The Man From Mullingar

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Well you can talk and write and  boast about your  Fenains and your  clans.
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And how the boys from County Cork beat up the Black And Tans.[Song]
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And view a little codger who came out without a scar.
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His name was Paddy Mulligan, the Man from Mullingar.


[Chorus]
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The peelers chased him out of Conne-marra
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For beating up the valiant Stan O’Hara.
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And  when Patrick came to Ballymote he stole the parsons’  car
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And he sold it to the bishop in the town of Castle-bar.
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Oh, seven hundred peelers couldn’t  catch him! catch him !
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The  king sent out an order for to lash him!  lash him !
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When Paddy came to Dublin town he stole an armoured  car
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And he gave it to the IRA Bri-gade in Mullin-gar.


[Verse 2]
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On Easter Monday morning when the boys declared a sound
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Paddy raised the flag of war down in his native town.
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First he went out to make his peace with dear old Father Maher
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He went and blew the barracks up, and the half of Mullingar.


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[Chorus]
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The peelers chased him out of Conne-marra
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For beating up the valiant Stan O’Hara.
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And  when Patrick came to Ballymote he stole the parsons’ car
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And he sold it to the bishop in the town of Castle-bar.
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Oh, seven hundred peelers couldn’t  catch him! catch him !
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The  king sent out an order for to lash him!  lash him !
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When Paddy came to Dublin town he stole an armoured  car
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And he gave it to the IRA Bri-gade in Mullin-gar.


[Verse 3]
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Well the Peelers got their orders to suppress the man on sight.
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So they sent for reinforcements through the county left and right.
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Three thousand men surrounded him, they hunted near and far.
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But he was with the IRA brigade in Johnson's motorcar.

[Chorus]
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The peelers chased him out of Conne-marra
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For beating up the valiant Stan O’Hara.
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And  when Patrick came to Ballymote he stole the parsons’  car
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And he sold it to the bishop in the town of Castle-bar.
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Oh, seven hundred peelers couldn’t  catch him! catch him !
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The  king sent out an order for to lash him!  lash him !
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When Paddy came to Dublin town he stole an armoured  car
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And he gave it to the IRA Bri-gade in Mullin-gar.


[Verse 4]
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And when Ireland takes her place among the nations of the world
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A flag of orange, white and green to the fore winds is unfurled.
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You’ll read the roll of honour and you’ll find with a marked scar.
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Patrick Sarsfield Mulligan, the man from Mullingar!


[Chorus]
       F                          C
The peelers chased him out of Conne-marra
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For beating up the valiant Stan O’Hara.
     Bb                F        Bb              F
And  when Patrick came to Ballymote he stole the parsons’  car
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And he sold it to the bishop in the town of Castle-bar.
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Oh, seven hundred peelers couldn’t  catch him! catch him !
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The  king sent out an order for to lash him!  lash him !
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When Paddy came to Dublin town he stole an armoured  car
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And he gave it to the IRA Bri-gade in Mullin-gar.