Eric Bogle Plastic Paddy Lyrics

Plastic Paddy Lyrics

"Plastic Paddy"

-Eric Bogle



Hup! dee diddle-ee diddle-ee diddle-ee
diddle-ee diddle-ee diddle-ee dah

Hup! dee diddle-ee diddle-ee diddle-ee
diddle-ee diddle-ee diddle-ee dah

Hup! dee diddle-ee diddle-ee diddle-ee
diddle-ee diddle-ee diddle-ee dah

Hup! dee diddle-ee diddle-ee diddle-ee
diddle-ee diddle-ee diddle-ee dah

Hup! dee diddle-ee diddle-ee diddle-ee
diddle-ee diddle-ee diddle-ee dah



He's just a Plastic Paddy, singin'
Plastic Paddy songs

in a Plastic Paddy pub that they call The Blarny
Stone

There's plastic shamrocks everywhere, there's Guinness and green
beer

And a sign in gaelic above the bar which says "God Bless All
Here"



His guitar sounds like a wardrobe, and it's out of tune at
that

His singin' voice it ranges from a sharp to a flat

He's just
desecrated "The Holy Ground", ripped apart "Black Velvet Band"

Sang some
nights drunk and now he's sunk "The Irish Rover" with all hands



'Cause
he's just a Plastic Paddy, singin' Plastic Paddy songs

in a Plastic Paddy
pub that they call The Blarny Stone

The publican's a proddy Scot by the
name of McIntyre

Who does not allow collections for the men behind the
wire



He's done awful things to "Molly Malone" and "The Farrows of
Tralee"

He's murdered "Carach Fergus" and poor old "Mother
Machree"

He's just thrashed his way through "Galway Bay" and "The Wild
Irish Rose"

and if he starts singing "Danny Boy", I'm gonna punch him in
the nose!



He's just a Plastic Paddy, singin' Plastic Paddy
songs

in a Plastic Paddy pub that they call The Blarny Stone

There's
Aer Lingus posters everywhere showing pretty Irish scenes

all peaceful and
idyllic, and very bloody green!



"When Irish Eyes are Smiling" and "The
Mountains of Mourne"

In a central Celtic chiché, the man has left no stone
unturned

'Til he embarks upon the harp that once through terraced
halls

Accompanying himself on the Bodhrán, which takes a lot of
courage



'Cause he's just a Plastic Paddy, singin' Plastic Paddy
songs

in a Plastic Paddy pub that they call The Blarny Stone

Now he's
just sung in his mother tongue, "The Ancient Irish Curse"

and cleared the
pub completely by the forty-second verse!



'Cause he's just a Plastic
Paddy, singin' Plastic Paddy songs

He's started singin' "Danny Boy", so
it's time that I was gone

and just one thought comes to my mind, as I
stagger through the door

Where are you when we need you, Christy
Moore?

Where are you when we need you, Christy
Moore?



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Note: Christy Moore is a popular folk singer
in the UK and Europe, but probably not well known in the US.