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