The Irish Rovers

All On St Patricks Day

The Irish Rovers


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On the 17th of March as it yearly comes around
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We celebrate St Patrick that saved the fiery hound
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He gives us our religion and he chased the snakes away
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We'll honour him with revelry all on St Patrick's Day


[Chorus]

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Hooray hooray hooray me boys hooray!
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We'll drink to dear old Ireland all on St Patrick's Day
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Hooray hooray hooray me boys hooray!
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We'll drink to dear old Ireland all on St Patrick's Day


[Verse]

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There's Irish up in Boston, New York and Buffalo
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In Canada and Australia and down in Mexico
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In Norway and in Sweden sure you'll see them all about
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They're even in Havana drinking pints of Guinness Stout


[Chorus]

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Hooray hooray hooray me boys hooray!
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We'll drink to dear old Ireland all on St Patrick's Day
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Hooray hooray hooray me boys hooray!
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We'll drink to dear old Ireland all on St Patrick's Day


[Verse]

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The drums will lead us in parade as we march up and down
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Pipes and whistles fill the air, the music's all around
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There're flags and banners flying high, they're fluttering in the breeze
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The day the Irish nation wears their hearts upon their sleeve.


[Chorus]

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Hooray hooray hooray me boys hooray!
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We'll drink to dear old Ireland all on St Patrick's Day
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Hooray hooray hooray me boys hooray!
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We'll drink to dear old Ireland all on St Patrick's Day


[In the original they play an instrumental here in another key]


[Verse]
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We'll sing and dance the night away, the likes you've never seen
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In honour of St Patrick and wearing all the green
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And when we rise tomorrow still wearing green array
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We'll start to count the hours 'till the next St Patrick's Day


[Chorus]

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Hooray hooray hooray me boys hooray!
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We'll drink to dear old Ireland all on St Patrick's Day
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Hooray hooray hooray me boys hooray!
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We'll drink to dear old Ireland all on St Patrick's Day
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Hooray hooray hooray me boys hooray!
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We'll drink to dear old Ireland all on St Patrick's Day