Текст (слова) песни: Judy Garland - The Wearing Of The Green
Oh, Paddy dear, and did you hear The news that`s going round? The shamrock is forbid by law To grow on Irish ground! St. Patrick`s Day no more we`ll keep, His color can`t be seen, For there`s a bloomin` law agin` The wearing of the green. I met with Napper Tandy And he took me by the hand, And he said, "How`s poor old Ireland And how does she stand?" "She`s the most distressful country That ever yet was seen; They`re hanging men and women there For wearing of the green."
Then since the color we must wear Is England`s cruel red, Sure Ireland`s songs will ne`er forget The blood that they have shed. You may take the shamrock from your hat now, Cast it on the sod, But `twill take root and flourish still, Tho` under foot it`s trod. When the law can stop the blades of green From growing as they grow, And when the leaves in summertime Their verdue dare not show, Then I will change the color that I Wear in my canteen; But `till that day, please God, I`ll stick To wearing of the green
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