Blarney Stone Blues

A leprechaun came up one day Said Stevie boy look here You're much too tall You're much too pale Come along & have a beer My wife he said she left today & she took the kids & ran But I don't care I'm an Irish man & I'm doing the best I can Well I must've looked shocked when he jumped on my hand I shriveled & shrunk & fell to the sand Tried to hang on to a blade of grass But wind knocked me down & I fell on my ass

We rode on the hill in a little green bus A laughing & singing the two of us Pulled up to a pub on the outskirts of town Said this is where the fun goes down When I looked in the door I had a big grin Saw 9 angry men 3 sheets in the wind They said "Welcome my friend to the Four Leaf Clover Inn"

Where the whiskey & rum & the rain on the rocks The beer was ever so clear The maidens are sweet & they'll give you a treat If you whisper nice things in their ear We live for the love of the life we've found we love the life we live And a diddly diddly diddly diddly dance the Irish jig And a diddly diddly diddly diddly dance the Irish jig
But this dude in the corner he could sing the blues Why he could croon those blues He sang Georgia Georgia Georgia Georgia all night long Ho Georgia Georgia Georgia Georgia georgia all day long He was the only black leprechaun I'd ever seen

Where the whiskey & rum & the rain on the rocks The beer was ever so clear The maidens are sweet & they'll give you a treat If you whisper nice things in their ear We live for the love of the life we've found we love the life we live And a diddly diddly diddly diddly dance the Irish jig And a diddly diddly diddly diddly dance the Irish jig
We left the pub at 4 am we crawled back to his bus We went to McDonalds & ate some Mcnuggets I launched it in his bus When I woke I was tall I was pale & I was back in my chair Singing the Blarney stone blues with an Irish black beat

Where the whiskey & rum & the rain on the rocks The beer was ever so clear The maidens are sweet & they'll give you a treat If you whisper nice things in their ear We live for the love of the life we've found we love the life we live And a diddly diddly diddly diddly dance the Irish jig And a diddly diddly diddly diddly dance the Irish jig

As my friend drove away said these final words I never will forget. He said "May the road rise up my friend to meet you May the winds be always at your back May the sunshine walk upon your face today & the rains fall soft upon your fields & until we meet again May God hold you in the hollow of his hands May God hold you Stevie boy In the hollow of his hands"

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© Steve Poltz