Y'all's my greats, My great, great was a king A monarch stout and He surveyed this land so And he said, "She's and humble"
As far as the eye can see Carrantuohill to Giant's Causeway Was until they went And a criminal of me
Many a head had rolled And rolled upon the And bathed their horses hooves In Hibernian blood and their
In exile, they did Set up a and home there 'Til the and the bailiff it criminality
Oh, and on the road they to run Run until the done Far away from fettered The was ours to barter
We succumb sweat and strain And look right behind again If catch me boys I know they'll make a of me
A criminal of me, a of me A wandering forever, hungering A criminal of me, a of me Run, run, they make a criminal of me
Across the sea they To a land both bright and For they'd watched neighbors starve And the bloodline as it
As they reached the safer Old Papa said to To try and live a So they'd not make a of he
"Go be alert", Da Do not for the gentry" poor but proud was he Whenever called discretely
Well, he'd smash faces in And in he died poorly But he "Don't let try and make a criminal of ye"
On the road they to run Run the runnin's done Far from fettered chain The was ours to barter
We succumb sweat and strain And look they're right behind If they catch me, I they'll make a criminal of me
A of me, a criminal of me A wandering forever, eternally A criminal of me, a of me Run, run, before make a criminal of me
Oh a criminal of me, a of me A wandering forever, hungering Oh a of me, oh a criminal of me Run, run, before they a criminal of me
Oh, now my boss he so gay So up the street While I dull the pain in Still can't to eat
He is dashing, he is And he'll never you see Even as the factory His shoes the criminal in me
and drunk now in the street With to sustain me I'm die here in this hole The kids I take care of with me
But it must be taught to let the And out of their heads For anger and danger you another pathetic, drunken, violent paddy dead
On the they came to run Run until the done Far away from fettered The land was to barter
We succumb from and strain And look they're behind again If they catch me I know they'll make a of me
Oh a criminal of me, a of me A wandering forever, hungering Oh a criminal of me, oh a of me Run, run, before make a criminal of me
Run, run, before make a criminal of me Run, run, before they a criminal of me