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Thread #13306   Message #108823
Posted By: Philippa
26-Aug-99 - 06:55 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Man from the Daily Mail
Subject: Lyr Add: THE MAN FROM THE DAILY MAIL
I'll start you off - my memory is getting stuck onthe verse about "the whole place is seething with sedition; it's Sinn Féin through and through..."

Oh Ireland is a very funny place, sir;
It's a strange and a troubled land
And the Irish are a very funny race, sir;
Every girl's in a Cumann na mBan.
Every dog wears a tricoloured ribbon
Tied firmly to his tail
And it wouldn't be surprising
if we had another rising,
Says the man from the Daily Mail

(chorus)
Every bird,upon my word, is saying,
"Treble, I'm a rebel"
Every hen indeed is laying hand grenades, sir,
Over there, sir, I declare sir,
And every cock in the farm yard stock,
Sings a war cry of the Gael,
And I'm shaking in my shoes
as I'm reading out the news,"
Says the Man from the Daily Mail

I'm also trying to remember what older song this one was a take off on. And I think a newer one, the Man from the KGB has also been composed. Anybody know more about those songs?