| «Hello Patsy Fagan» you can hear the girls all cry
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| «Hello Patsy Fagan, you’re the apple of me eye
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| You’re a decent boy from Ireland, there’s no one can deny
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| You’re a rare’m tare’m devil may care, m decent Irish boy»
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| I’m working here in Glasgow, I’ve got a decent job
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| I’m carrying bricks and mortar and the pay is fifteen bob
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| I rise up in the mornin', I get up with the lark
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| And when I’m walking' down the street, you can hear the girls remark
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| «Hello Patsy Fagan» you can hear the girls all cry
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| «Hello Patsy Fagan, you’re the apple of me eye
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| You’re a decent boy from Ireland, there’s no one can deny
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| You’re a rare’m tare’m devil may care, m decent Irish boy»
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| Well the day that I left Ireland, 'twas many months ago
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| I left my home in Ulster where the pigs and praties grow
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| But since I left old Ireland, it’s always been my plan
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| To let you people see that I’m a decent Irishman
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| «Hello Patsy Fagan» you can hear the girls all cry
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| «Hello Patsy Fagan, you’re the apple of me eye
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| You’re a decent boy from Ireland, there’s no one can deny
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| You’re a rare’m tare’m devil may care, m decent Irish boy»
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| Now if there’s one among you would like to marry me
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| I’ll take you to my little home across the Irish sea
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| I’ll dress you up in satin and do i’ll the best I can
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| And let the people see that I’m a decent Irishman
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| «Hello Patsy Fagan» you can hear the girls all cry
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| «Hello Patsy Fagan, you’re the apple of me eye
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| You’re a decent boy from Ireland, there’s no one can deny
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| You’re a rare’m tare’m devil may care, m decent Irish boy» |