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Barney OBrien

BARNEY OBRIEN
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Barney was an oirish man
He lived in Donegal
He loved to have a little drink
and always had a ball.
He loved to eye the ladies
who always had their say
But found his poor woife Bridie
always got in the way.
(chorus)
singing hi de hi and fiddle dee dee
He was an oirish rover
each time he opened up the door
his woife she pulled him over
Each sunday on the same old dot
The bar door swung open wide
and there was Barney on a stool
with a young pretty coleen by his side
Now listen here poor Bridie said
Ya ejit just you listen
all our bairns are bare footed
and food they are a missing.
singing hi de hi and fiddle dee dee
he was an oirish rover
each time he opened up the door
his woife she pulled him over
17 bairns they`re needing fed
and they all are needing shoes
so stop ya galavanting
and stop filling up on booze
ya dinners in the oven
and the bairns are waiting there
So you can throw them all the bones
for all of them to share.
singin hi de hi and fiddle dee dee
he was an oirish rover
each time he opened up the door
his woife she pulled him over
Well the girls they moved so very fast
they said that he was bad
to congregate in public house
With all the bairns he had
so they left him sitting on his stool
the man was all alone
he turned to all his drinking pals
and said I`m going gnome.
Alas no bairns did he possess
but his woife was there at hand
to stop the man from straying
from off the marital land
But she made him feel so very bad
as not lower could he stoop
but Barney knew this was not so
As he was stuck with brewers droop
singing hi de hi and fiddle dee dee
he was an oirish rover
each time he opened up the door
His woife she pulled him over
©sylvia gray

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