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Oh the night that Paddy Murphy died, is a night I'll never for get
Some of the boys got loaded drunk, and they ain't got sober y et;
As long as a bottle was passed around every man was feelin' g ay
O'Leary came with the bagpipes, some music for to pla y
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That's how they showed their respect for Paddy Mur phy
That's how they showed their honour and their pri de;
They said it was a sin and shame and they winked at one anot her
And every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy di ed
As Mrs. Murphy sat in the corner pouring out her gr ief
Kelly and his gang came tearing down the stre et
They went into an empty room and a bottle of whiskey st ole
They put the bottle with the corpse to keep that whiskey co ld
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About two o'clock in the morning after empty'ing the j ug
Doyle rolls up the ice box lid to see poor Paddy's m ug
We stopped the clock so Mrs. Murphy couldn't tell the ti me
And at a quarter after two we argued it was ni ne
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They stopped the hearse outside Sundance Sal oon
They all went in at half past eight and staggered out at no on
They went up to the graveyard, so holy and subli me
Found out when they got there, they'd left the corpse beh ind!
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Oh the night that Paddy Murphy died, is a night I'll never for get
Some of the boys got loaded drunk and they ain't been sober yet;
As long as a bottle was passed around every man was feelin' g ay
O'Leary came with the bagpipes, some music for to p lay