8/17/2019 Come Home Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff

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Come Home Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff

(comp. Percy French, 185!1"#$%

The Garden of Eden has vanished, they say

But I know the lie of it still;

Just turn to the left at the bridge of Finea

And stop when halfway to ootehill!

"Tis there I will find it,

I know sure enough

#hen fortune has $o%e to %e $all,

&h the grass it is green around Bally'a%esduff

And the blue sky is over it all!

And tones that are tender and tones that are gruff

(till whispers over the sea,

o%e ba$k, )addy *eilly to Bally'a%esduff

o%e ho%e, )addy *eilly, to %e!

+y %other on$e told %e that when I was born

The day that I first saw the light,

I looked down the street on that very first %orn

And gave a great $row of delight!

ow %ost newborn babies appear in a huff,

And start with a sorrowful s-uall,

But I knew I was born in Bally'a%esduff

And that"s why I s%iled on the% all!

The baby"s a %an, now he"s toil.worn and tough

(till, whispers $o%e over the sea,

o%e ba$k, )addy *eilly to Bally'a%esduff

o%e ho%e, )addy *eilly, to %e!