Christy Moore – Smoke And Strong Whiskey (Guitar Live)

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Kids wear white garters and smell like their mothers

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Who'se husbands and fathers alike

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Drink black beer in the same public houses

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Smelling of smoke and strong whiskey

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Mammies and daddies and skipping ropes

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Lectures from horny man, living in hope

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They've not mistaken the brand of their coats

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Paid for by their spiritual teachings

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A busy year this,  streets running red

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How many sent to the nuptial bed

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And how many sent home to a winter of graves

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And how many wait in for the slaughter

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Oh oh the holy ground

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Ceud mile failte, there's saints and there's scholars to see

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Oh oh the holy ground

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The far away hills ain't as green as they once used to be

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It's Easter again and we can't forget

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Our brothers and sisters and what was said

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So you practice your pipes, stand proud in the wet

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But the eyes of the world are upon you

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Kelly is seventeen, and he thinks he's a man

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He's out on the street with a gun in his hand

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He's protecting the pipers who play in the band

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While the enemy waits with an army

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Dia le hEireann, an'suckle the empire

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Dia le hEireann, an'suffer the loss

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Of the green and the red and the orange white'n blue 

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On the blood and the pain and the hatred

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Oh oh the holy ground

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Ceud mile failte, there's saints and there's scholars to see

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Oh oh the holy ground

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The far away hills ain't as green as they once used to be

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God in his mercy has given us men

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To lead us to peace but they can't put an end

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To all those young woman, who are leaving the land

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flying frightened over the water

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Father walks home on a colourless night

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 the organisation has blinded his sight

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His wife and his kids are sleeping tonight

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In the arms of Jesus and Mary

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Oh oh the holy ground

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Ceud mile failte, there's saints and there's scholars to see

G         D          Dsus4
Oh oh the holy ground

     C                        Am                        D Dsus4
The far away hills ain't as green as they once used to be

 D                           G
Kids wear white garters and smell like their mothers

 C                          G
Who'se husbands and fathers alike

 D                              C
Drink black beer in the same public houses

 C              D                 G  Gsus4 G
Smelling of smoke and strong whiskey

C              D                  G  Gsus4  G
Smelling of smoke and strong whiskey