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I Ever You Go To Dublin Town
The Dubliners
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If ever you go to Dublin town in a hundred years or so
Inquire for me in Baggot street on what I was late to know
O he was the queer one fol the di dol day
He was a queer one and I tell you
The great-grandmother knew him well, he asked her to come and call
On him in his flat and she giggled at the thought of a young girl's lovely fall
O he was dangerous fol the di dol day
He was dangerous and I tell you
On Pembroke Road look out for me ghost, dishevelled with shoes untied
Playing through the railings with little children whose children have long since died
O he was a nice man fol the di dol day
He was a nice man and I tell you
Go into a pub and listen well if my voice still echoes there
Ask the men what their grand sires thought and tell them to answer fair
O he was eccentric fol the di dol day
He was eccentric and I tell you
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He had the knack of making men feel as small as they really were
Which meant as great as God had made them but as males they disliked his air
O he was a proud one fol the di dol day
He was a proud one and I tell you
If ever you go to Dublin town in a hundred years or so
Sniff for my personality, is it vanity's vapour now?
O he was a vain one fol the di dol day
He was a vain one and I tell you
I saw his name with a hundred more in a book in the library
It said he had never fully achieved his potentiality
O he was slothful fol the di dol day
He was slothful and I tell you
He knew that posterity had no use for anything but the soul
The lines that speak the passionate heart, the spirit that lives alone
O he was a lone one fol the di dol day
Yet he lives happily I tell you
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