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Gather 'round ye lads and lasses, set ye for a while
Let's all raise our glasses high to friends and family gone
Consumption took me mother and me father got the pox
Me other brother in the troubles met with his demise
Now everybody's died, so until our tears are dried
We'll dance and sing and fight until the early mornin' light
Ken was killed in Kilkenny and Claire she died in Clare
Shannon jumped into the river Shannon back in June
'Cleanliness is godliness,' me Uncle Pat would sing
O'Grady he was eighty, 'tho his bride was just a pup
Now everybody's died, so until our tears are dried
We'll dance and sing and fight until the early mornin' light
Joe Murphy fought with Reilly near the cliffs of Alderney
When Crazy Uncle Mike thought he was a leprechaun
When Timmy Johnson broke his neck it was a cryin' shame
MacNamara crossed the street and by a bus was hit
Now everybody's died, so until our tears are dried
We'll dance and sing and fight until the early mornin' light
Me drunken Uncle Brendan tried to drive home from the bar
Irony was what befell me Great Grand Uncle Sam
Connor lived in Ulster town, he used to smuggle arms
And dear old Father Flanagan who left the Lord's employ
Now everybody's died, so until our tears are dried
We'll dance and sing and fight until the early mornin' light
Someday soon I'll leave this world of pain and toil and sin
Me only wish is when the Savior comes for me and you
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