a 1940 popular Irish-American song words and music by Pat White
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Sure it’s the same old shillelagh me father brought from Ireland
And devil a man prouder than he, as he walked with it in his hand
He’d lead the band on Paddy’s Day and twirl it ’round his mitt
And devil a bit we’d laughed at it or Dad would have a fit
Sure with the same old shillelagh, me father could lick a dozen men
As fast as they’d get up, begorry, he’d knock ’em down again
And many’s the time he used it on me to make me understand
The same old shillelagh me father brought from Ireland
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