Nell Flahertys Drake

	  		


Intro:  

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1st Verse) 
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Oh my name it is Nell and the truth for to tell 
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I come from Cootehill which I'll never deny 
  C 
I had a fine drake and I'd die for his sake 
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That me grandmother left me and she goin' to die 
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The dear little fellow his legs they were yellow 
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He could fly like a swallow or swim like a hake 
     C 
Till some dirty savage to grease his white cabbage 
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Most wantonly murdered me beautiful drake 

2nd Verse 
        C 
Now his neck it was green almost fit to be seen 
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He was fit for a queen of the highest degree 
    C 
His body was white, and it would you delight 
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He was plump, fat, and heavy and brisk as a bee 
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He was wholesome and sound, he would weigh twenty pound  
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And the universe round I would roam for his sake 
    C 
Bad luck to the robber be he drunk or sober 
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That murdered Nell Flaherty's beautiful drake 

3rd Verse 
        C 
May his spade never dig, may his sow never pig 
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May each hair in his wig be well trashed with the flail  
       C 
My his door never latch, may his roof have no thatch 
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May his turkeys not hatch, may the rats eat his meal  
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May every old fairy from Cork to Dun Laoghaire 
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Dip him snug and airy in river or lake 
         C 
That the eel and the trout they may dine on the snout 
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Of the monster that murdered Nell Flaherty's drake 

4th Verse 
        C 
May his pig never grunt, may his cat never hunt 
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May a ghost ever haunt him the dead of the night 
        C 
May his hens never lay, may his horse never neigh 
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May his coat fly away like an old paper kite 
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That the flies and the fleas may the wretch ever tease 
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May the piercin' March breeze make him shiver and shake  
      C 
May a lump of the stick raise the bumps fast and quick 
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On the monster that murdered Nell Flaherty's drake 


5th Verse 
         C 
Well the only good news that I have to infuse 
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Is that old Paddy Hughes and young Anthony Blake  
  C 
Also Johnny Dwyer and Corney Maguire 
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They each have a grandson of my darlin' drake 
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May treasure had dozens of nephews and cousins  
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And one I must get or me heart it will break  
       C 
For to set me mind easy or else I'll run crazy 
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So ends the whole song of Nell Flaherty's drake