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Thread #53457 Message #822963
Posted By: kendall
10-Nov-02 - 07:52 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Origins: O'Grady's Goat, Bill Grogan's, etc.
Subject: Lyr Add: O'GRADY'S GOAT
O'Grady's Goat
O'Grady lived in a shanty row and the people often said.
They wish that he would move away or else his goat was dead,
It kept the children in a fright and the people often vexed,
They never knew just where or when the goat would turn up next.
refrain
O'Grady's goat a diddle de dum dee dee,
O'Grady's goat a diddle de dumm dee dee,
With their guns their sticks and knives,
The husbands and the wives, tried most all their lives
To kill O'Grady's goat.
They were having a party at McNill's and they all were having fun,
All of a sudden an earthquake come and everybody run,
The oyster stew fell on the floor it nearly drowned the cat,
The stove was smashed to smithereens and O'Grady's goat done that.
repeat refrain
Now Pat McNill and Biddy were standing by the gate
Puckering up to kiss eash other shy and sweet,
They came together with a crash and smashed their noses flat,
Now they don't speak when they go by, and O'Grady's goat done that.
refrain
Now O'Hoolahan he brought home some dynamite one day,
To blow a cistern in the air and he hid the stuff away,
All of a sudden a hell of a bang, and O'Hoolahan's house and hat
And everything in sight went up and O'Grady's goat done that.
refrain
Now Mrs. Murphy hung some clothes out on the line to dry,
She went to take them in at night and she stopped to make a cry
The two red shirts that once were worn by her husband, Pat,
Were both chewed off up to the neck and O'Grady's goat done that.
refrain
On a cold November morning and snow was on the ground
The men the women and children were gladly standing round
The form of one lay dead and cold and sticking in his throat,
Were the two red flannel shirts, he ate that ended O'Grady's goat.
The form of one lay dead and cold and sticking in his throat,
Were the two red shirts that Patrick wore that ended O'Grady's goat.