The Lads First Pint

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There’s milestones in every lads 
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growing like landmarks along life's 
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way
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So I took my son out to have his 
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first pint in our local pub three 
blocks
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away
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In our local Pub three blocks 
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away,    our local pub three blocks 
away
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I took my son out to have his 
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first pint in our local pub three 
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blocks away
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I bought him a Guiness and he took 
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a taste and he spat it right out on 
the
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floor
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I couldn’t just let that good 
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pint go to waste so I drank it and 
wanted some
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more
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I drank it and wanted some mooorre
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 I drank it and wanted some more
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I couldn’t just let a good pint go
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 to waste so I drank it and wanted 
some
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more

[Verse 2]
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Then I bought him a Harp and he took
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 a drink made a face and spat that
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one as well
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I couldn’t let that one get tossed
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 down the sink so I drank it it 
really was
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swell
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I drank it it really was sweeelll 
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 I drank it it really was swell
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I couldn’t let that one get tossed
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 down the sink so I drank it it 
really was
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swell

[Verse 3]
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Then I bought him a Smithwicks and 
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he took a sip made a face and spat
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that one out too
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I had to drink it so it wouldn’t 
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go bad. What else is a Father to do?
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What else is a Father to dooo? What
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 else is a Father to do?
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I had to drink it so it wouldn’t 
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go bad, what else is a Father to do?

[Verse 4]
I thought he’d like whiskey so I 
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bought him a Bushmill’s he tried a 
wee
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drop and he spat
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I knocked it back, licked my lips 
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and I smiled and I wondered what he
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thought of that?
I wondered what he thought of 
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thaaat, I wondered what he 
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thought of that?
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I knocked it back, licked my lips 
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and I smiled and I wondered what he
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thought of that? When he turned 
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down a Jameson’s 18 year old I
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wondered could this be my son?
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I had to drink it to set an 
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example and show the lad just how 
it’s done.
And show the lad just how it’s 
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dooone and show the lad just how
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 it’s done.
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I had to drink it to set an 
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example and show the lad just how 
it’s done.
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By the time I figured he didn’t 
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like whiskey or beer with a nice 
head of
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foam
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I was so drunk that I was unable to
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 push his stroller back home
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To push his stroller back hooome,
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 to push his stroller back home
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I was so drunk that I was unable to
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 push his stroller back home.