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Lyrics
Drop the O'
Story of my family long before I was born
Came across the Irish Sea in eighteen forty four
Started again as best they could hardly room to breathe
If they hadn’t made it there wouldn’t be a me
Drop the O apostrophe, you don’t want enquiries
Isn’t easy being green especially when you’re Irish
A tale of great achievement, hardship and trial
Days of high mortality for a mother and her child
Industrial revolution poverty and wealth
Great inequality in money and in health
Drop the O apostrophe, you don’t want enquiries
Isn’t easy being green especially when you’re Irish
Everybody’s history comes from those who went before
Let us make the future and create a little more
Let us tell the story like the sagas of the past
Starring role or walk-on part, we’re all in the changing cast
Drop the O apostrophe, you don’t want enquiries
Isn’t easy being green especially when you’re Irish
So welcome to the story of those who set sail
From the land across the water let them tell their tale
Life’s a rollercoaster, goes up as well as down
The story of the Irish who came to London Town
Drop the O apostrophe, you don’t want enquiries
Isn’t easy being green especially when you’re Irish
©Richard Rhys O’Brien 2015