Relativity - When Barney Flew Over The Hills
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Twas a cold winter's night and the tempest was stormy
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The snow like a sheet covered cabin and side
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When Barney flew over the hills to his darling
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He tapped at her window, where Katie did lie
[Verse 2]
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"Adieu," said he, "Are you sleeping or waking?
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The night's bitter cold and my coat, it is thin
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For the storm, it is brewing, and the frost is a-waiting
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Oh Katie Mulrooney, you must let me in"
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[Verse 3]
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"Barney," cried she, she spoke through the window
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"How could you be taking me out of my bed?
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To come at this time is a sin and a shame, sir
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It's whisky, not love, that's got into your head"
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[Verse 4]
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"A chuisle," cried he, "It's my heart as a fountain
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That weeps for the love that might lay at your door
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Your name is more white than the snow on the mountain
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Barney will die to preserve it as pure"
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[Verse 5]
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"I'll go to my home though the winter winds face me
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And whistle the notes for 'I'm Paddy In Green'
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And the words of my Kathy will comfort and brace me
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'Oh Barney, a mhuirnín, I won't let you in'"
[Outro]
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