Collection of Irish Song Lyrics
Body of an American
The Cadillac stood by the house
And the yanks, they were within
And the tinker boys, they hissed advice
Hot-wire her with a pin
When we turned and shook
as we had a look
In the room where the dead men lay
So big Jim Dwyer made his last trip
To the shores where his father's laid
But 15 minutes later
we had our first taste of whiskey
There was uncles giving lectures
on ancient Irish history
The men all started telling jokes
and the women, they got frisky
By five o clock in the evening
every bastard there was piskey
Fare thee well, going away,
there's nothing left to say
Farewell to New York City boys
to Boston and PA
He took them out
with a well-aimed clout,
we often heard him say
Im a free born man of the USA
He fought the champ in Pittsburgh
and he slashed him to the ground
He took on Tiny Tartanella
and it only went one round
He never had no time for reds,
for drink or dice or whores
But he never threw a fight
when the fight was right
So they sent him to the war
Fare the well gone away
theres nothing left to say
With a slainte Joe and Erin go
my loves in Amerikay
The calling of the rosary
Spanish wine from far away
I'm a free born man of the USA
yeah
This morning on the harbour
when I said goodbye to you
I remember how I swore
that I'd come back to you one day
And as the sunset came to meet,
the evening on the hill
I told you Id always love you
I always did I always will
Fare thee well gone away
there's nothing left to say
But to say adieu to your eyes as blue
as the water in the bay
To big Jim Dwyer the man of wire
who was often heard to say
Im a free born man of the USA
Im a free born man of the USA
Im a free born man of the USA
