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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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The Garden of Eden has vanished they say
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But I know the lie of it still
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Just turn to the left at the bridge of Finea
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And stop when halfway to Coothill
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It's there I will find it I know sure enough
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When fortune has come to my call
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Oh the grass it is green around Ballyjamesduff
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And the blue sky is over it all
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And tones that are tender and tones that are gruff
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Are whispering over the sea,
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Come back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
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Come back Paddy Reilly to me
[Verse 2]
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My mother once told me that when I was born
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The day that I first saw the light
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I looked down the street on that very first morn
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And gave a great crow of delight
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Now most new born babies appear in a huff
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And start with a sorrowful squall
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But I know I was born down in Ballyjamesduff
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And that's why I smile on them all
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The baby's a man now, he's toil-worn and tough
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Still whispers from over the sea
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Come back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
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Come back Paddy Reilly to me
[Verse 3]
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The night that we danced by the light of the moon
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With Phil to the fore with his flute
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When Phil threw his lip over Come Again Soon
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He'd dance the foot out of your boot
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The day that I took Long Magee by the scruff
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For slandering Rosie Kilrain
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Then marching him straight out of Ballyjamesduff
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Assisted him into a drain
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Oh sweet are me dreams as the dudeen I puff
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Of whisperings over the sea
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Come back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
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Come back Paddy Reilly to me
[Verse 4]
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I've loved the young women of ev-er-y land
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That always came easy to me
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Just barring the belles of the Black-a-more brand
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And chocolate shapes of Feegee
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But that sort of stuff is a moon-shining stuff
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And never will raddle me brain
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For bells will be ringing in Ballyjamesduff
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For me and me Rosie Kilrain
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And all through their glamour, their gass and their guff
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A whisper comes over the sea
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Come back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
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Come back Paddy Reilly to me
