A Criminal Of Me

[00:11.05] Y'all's my greats, great
[00:18.84] My great, great granddad was a king
[00:20.94] A monarch stout and noble
[00:22.54] He surveyed this land so green
[00:23.94] And he said, "She's fair and humble"
[00:25.68] As far as the eye can see
[00:27.04] From Carrantuohill to Giant's Causeway
[00:28.81] Was ours until they went
[00:30.27] And made a criminal of me
[00:31.92] Many a Celtic head had rolled
[00:33.43] And rolled upon the hillside
[00:35.04] And they bathed their horses hooves
[00:36.57] In Hibernian blood and their hide
[00:38.47] In exile, they did flee
[00:39.89] Set up a church and home there
[00:41.48] 'Til the landlord and the bailiff
[00:42.72] Made it criminality
[00:44.82] Oh, and on the road they came to run
[00:46.58] Run until the runnin's done
[00:47.98] Far away from fettered chain
[00:49.40] The land was ours to barter
[00:51.20] We succumb from sweat and strain
[00:52.76] And look they're right behind again
[00:54.03] If they catch me boys
[00:55.46] I know they'll make a criminal of me
[00:57.32] A criminal of me, a criminal of me
[01:00.55] A wandering forever, hungering eternally
[01:03.85] A criminal of me, a criminal of me
[01:06.98] Run, run, before they make a criminal of me
[01:10.97] Across the sea they sailed
[01:12.46] To a land both bright and noble
[01:13.67] For they'd watched their neighbors starve
[01:15.46] And the bloodline as it fumbled
[01:16.92] As they reached the safer side
[01:18.31] Old Papa said to Jimmy
[01:20.05] To try and live a life
[01:21.05] So they'd not make a criminal of he
[01:23.08] "Go be alert", said Da
[01:24.75] ? Do not perish for the gentry"
[01:26.59] Tho' poor but proud was he
[01:28.32] Whenever they called discretely
[01:29.78] Well, he'd smash their faces in
[01:31.23] And in jail he died poorly
[01:32.78] But he said
[01:33.45] "Don't let them try and make a criminal of ye"
[01:36.03] On the road they came to run
[01:37.87] Run until the runnin's done
[01:39.47] Far away from fettered chain
[01:40.85] The land was ours to barter
[01:42.56] We succumb from sweat and strain
[01:44.36] And look they're right behind again
[01:45.95] If they catch me, boys
[01:46.96] I know they'll make a criminal of me
[01:48.92] A criminal of me, a criminal of me
[01:52.19] A wandering forever, hungering eternally
[01:55.23] A criminal of me, a criminal of me
[01:58.45] Run, run, before they make a criminal of me
[02:27.74] Oh a criminal of me, a criminal of me
[02:31.08] A wandering forever, hungering eternally
[02:33.83] Oh a criminal of me, oh a criminal of me
[02:37.02] Run, run, before they make a criminal of me
[02:40.15] Oh, now my boss he steps so gay
[02:42.20] So gaily up the street
[02:43.69] While I dull the pain in pubs
[02:45.17] Still can't afford to eat
[02:46.92] He is dashing, he is fancy
[02:48.43] And he'll never want you see
[02:50.12] Even as the factory shuts
[02:51.21] His shoes reflect the criminal in me
[02:53.19] Violent and drunk now in the street
[02:54.51] With nothing to sustain me
[02:56.43] I'm gonna die here in this hole
[02:57.77] The kids I can't take care of with me
[02:59.65] But it must be taught to let the blame
[03:01.42] And hatred out of their heads
[03:02.72] For anger and danger make you
[03:04.08] Just another pathetic, drunken, violent paddy dead
[03:06.59] On the road they came to run
[03:08.20] Run until the runnin's done
[03:09.33] Far away from fettered chain
[03:10.96] The land was ours to barter
[03:12.66] We succumb from sweat and strain
[03:14.39] And look they're right behind again
[03:15.92] If they catch me boys
[03:17.18] I know they'll make a criminal of me
[03:18.78] Oh a criminal of me, a criminal of me
[03:21.86] A wandering forever, hungering eternally
[03:25.23] Oh a criminal of me, oh a criminal of me
[03:28.23] Run, run, before they make a criminal of me
[03:31.54] Run, run, before they make a criminal of me
[03:34.87] Run, run, before they make a criminal of me
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