The Boys from County Hell
(shane macgowan) 2:53

On the first day of March it was raining
It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen
I drank ten pints of beer and I cursed all the people there
I wish that all this raining would stop falling down on me

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And it's lend me ten pounds and I'll buy you a drink
And mother wake me early in the morning.

At the time I was working for a landlord
And he was the meanest bastard that you have ever seen
And to lose a single penny would grieve him awful sore
And he was a miserable bollocks and a bitch's bastard's whore
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I recall we took care of him one Sunday
We got him out the back and we broke his frigging balls
And maybe I was dreaming and maybe that was real
But all I know is I left that place without a penny or feck all
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But now I have the most charming of verandahs
I sit and watch the junkies, the drunks, the pimps, the whores
Five green bottles are sitting on the floor
I wish to Christ, I wish to Christ That I had fifteen more

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The boys and me are drunk and looking for you
We'll eat your frigging entrails and we won't give a damn
Me daddy was a blue shirt, me mother’s a madam
My brother earned his medals at Mai Lei in Vietnam
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On the first day of March it was raining
It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen
Stay on the other side of the road 'Cause you can never tell
We're a thirsty gang of old devils; we're the boys from the county hell
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