place and watch the Mott's go by I will drink all night and be polite a Liberty Boy am I I will drink all night and be polite a Liberty Boy am I I began to notice Ladies when I was in me teens A one and one in Burdocks and I'd take her to the Queens A Dublin Casanova with a twinkle in me eye I will drink all night and be polite a Liberty Boy am I And now you've heard the story of how Jamesie came to be And of that darlin' Neighbourhood that's called the Liberties I'm a Dubliner and proud of it, with that I'll say goodbye I will drink all night and be polite a Liberty Boy am I I will drink all night and be polite a Liberty Boy am I
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