Patrick was a gentleman

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1. Patrick was a gentleman

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he came from decent people

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He built a church in Dublin Town

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and on it put his steeple.

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His father was a Gallagher,

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his mother was a Grady,

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His aunt was an O´Shaughnessy,

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his uncle was a Brady

2. (Am) The Wicklow hills are very high, and so ‘s the hill of Howth sir,

But there´s a hill much higher still, much higher than them both, sir.

(C) On the top of this high hill St. Patrick preached his sermon

Which drove the frogs into the bogs, and banished all the vermin.

(Am) There´s not a mile of Eireann´s Isle where dirty vermin musters

But there he put his dear fore-foot and murdered them in clusters.

(C) The frogs went hop and the toads went pop slapdash into the water

And the snakes committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter.

3. (Am) Nine hundred thousand reptiles blue he charmed with sweet discourses

And dined on them in Killaloe on soups and second courses.

(C) Where blind worms crawling in the grass disgusted all the nation,

Right down to Hell with a holy spell he changed their situation.

(C) No wonder that them Irish lads should be so gay and risky

Sure St. Pat he taught them that as well as marking whiskey.

4. (Am) No wonder that the saint himself should understand distilling

For his mother kept a shebeen shop in the town of Enniskillen.

(C) Was I but so fortunate as to be back in Munster,

I´d be bound that from that ground I never more would once stir.

(C) There St. Patrick planted turf, cabbages and praties,

Pigs galore, mo grá, mo stór, Altar boys and ladies.