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Thread #98126   Message #3373160
Posted By: GUEST
07-Jul-12 - 06:17 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Liberty Boy (Edward Nevin)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Liberty Boy (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