Intro
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[Verse 1]
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As I went a-walking, down by the sea
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I remembered the day as it came back to me
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The happiest days that I ever have seen
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Were the days that I spent with my Irish colleen
[Verse 2]
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She was tall and she was lovely, with skin so fair
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And the red was so bright in her long lovely hair
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Had the brightest green eyes that you'd ever seen
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And I meant to marry my Irish colleen
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[Verse 3]
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One night I was sitting at the pub with some ale
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When a man sat beside me and told me a tale
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He said "Ain't you the one tho I've heard and I've seen
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You are bound to wed that Irish colleen."
[Verse 4]
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He described her in detail and I said "That's the one"
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Then he said "Oh my friend, you're in for some fun."
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I asked him how he knew her, and what did he mean
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Then he told me a story of my Irish colleen.
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[Verse 5]
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He said her first husband was kind and was strong
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And he had lots of land and he did her no wrong
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But one day he was plowing, and he didn't feel keen
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Then he died and left all to his Irish colleen
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The next man she married had money galore
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But she spent all his money and left him so poor
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And the man lost his mind, the was naught to be seen
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And so moved on his Irish colleen
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The third was the strangest, and the most tragic yet
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For her gave her all his money, to place all on a bet
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But he lost and he couldn't pay back any green
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Then found his body but his Irish coleen
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[Verse 8]
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I confronted my lady and she wouldn't confess
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And she cried and she begged and held me to her breast
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Then she walked out the door, slammed it hard with a scream
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And I never again saw my Irish colleen
[Verse 9]
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Well, I heard she moved on and she married once more
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And her new husband died at a fire at his store
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And she dropped out of sight, ne'er again to be seen
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And they never did find that Irish colleen
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[Outro]
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