Dubliners - Eileen Og

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eileen og an’ that the darlin’s name is
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through the barony her features they were famous
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if we loved her then who was there to blame us
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for wasn’t she the pride of petravore?
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but her beauty made us all so shy
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not a man could look her in the eye
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boys , oh boys , sure that’s the reason why
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we’re in mournin’ for the pride of petravore

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: eileen og me heart is growin’ grey ,
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ever since the day you wandered far away
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eileen og there’s good fish in the say ,
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but there’s none of them like the pride of petravore

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friday at the fair of ballintubber
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eileen met mcgrath the cattle jobber
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i’d like to set me mark upon the robber
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for he stole away the pride of petravore
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he never seemed to see the girl at all
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even when she ogled him from underneath her shawl
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lookin’ big and masterful when she was lookin’ small
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most provokin’ for the pride of petravore

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so it went as ’twas in the beginning
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eileen og was bent upon the winning
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big mcgrath contentedly was grinning
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being courted by the pride of petravore
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sez he : “i know a girl that could knock you into fits”
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at that eileen nearly lost her wits
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the upshot of the ruction was that now the robber sits
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with his arm around the pride of petravore

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eileen og me heart is growin’ grey ,
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ever since the day you wandered far away
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eileen og there’s good fish in the say ,
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but there’s none of them like the pride of petravore

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boys , oh boys , with fate ’tis hard to grapple
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of my eyes ’tis eileen was the apple
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now to see her walkin’ to the chapel
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with the hardest featured man in petravore
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now , boys , this is all i have to say :
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when you do your courtin’ make no display
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if you want them to run after you , just walk the other way
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for they’re mostly like the pride of petravore

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eileen og me heart is growin’ grey ,
[ Em ] [ Am ]
ever since the day you wandered far away
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eileen og there’s good fish in the say ,
[ Em ] [ Am ] [ Em ] [ Am ]
but there’s none of them like the pride of petravore