Y'all's my greats, My great, granddad was a king A monarch and noble He surveyed this so green And he said, "She's and humble"
As far as the eye can see From Carrantuohill to Giant's Was ours until went And made a of me
Many a Celtic head had And rolled upon the And bathed their horses hooves In Hibernian blood and their
In exile, they did Set up a church and there the landlord and the bailiff Made it
Oh, and on the they came to run Run until the done Far from fettered chain The was ours to barter
We succumb sweat and strain And look they're right again If they me boys I know make a criminal of me
A of me, a criminal of me A wandering forever, eternally A of me, a criminal of me Run, run, before make a criminal of me
Across the sea they To a land both and noble For they'd watched their starve And the as it fumbled
As reached the safer side Old Papa said to To try and a life So they'd not a criminal of he
"Go be alert", Da Do not for the gentry" poor but proud was he Whenever they discretely
Well, he'd smash faces in And in jail he 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 away from chain The land was ours to
We from sweat and strain And look they're right again If catch me, boys I know they'll a criminal of me
A of me, a criminal of me A forever, hungering eternally A of me, a criminal of me Run, run, before they a criminal of me
Oh a of me, a criminal of me A wandering forever, eternally Oh a of me, oh a criminal of me Run, run, they make a criminal of me
Oh, now my he steps so gay So up the street While I dull the in pubs can't afford to eat
He is dashing, he is And never want you see Even as the factory His reflect the criminal in me
and drunk now in the street With nothing to me I'm die here in this hole The kids I take care of with me
But it be taught to let the blame And hatred out of heads For anger and make you Just another pathetic, drunken, paddy dead
On the they came to run Run until the runnin's Far away from fettered The was ours to barter
We from sweat and strain And look they're right behind If catch me boys I know they'll a criminal of me
Oh a of me, a criminal of me A wandering forever, eternally Oh a of me, oh a criminal of me Run, run, before they a criminal of me
Run, run, before they make a of me Run, run, before they a criminal of me