HOLIDAYS:

ST. PATRICK'S DAY- TAKE FOUR:

The day has arrived, and the whiskey has been bought up. Get set for tonight, and when you're more than a little into your cups here's another couple of good rebel songs to sing tonight. First, 'Pat of Mullingar'....

Pat of Mullingar / Man from Mullingar / Paddy Mulligan
Title:Pat of MullingarAlso known as:Man from MullingarPaddy Mulligan
Author unknown
Recorded by:The Irish Rovers,Derek WarfieldandThe Wolfe Tones
Category:War of Independence

You may talk and sing and boast about your Peelers and your clans,

And how the boys from County Cork beat up the Black and Tan.

But I know a little codger who came out without a scar.

His name is Paddy Mulligan, the man from Mullingar.

CHORUS
The Peelers chased him out of Connemara,

For beatin' up the valiant Dan O'Hara.

And when he came to Ballymore, he stole the Parson's car,

And he sold it to the Bishop in the town of Castlegar.

Seven hundred Peelers couldn't match him.

The Chieftain paid the army for to catch him.

And when he came to Dublin Town, he stole an armoured car

And he gave it to the IRA brigade in Mullingar.

Well the Peelers got their orders to suppress the man on sight.

So they sent for reinforcements through the county left and right.

Three thousand men surrounded him, they hunted near and far.

But he was with the IRA brigade in Johnson's motorcar.

CHORUS
The Peelers chased him out of Connemara,

For beatin' up the valiant Dan O'Hara.

And when he came to Ballymore, he stole the Parson's car,

And he sold it to the Bishop in the town of Castlegar.

Seven hundred Peelers couldn't match him.

The Chieftain paid the army for to catch him.

And when he came to Dublin Town, he stole an armoured car

And he gave it to the IRA brigade in Mullingar.

They came with tanks and armoured cars,

they came with all their might.

Them Peelers never counted on old Paddy's dynamite.

On the fourteenth day of April,

well he blew them to July.

And the name of Paddy Mulligan took half of Ireland's pride.

CHORUS

AND NOW THAT YOU'RE GETTIN' WARMED UP, HERE'S ANOTHER ONE...'THE RIFLES OF THE IRA'...

In nineteen hundred and sixteen

The forces of the crown

For to capture Orange, White, and Green

Bombarded Dublin Town

But in '21, Britannia's sons

Were forced earn their pay, when

The black and tans, like lightening ran

From the Rifles of the IRA!

They burned their way through Munster

Then laid Leinster on the rack

Through Connacht, and through Ulster

Marched the men in brown and black

They shot down wives and children

In their own heroic way, but

The black and tans, like lightening ran

From the Rifles of the IRA!

They hanged young Kevin Barry high

Just a lad of eighteen years

Cork City's flames lit up in the sky

But our brave lads new no fear

The Cork brigade with hand-grenades

In ambush wait and lay, and

The black and tans, like lightening ran

From the Rifles of the IRA!

The tans were got, taken out and shot

By a brave and valiant few

Sean Treacy, Dinny Lacey

And Tom Barry's gallant crew

Though we're not free yet

We won't forget

Until our dying day, how

The black and tans, like lightening ran

From the Rifles of the IRA!

By the way, you can download the actual songs from the Lyrics Download site.