Granddaddy used to sit me on his And tell me how it was in the old and floods and crops that failed I'd for hours as he told his tale
He said, "There must have been a on the family name" But he swore he'd be the one to break chain With money that he saved from the of his brow get 'em out of there, someday, somehow
Well, he never was much of a man But he dreamed of passage to the Promised Bet it all on a better in America He said, "We'll our fate, and this danged O'Reilly Luck"
I can only imagine the look on his Tickets in hand, as counted the days passports, no turnin' back Decidin' what they should and pack
But the baby caught the fever just before And the doctor hung a on their front door For two long weeks they quarantined Stranded with but a shattered dream
Well, he never was much of a man But he dreamed of passage to the Land Bet it all on a better in America He said, "We'll change our fate, and this O'Reilly Luck"
Granddaddy told this 'til he passed away How the people all cheered from the that day While he shook his with a tear in his eye At the ship of the White Star Line
And he cursed his fate and his danged Luck As the mighty Titanic, into the sun
Well, he was much of a gamblin' man But he found his way to the Promised Bet it all on a better life in He said, "We'll change our fate, and this O'Reilly Luck Danged Luck"