[Intro] (x2)
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[Verse]
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Grand daddy used to sit me on his knee,
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And tell me how it was in the old country.
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Famine and floods and crops that failed,
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I'd listen for hours as he told his tale.
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[Verse]
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He said, 'There must have been a curse on the family name,'
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But he swore he'd be the one to break that chain.
D
With the money he saved by the sweat of his brow,
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He'd get 'em out of there, some day, somehow.
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Well, he never was much of a gamblin' man.
D
But he dreamed of passage to the 'promised land'.
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Bet it all on a better life in A meric a,
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He said, 'We'll change our fate and this danged O'Reilly luck.'
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[Verse]
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I can only imagine the look on his face,
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Tickets in hand, as they counted the days.
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El even passports, no turnin' back,
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De cidin' what they should, and shouldn't pack.
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[Verse]
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But the baby caught the fever, just days before,
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And the doctor hung a sheet on their front door.
D
For two long weeks, they were quarantined,
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Stra nded with nothin' but his shattered dream
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Well, he never was much of a gamblin' man.
D
But he dreamed of passage to the 'promised land'.
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Bet it all on a better life in A meric a,
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He said, 'We'll change our fate and this danged O'Reilly luck.'
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[Verse]
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Grand daddy told his story, till he passed away.
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How the people all cheered from the dock that day.
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While he shook his fist with a tear in his eye.
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At the beautiful ship of the White Star line.
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And he cursed his fate and his danged O'Reilly luck,
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As the mighty Titanic sailed into the sun.
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Well, he never was much of a gamblin man,
D
But he found his way to the promised land,
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Bet it all on a better life in Am eric a,
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He said, 'We'll change our fate and this danged O'Reilly luck,
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This danged O'Reilly luck
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