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Thread #2374   Message #9511
Posted By: earl.dandy@cableol.co.uk
24-Jul-97 - 04:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American)
Subject: RE: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American): lyrics?
Forgive any mispellings (I am remembering a version sung by Bing Crosby that my parents had when I was a kid), but:

There came -
Brannigan, Flannigan, Milligan, Gilligan, Duffy, McCuffy, Malachy, Mahone
Rafferty, Lafferty, Donnelly, Connelly, Dooley, O'Hooley, Muldowney, Malone
Calona, O'Hona, O'Rannahan, Flanaghan - Faigan, O'Hagan, O'Hoolahan, Flynn
Shannahan, Mannahan, Foggery, Hoggerty, Kelly, O'Kelly, McGuinness, McGuin.

I believe the song then ended with "Pat O'Brien was late!"