Patrick was a gentleman, and he came from decent people He - TopicsExpress

Patrick was a gentleman, and he came from decent people He built a church in Dublin town, and on it put a steeple His father was a Gallagher, and his mother was a Grady His uncle an OShaughnessy, and his auntie was a Brady The Wicklow hills are very high, sos the hill of Howth, sir Theres a hill much higher still, higher than them both, sir On the top of that high hill St. Patrick preached a sermon He drove the frogs into the bogs and he banished all the vermin Theres not a mile of Erins Isle, where the dirty vermin musters There he put his dear forefoot, and he murdered them in clusters The toads went hop and the frogs went plop, slap-dash into the water And the snakes committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter Nine hundred thousand reptiles blue he charmed with sweet discourses And he dined on them in Killaloe, on soups and second courses Where blind worms crawling in the grass, disgusted all the nation Right down to hell with a holy spell, he changed their situation (Chorus) So success attend St. Patrick boys For hes the saint so clever He gave the snakes and the toads a twist And he banished them forever No wonder that them Irish lads should be so gay and frisky Sure, St. Pat he taught them that, as well as making whiskey No wonder that the saint himself should understand distillin His mother kept a shebeen shop, in the town of Enniskillen Was I but so fortunate to be back down in Munster Id be bound that from that ground, I never more would once stir There St. Pat he planted turf, cabbages, and praties Pigs galore, mo gra, mo stor, altar boys and ladies