John O’malley Lyrics & Chords By Garden Of Delight

Hi my name is John O’Malley
I was born in the County Claire
sure I know to play the whistle
and I can dance like Fred Astaire

Take a look to Western Ireland
and you see where I belong
I am just an Irish bastard
but my heart is wild and strong

I’ve been working for the railway
I’ve been working at the docks
I’ve been fighting I’ve been drinking
I’ve been living with the dogs cause

I’m a bloody Irish bastard
far away from paradise
I’ve got trouble in my pockets
but a pair of friendly eyes

When I see the smoke is rising
on the hills behind the see
than I know the war is coming
time to fight for being free

I hear the stories of my father
they are running through my head
about the war in 67
about the rising of the dead

I was killed by twenty bullets
and I knocked on heaven’s door
and they said to me fuck off boy
cause your mother was a whore