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The Ballad of Ronnie Drew
U2

Here’s to the Ronnie, the voice we adorenLike coals from a coal bucket scraping the floornSing out his praises in music and maltnAnd if you’re not Irish, that isn’t your faultnnRaise up our voices like dogs in a packnThankful for honest men we never lacknWe got ‘em by twenties, we got ‘em by onesnThem and their daughters and all of their sonsnnHere’s to you, Ronnie DrewnHere’s to you, Ronnie DrewnRonnie Drew, we love you, yes we donHere’s to you, Ronnie Drew, here’s to younnAnd what’s it to any man whether or no’nWhether I’m easy or whether I’m truenAs I lifted her petticoat easy and slownAnd I tied up me sleeve for to buckle her shoennGet up and go at it, five until fivenWhen the whistle says budge it we come back alivenHe’ll sing to the heavens, he’s stormy as hellnAnd wherever he goes, we’ll be wishing him wellnnHere’s to you, Ronnie DrewnHere’s to you, Ronnie DrewnRonnie Drew, we love you, yes we donHere’s to you, Ronnie Drew, here’s to younnThe dawn and the dust, the wise, the unjustnKids in gambling gamesnThe unheard, the unseen, the unwashed and the cleannWhere the streets all have namesnBaggot Street, Leeson Street, right on to Stephens StreetnWith lovers and loners who can hear all intonersnThe goths and the ravers, invalids and tradersnSing out Ronnie DrewnnA life for a life or a hand for a handnTrust in the music and strike up the bandnThe more that we sing the less that we fightnTime and again this is proved to be rightnnBuild you a statue on St. Stephen’s GreennNo fairer monument ere to be seennThe statue of Ronnie Drew holding the handnOf a girl with her hair in a black velvet bandnnHere’s to you, Ronnie DrewnNo stranger to devils or angles to tellnHere’s to you, Ronnie DrewnA friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend to younRonnie Drew, we love you, yes we donHere’s to you, Ronnie Drew, here’s to younHere’s to you, Ronnie Drew, here’s to you, Ronnie DrewnHere’s to you, Ronnie Drew, here’s to you, Ronnie DrewnnAnd what’s it to any man whether or no’nWhether I’m easy or whether I’m truenAs I lifted her petticoat easy and slownAnd I rolled up me sleeve for to buckle her shoe!


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