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The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew

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The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew

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Here's to the Ronnie, the voice we adoreLike coals from a coal bucket scraping the floorSing out his praises in music and maltAnd if you're not Irish, that isn?t your faultRaise up our voices like dogs in a packThankful for honest men we never lackWe got 'em by twenties, we got ?em by onesThem and their daughters and all of their sonsHere's to you, Ronnie DrewHere's to you, Ronnie DrewRonnie Drew, we love you, yes we doHere?s to you, Ronnie Drew, here?s to youAnd what's it to any man whether or no?Whether I?m easy or whether I?m trueAs I lifted her petticoat easy and slowAnd I tied up me sleeve for to buckle her shoeGet up and go at it, five until fiveWhen the whistle says budge it we come back aliveHe'll sing to the heavens, he?s stormy as hellAnd wherever he goes, we?ll be wishing him wellHere's to you, Ronnie DrewHere's to you, Ronnie DrewRonnie Drew, we love you, yes we doHere?s to you, Ronnie Drew, here?s to youThe dawn and the dust, the wise, the unjustKids in gambling gamesThe unheard, the unseen, the unwashed and uncleanWhere the streets all have namesBaggers, street masons, street wagons to StevensWith lovers and loners who can hear all intonersThe goths and the ravers, evil bids and tradersSing out Ronnie DrewA life for a life or a hand for a handTrust in the music and strike up the bandThe more that we sing the less that we fightTime and again this is proved to be rightBuild you a statue on St. Stephen's GreenNo fairer monument ere to be seenThe statue of Ronnie Drew holding the handOf a girl with her hair in a black velvet bandHere?s to you, Ronnie DrewNo stranger to devils or angles to tellHere's to you, Ronnie DrewA friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of afriend to youRonnie Drew, we love you, yes we doHere?s to you, Ronnie Drew, here?s to youHere?s to you, Ronnie Drew, here?s to you, RonnieDrewHere?s to you, Ronnie Drew, here?s to you, RonnieDrewAnd what?s it to any man whether or no?Whether I?m easy or whether I?m trueAs I lifted her petticoat easy and slowAnd I rolled up me sleeve for to buckle her shoeBy FoLgOsI
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