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There was Bobby McGee

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Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 11 Jun 2010 20:18

.

skwirrel

skwirrel Report 11 Jun 2010 20:22

yes there was

ButtercupFields

ButtercupFields Report 11 Jun 2010 20:23

And Me!! And Me!!

StrayKitten

StrayKitten Report 11 Jun 2010 20:24

who lol, x

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 11 Jun 2010 20:26

from the banks of the Leith.
There was Hogan from county Tyrone.
There was John D. McGirk, who was scared stiff of work,
And a chap from Westmeath named Malone.
There was Slugger O'Toole, who was drunk as a rule,
And Fighting Bill Tracy from Dover,
And a man, Mick McCann, from the banks of the Bann
Was the skipper of the Irish Rover.

We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags,
We had two million barrels of pone.
We had three million bales of old nanny goats' tails,

We had four million barrels of bone.
We had five million hogs,
And six million dogs,
Seven million barrels of porter.
We had eight million sides of poor blind horses' hides
In the hold of the Irish Rover.

We had sailed seven years when the mizzens broke out
And the ship lost her way in the fog.
And that whale of a crew was reduced down to two.
Twas meself and the captain's old dog.
Well, the ship struck a rock, and Lord what a shock!
I nearly tumbled over.
Turned nine times around and the poor old dog was drowned
I'm the last of the Irish Rover.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojiqyGvjbg8

skwirrel

skwirrel Report 11 Jun 2010 20:29

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train
And I's feeling nearly as faded as my jeans.
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,
It rode us all the way to New Orleans.

I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna,
I was playing soft while Bobby sang the blues.
Windshield wipers slapping time, I was holding Bobby's hand in mine,
We sang every song that driver knew.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing don't mean nothing honey if it ain't free, now now.
And feeling good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues,
You know feeling good was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.

From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun,
Hey, Bobby shared the secrets of my soul.
Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done,
Hey Bobby baby? kept me from the cold.

One day up near Salinas,I let him slip away,
He's looking for that home and I hope he finds it,
But I'd trade all of my tomorrows for just one yesterday
To be holding Bobby's body next to mine.

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing, that's all that Bobby left me, yeah,
But feeling good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues,
Hey, feeling good was good enough for me, hmm hmm,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.

La la la, la la la la, la la la, la la la la
La la la la la Bobby McGee.
La la la la la, la la la la la
La la la la la, Bobby McGee, la.

La La la, la la la la la la,
La La la la la la la la la, ain`t no bumb on my bobby McGee yeah.
Na na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na na na
Hey now Bobby now, Bobby McGee, yeah.

Lord, I'm calling my lover, calling my man,
I said I'm calling my lover just the best I can,
C'mon, hey now Bobby yeah, hey now Bobby McGee, yeah,
Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lord
Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee, Lord!

Yeah! Whew!

Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lord
Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee.

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 11 Jun 2010 20:30

Ah....I forgot about that Bobby McGhee....love that song

StrayKitten

StrayKitten Report 11 Jun 2010 20:30

still cluesless susan lolol xxx

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 11 Jun 2010 20:31

I bet your mum knows it...well she should.....and so should you......good old Irish drinking song....ask BC lol

StrayKitten

StrayKitten Report 11 Jun 2010 20:32

i used to love the irish bars wen in me teens but the saw doctors was the only one i can remeber lol x

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 11 Jun 2010 20:34

can't believe you haven't heard it before

listen to it and tell me you haven't

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojiqyGvjbg8

StrayKitten

StrayKitten Report 11 Jun 2010 20:37

nope nvr herd it all irish songs sound the same hahaha x

MrDaff

MrDaff Report 11 Jun 2010 20:42

I know them.... me and Bobby wotsit was out when I was the tiniest of little girls, lolol!!

Love

Daff xxxx

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 11 Jun 2010 20:43

Tsk!...no culcha some peeps.

ButtercupFields

ButtercupFields Report 11 Jun 2010 21:06

Hayley has promised to sing Danny Boy accompanied by Daff on her Welsh harp...for my birthday (next week...on a Thursday...17th actually..June:))) lol BC XX

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 11 Jun 2010 21:17

are you hinting by any chance BC?

MrDaff

MrDaff Report 11 Jun 2010 21:21

*tries to remember where she left the harp*

*actually wonders when she learnt to strum the harp*

Love

Daff xxxxx