The Opinions Of Paddy Magee

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I’m Paddy Magee, sir, from Ballinahee, sir
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In an illigant ship I come over the say;
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Father Donahoe sent me, my passage he lent me–
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Sure, only for that, I’d a walked all the way!

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He talked of America’s freedom and glory;
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“Begorra,” says I, “that’s the country for me!”
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So, to ind a long story, I’ve now come before ye
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To give the opinions of Paddy Magee

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Whin Ireland was needing, and famine was feeding
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And thousands were dying for something to ate
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‘Twas America’s daughters that sent over the waters
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The ships that were loaded with corn and whate:

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And Irishmen sure will forever remember
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The vessels that carried the flag of the free;
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And the land that befriended, they’ll die to defend it
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And that’s the opinions of Paddy Magee

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I’m sure none are bowlder the musket to showlder
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Enlisting to learn the sojering trade–
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With Corcoran fighting, in Meagher delighting
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They swell up the ranks of the Irish Brigade

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With Columbia defying the bould British Lion
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The sons of ould Ireland forever shall be;
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I’ll have no intervention, if that’s their intention–
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And that’s the opinions of Paddy Magee

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John Bull, ye ould divil, ye’d betther keep civil!
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Remimber the story of ‘Seventy-six
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Whin Washington glorious he slathered the Tories;
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Away from Columbia you then cut your sticks

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And if once again you’re inclined to be meddling
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There’s a city that’s called New Orleans, d’ye see
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Where Hickory Jackson he drove off the Saxon–
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Now that’s the opinions of Paddy Magee

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Though now we’re in trouble, it’s only a bubble
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We’ll soon make the foes of the Union retire;
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Foreign knaves that would meddle had better skedaddle
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For them Uncle Sam has a taste of Greek fire!

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They’ll find if they try it, Columbia’s a giant
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And victory perched on the flag of the free;
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For the American nation can whale all creation–
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Now that’s the opinions of Paddy Magee

[Coda]

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Now that’s the opinions of Paddy Magee