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Willie Maley was his name, he brought some great names to the game
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When he was the boss at Celtic Park
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He taught them how to play football
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He made the greatest of them all, Gallacher and Quinn have left their mark
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And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay
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They gave us Johnstone, Tully, Murdoch, Auld and Hay
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And most of the football greats
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Have past through Parkhead's gates
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For to play football the Glasgow Celtic way
[Verse 2]
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In 38 there was a show Glasgow was the place to go
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D# model of the tower was football's prize
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England sent 4 of the best
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They didn't meet with much success, 'cause the trophy ended up in paradise
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And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay
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They gave us Johnstone, Tully, Murdoch, Auld and Hay
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And most of the football greats
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Have past through Parkhead's gates
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For to play football the Glasgow Celtic way
[Verse 3]
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Coronation time was here, 53 that was the year
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Another four from England met their doom
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They said "we'll have to try again", but like before it was in vain
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Because the cup is in the Parkhead trophy room
[Chorus]
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And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay
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They gave us Johnstone, Tully, Murdoch, Auld and Hay
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And most of the football greats
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Have past through Parkhead's gates
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For to play football the Glasgow Celtic way
[Verse 4]
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And then in 1957 we faced a guy called Georgie Niven
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The game is etched on every Celtic fan
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Wilson, Mochan and McPhail, and Willie Fernie scored as well
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As Celtic beat the Rangers 7-1!!!
[Chorus]
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And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay
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They gave us Johnstone, Tully, Murdoch, Auld and Hay
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And most of the football greats
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Have past through Parkhead's gates
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For to play football the Glasgow Celtic way
[Verse 5]
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So 10 years they had gone and so to Portugal we had to go
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To play the team that Italy adored
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Celtic went out to attack, they won the big cup and they brought it back
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It's the first time it had been on British shores
[Chorus]
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And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay
G# C# G#
They gave us Johnstone, Tully, Murdoch, Auld and Hay
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And most of the football greats
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Have past through Parkhead's gates
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For to play football the Glasgow Celtic way
[Verse 6]
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And now a new Millennium we have a brand new stadium
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We're amongst the honours once again
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The Celtic fans did proudly sing "Larsson is the King of Kings!"
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And he joins the list of famous Celtic men
[Chorus]
C# F#
And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay
G# C# G#
They gave us Johnstone, Tully, Murdoch, Auld and Hay
C#
And most of the football greats
F#
Have past through Parkhead's gates
G# C#
For to play football the Glasgow Celtic way