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John Joe Reilly

Lisa O'Neill
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On the morning i was born John Joe Reilly killed a bird with a stone Not a goose, or a hen John Joe Reilly killed a wren John Joe Reilly killed a wren Twenty-one, the longest night in winter When the sun is deepest in her slumber Follow me around the moon Meet me on the twenty-first of June Meet me on the twenty-first on June Marry me 'neath the king of the trees Below the oak Joe Reilly spoke to me I was then still green and thin My daddy hunted him My daddy hunted him Now in the sea, there lives a million fishes And in the sky, there lives a million wishes One of mine Is that someday someone'd name a horse Seabiscuit Me and I, we'd ride into the mystic Me and I, we'd ride into the mystic I followed him into the tree I gave my heart and all of me Don't tell a soul, John Joe, where'd you been Or a soul that i have sinned Or a soul that i have sinned If i'd had known, i'd have cut your tongue Now the world knows of what i've done The oak, the ash, the king and queen The highest shame hangs over me The highest shame hangs over me So bury me beneath the queen Below the ash with the birds and the bee Re-sow us back into the green island bouncing on the sea Island bouncing on the sea On the morning i was born John Joe Reilly killed a bird with a stone Not a goose or a hen John Joe Reilly killed a wren John Joe Reilly killed a wren