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Dominic Behan - Grand Old Dame

 
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{Verse 1}
"Oh Ireland you have let me down"
Said the grand old dame Britannia
"You're playing football with the Crown"
Said the grand old dame Britannia
"When I think of what I tried to do
How I strived to just provide for you
Oh Ireland I'm surprised at you"
Said the grand old dame Britannia

{Verse 2}
"You really are an ungrateful lot"
Said the grand old dame Britannia
"And should be taken out and shot"
Said the grand old dame Britannia
"Before you come into your own
And make an armchair of the throne
And take the meat, no more the bone"
Said the grand old dame Britannia

{Verse 3}
"Now who will lock you up each night?"
Said the grand old dame Britannia
"In manacles secure and tight"
Said the grand old dame Britannia
"Why is it that you choose to fight?
Are you scared no longer by me might?
Don't answer that, I'll die of fright!"
Said the grand old dame Britannia

{Verse 4}
"How I used to love to stroke your head"
Said the grand old dame Britannia
"I had it hangin' around me bed"
Said the grand old dame Britannia
"That you hung around was what pleased me
But now divorced we have to be
Would you please send on me gallows tree?"
Said the grand old dame Britannia

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Doiminic Ó Beacháin, known as Dominic Behan (born 22 October 1928 in Dublin, Ireland, died 3 August 1989 in Glasgow, Scotland), was an Irish songwriter, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English.
His father Stephen was a member of the IRA and had been one of Michael Collins' “Twelve Apostles”.
He published more than 450 songs during his lifetime. He was the brother of Brendan Behan and the nephew of Peadar Kearney.

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